Study: Teenage 'Virginity Pledges' Are Ineffective

[Noir]

No. But abstinence works 100% of the time, which is why I recommend it.

No, it works 99.999...% of the time, don't forget the poor virgin Mary.

[5stringJeff]

No, it works 99.999...% of the time, don't forget the poor virgin Mary.

Well, since there was a 700-year-old prophecy about that one, she should have known better!!!

[Missileman]

No. But abstinence works 100% of the time, which is why I recommend it.

If only teenagers were 100% infallible...then it'd be worth recommending.

[namvet]

If only teenagers were 100% infallible...then it'd be worth recommending.

no shit !!! their at their sexual peak. someone needs to get a grip. (not you)

[DragonStryk72]

so, with a pledge of no sex... you have a """"normal"""" degree of sex thinking and sex doing....but if teens promise not to have sex, then they will have more sex....

if the pledge is given under duress, doesn't count, hence it is not a pledge....

are you saying that a teen cannot give a true pledge to not have sex? that such a pledge cannot possibly exist?

If of their own volition, yes, they can, but if not, then the teens are in fact more likely to dig in going in the opposing direction.

But then, the teens that are doing the pledges of their own volition are already not having sex, so it's rather a moot point for them anyhow. It's like me promising not to eat babies, it's doesn't affect anything, since I wasn't doing it to begin with.

Also, I only said thoughts increase, not actions, so don't try to add words to mine, thanks. But yes, you are more likely to do something you think about more often, simply due to the way the human brain works.