America: where hundreds of thousand of underage girls are married off by their parents

[AndreStmaur]

@TheChineseWatch

If the goal is “reduce teen pregnancy,” the best solution is abstinence. I don’t believe that anyone will be able to come up with a cogent argument against that point. But when people say “My goal is to reduce teen pregnancy,” they often mean “My goal is to reduce teen pregnancy while still allowing teens to experiment with and experience their sexual selves.” With that as the goal, abstinence stops being the best solution.

I think that you will find that the goal of many parents is not to allow teens to experiment. Their goal is to keep teens abstinent.

Abstinence is the goal. Pregnancy or, for boys, the idea that they should better invest their time in study and work is the excuse.