New Study Raises Questions About Abstinence Pledges. Mary Meehan.
by Meehan, Mary; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 401Human Relations. Publisher: Lexington Herald-Leader, 2003ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Sexual abstinence | Sexually transmitted diseases | Teenagers -- Sexual behavior | Youth -- Conduct of lifeDDC classification: 050 Summary: "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."Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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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."
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