An abstinence advocate thinks the liberal media is trying to spin yet another story to give justification for teenagers having sex.
The headline from an Associated Press story on Sunday reads "Teen sex not always bad for school performance." The article quotes research presented at a meeting of the American Sociological Association, stating that teens in committed relationships do no better or worse in school than those who do not have sex.
However, Concerned Women for America's (CWA) Dr. Janice Crouse believes the major point of the study is that there are predictable outcomes when comparing teens who engage in casual sex with virgins. Janice Crouse 2Those include "lower GPAs, more problems in school [or] less attendance at school." Crouse also adds that "they have very predictable kinds of problems, so to say that those who are in a serious relationship don't have those problems...really doesn't pass the common-sense test."
She notes that another focal point of the study is that 14 percent of teens who are having sex have had four or more partners.
"That to me is the headline, and we know from looking at the data that those kids have very predictable problems," Crouse points out. "They are at high, high risk for STDs; they are at high, high risk for all sorts of extra problems when it comes to risky behaviors."
The abstinence advocate concludes that the story about the new research is designed to debunk positive abstinence studies.
Contact: Bill Bumpas
Source: OneNewsNowDate Published: August 19, 2010
