Meehan, Mary,
New Study Raises Questions About Abstinence Pledges. Mary Meehan. - Lexington Herald-Leader, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 401, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: New Study Raises Questions About Abstinence Pledges, Nov. 4, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Abstinence pledges--signed commitments that teenagers will not have sex before marriage--might be less than effective, a recent study shows." (LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER) This article reveals that "more than half the teens in a recent study said a person should still be considered abstinent after engaging in oral sex," and suggests that teenagers who take abstinence pledges, while having sex later than non-pledge takers, "are less likely to use protection when they first have sex, getting swept up in the moment without being adequately prepared."
1522-3248;
Sexual abstinence
Sexually transmitted diseases
Teenagers--Sexual behavior
Youth--Conduct of life
AC1.S5
050
New Study Raises Questions About Abstinence Pledges. Mary Meehan. - Lexington Herald-Leader, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 401, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: New Study Raises Questions About Abstinence Pledges, Nov. 4, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Abstinence pledges--signed commitments that teenagers will not have sex before marriage--might be less than effective, a recent study shows." (LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER) This article reveals that "more than half the teens in a recent study said a person should still be considered abstinent after engaging in oral sex," and suggests that teenagers who take abstinence pledges, while having sex later than non-pledge takers, "are less likely to use protection when they first have sex, getting swept up in the moment without being adequately prepared."
1522-3248;
Sexual abstinence
Sexually transmitted diseases
Teenagers--Sexual behavior
Youth--Conduct of life
AC1.S5
050