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Fewer teens are having sex as declines in risky behaviors continue
Washington Post ^ | 4 Jan 2018

Posted on 01/05/2018 11:56:51 AM PST by Thistooshallpass9

The number of high-school-age teens who are having sex dropped markedly over a decade, a trend that includes substantial declines among younger students, African Americans and Hispanics, according to a new government report released Thursday.

The survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed especially steep declines in the past two years. It adds to evidence about ongoing progress in reducing risky behavior by teenagers, who are becoming pregnant, smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol and using marijuana at rates lower than younger people before them, according to public health surveys.

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1 posted on 01/05/2018 11:56:51 AM PST by Thistooshallpass9
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To: Thistooshallpass9

“Educators” deeply saddened


2 posted on 01/05/2018 12:00:47 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Thistooshallpass9

Millennials are going to change this country. Lots of industries are trying to figure out how to get their business.


3 posted on 01/05/2018 12:02:25 PM PST by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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To: Thistooshallpass9

Dating is risky. Never mind sex. A lot more boys are deciding not to. Just going their own way.


4 posted on 01/05/2018 12:04:38 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: Thistooshallpass9
I think the difference is, back in the day most of us grew up, sex was mysterious and something of a right of passage. These days even elementary school kids have access to more porn with a few clicks of the mouse than even Hugh Heffner could get his hands on only a decade before. Therefore the mystery is gone. While this may seem good in the short term, we may quickly find ourselves in a situation like Japan where the people of reproduction age are turning to porn rather than sex and the population is in a death spiral.
5 posted on 01/05/2018 12:06:40 PM PST by apillar
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To: Thistooshallpass9

The use porn instead.


6 posted on 01/05/2018 12:10:24 PM PST by HapaxLegamenon
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To: Thistooshallpass9

The Washington Post is calling teenagers engaging in sex “risky behavior”???? That’s a switch. The Lib media used to portray teens who didn’t have sex as religious, out-of-touch prudes and Puritan fanatics in the making.


7 posted on 01/05/2018 12:19:09 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: HapaxLegamenon

We used to always joke
Women - they have all the pussy
Ain’t nothin like the real thing. Baby


8 posted on 01/05/2018 12:21:48 PM PST by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: RinaseaofDs
Dating is risky. Never mind sex. A lot more boys are deciding not to. Just going their own way.

Peak Feminism. Generation Zyklon is very red-pilled.

9 posted on 01/05/2018 12:58:45 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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I agree with you. I’ll also add that they’re more connected (Internet, smartphones) and don’t have the same “I need to get out of my parents house” stir-crazy feelings. They need convincing to get a drivers license. I’m hearing it more and more. This may well lead to less physical interaction in general and the activities that go on when people are physically together (alcohol, drugs, sex, etc.).

Maybe there’s a correlation between these stats and vehicle mortality rates of younger drivers? ...although that’s probably hard to gauge. Smartphone distractions cause many accidents yet the cars are getting safer.

In any event, they don’t live the same as those 20-30 years ago. If we didn’t have a car and meet at “the meeting spot” at the right time, to find out where everyone was going, you were probably going to have a lonely evening. House to house phone calls got you nowhere as “they’re not here”. There’s definitely different dynamics going on. They can share information instantly. Even when they hang-out in groups they spend much of their time in front of laptops or their phone.


10 posted on 01/05/2018 1:16:00 PM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Terry Mross; BenLurkin; Thistooshallpass9

There has been a revival of the Christian faith among our nation’s youth - especially in urban areas. My observation.


11 posted on 01/05/2018 1:16:01 PM PST by GoldenState_Rose
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uhhhh....i don’t think thats it.


12 posted on 01/05/2018 1:52:04 PM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: Thistooshallpass9

The left proclaims this a national crisis.


13 posted on 01/05/2018 1:57:45 PM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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14 posted on 01/05/2018 1:58:55 PM PST by dfwgator
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Peak Feminism. Generation Zyklon is very red-pilled.

LOL what girl would want to sleep with a hot coco drinking pajama boy. Their only other choice is a disheveled unemployed antifa goon.

I am not worried there are still a few alpha males out there in this generation and I am sure they are not getting tired of all the sex.

While the beta males smerk their gurkin to porn, the alphas are happily servicing their girlfriends.

15 posted on 01/05/2018 2:24:07 PM PST by usurper ( version)
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To: RinaseaofDs

MGTOW.


16 posted on 01/05/2018 2:32:14 PM PST by the_individual2014
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My two sons watched my wife divorce me, as did my daughter (obviously).

My sons may never have kids as a result. Interesting to hear them talk about it.

My daughter just got dumped by a guy who sensed he was becoming emotionally dependent.

Generation Zyklon is right.


17 posted on 01/05/2018 3:20:19 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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I think older kids and adult kids have far more difficulty when parents split as they have a history with both parents....they never fully heal.


18 posted on 01/05/2018 3:22:30 PM PST by caww
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To: RinaseaofDs
" A lot more boys are deciding not to. Just going their own way"

yes, we know what that means....

19 posted on 01/05/2018 3:25:27 PM PST by cherry
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To: apillar
"the people of reproduction age are turning to porn rather than sex and the population is in a death spiral."

its already happening....

we are "porning" ourselves out of existence in America....

congratulations...

20 posted on 01/05/2018 3:27:15 PM PST by cherry
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