"Abstinence Pledgers more likely to have anal, oral sex

**Shwicaz** · 03-18-2005, 03:44 PM

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Teens who pledge to remain virgins until marriage are more likely to take chances with other kinds of sex that increase the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, a study of 12,000 adolescents suggests.

The report by Yale and Columbia University researchers could help explain their earlier findings that teens who pledged abstinence are just as likely to have STDs as their peers.

The latest study, published in the April issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, found that teens pledging virginity until marriage are more likely to have oral and anal sex than other teens who have not had intercourse. That behavior, however, "puts you at risk," said Hannah Brueckner, assistant professor of sociology at Yale and one of the study's authors.

Among virgins, boys who have pledged abstinence were four times more likely to have had anal sex, according to the study. Overall, pledgers were six times more likely to have oral sex than teens who have remained abstinent but not as part of a pledge.

The pledging group was also less likely to use condoms during their first sexual experience or get tested for STDs, the researchers found.

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Gee, this is like the 3rd or 4th study that has found that the 'abstinence pledge' works about as well as a broken window in the winter.

**TRILL, THE CARBON BASED LIFEFORM** · 03-18-2005, 03:48 PM

Shush you, it makes parents feel better. What they don't see, doesn't exist.

**King of Mars** · 03-18-2005, 03:50 PM

Anyone know where I can find a luscious, blonde eighteen year old girl that's pledged abstinence?

**Shwicaz** · 03-18-2005, 03:51 PM

I can see an 18 year old girl wearing a diaper at graduation because she has lost muscle control of her 'oft used anus', but that's okay, because her hymen is still intact.

**RebootedCorpse** · 03-18-2005, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by Shwicaz

I can see an 18 year old girl wearing a diaper at graduation because she has lost muscle control of her 'oft used anus', but that's okay, because her hymen is still intact.

Jeziz, Shwicaz, I just about choked on a nacho chip reading that one!

**Smokinblues** · 03-18-2005, 04:17 PM

fess up ron how many times did you answer the survey

**Jamie Howdeshell** · 03-18-2005, 04:44 PM

this cracked me up when i saw it.

when the human sexual drive meets jesus in a no-holes barred fight...... my money's gonna have to be on the need to scrogg.