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Originally Posted by blade02
The part that makes it irresponsible is that becoming pregnant is entirely avoidable. Having sex without consequences is not a God given right. No matter how safe you think you're being there's always the small chance that the woman will get pregnant. The responsible thing to do, is to not have sex until you're ready to support children. And if you can't wait for then, then atleast be ready to change your life style to support a kid in the event of pregnancy. Its all really pretty simple common sense.
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It may seem like common sense to you, but it's pretty naive. You should check some of the virginity discussions on this board and look at when a lot of folks here lost theirs. As an off-the-cuff, in no way accurate guess, I'd say that the mean age is probably 16 for the sampling of folks here. Are you saying that teens shouldn't have sex because they can't support a kid? Do you honestly think that you could get a 15 year old boy to buy into that arguement? I agree that there are lots and lots of reasons to wait, with pregnancy and STD's chief among them, but mistakes happen and technology fails occasionally. Abstinence is easily preached but much more difficult to practice, especially for teens.