2006-08-30 17:02:51 · 11 answers · asked by Pseudo Obscure 6 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
I would suspect that there is less honest information and discussion about birth control in conservative areas of the country. Apparently the abstinence lessons aren't working.
2006-08-30 17:11:08 · answer #1 · answered by Daphne 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
red states?
what type of map are you looking at... is it possibly a map showing the pregnancy rates of each state, by using different colors? lol
if that is the case, then the question is "why do some states have higher teen preg. rates than other states"...
2006-08-31 03:09:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
because parents don't educate their kids anymore. Kids hear things at school andon the street, in movies... But they don't get the full picture of sex. I hear about 13 and 14 yr olds getting pregnant. At 13 I was playing with my Barbie dolls and thought boys were weird. Plus society makes it look cool to have short skirts and middrifts showing and cleavage hanging out. When I started wearing bras I hated having my bra strap to show. It embarrassing to let guys see it. I didn't even wear white shirts for 2 years because you could see the outline of my bra. Nowadays pieces of the bra are shown all the time. Plus parents don't talk to their kids about self-control and self-esteem. I'm sorry, but as a parent myself, I have to blame the parents, the adults in the media and in fashion magazines. We should be protecting our children and they learn more from what they see than what they hear.
2006-08-31 05:18:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Where I live Mexicans have an incredibly high rate of teenage unwed mothers. They vote blue, by the way.
2006-08-31 04:13:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many of them likely have so-called "abstinence only" sex education programs. Because of this abstinence or nothing approach, teens in such programs are far more likely to have unprotected sex when they do decide to have sex and this, in turn, leads to increased teen pregnancy rates.
2006-08-31 01:14:49 · answer #5 · answered by Sir Psycho Sexy 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Maybe is because of lack of sex education, in how to prevent pregnancy in those states...
2006-08-31 00:08:33 · answer #6 · answered by shin 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who says they are? YOU?????? I guess you're just trying to be controversial and want to see how many stupid answers you get, cause you get off on it. I think maybe you have a problem.
2006-08-31 01:27:33 · answer #7 · answered by MrZ 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
because they are teen and wanna explore sex and they have a lack of experience
2006-08-31 04:52:38 · answer #8 · answered by evening_dewpoint 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
are u looking at a map? cuz if you are then you should know that the map making people like to color code things
2006-08-31 00:05:38 · answer #9 · answered by jobugg257 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
In conservative states, the killing of fetuses is frowned upon...
2006-08-31 00:12:52 · answer #10 · answered by eagle5953 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋