Please help with this argument?

Question

my husband says it's mostly peer pressure from other girls why some teenagers fall victim to sex and early pregnancy.

i think it has more to do with how they were raised and wether or not there was a loving father in the house. i think a lot of teen girls associate sex with love, and i think in most cases if a loving, caring father was present in the house while they were growing up, these young women would associate with more respectable young men instead of associating sex with the lack of male love they did not receive while growing up.



.............what is your opinion?

Answer 1

I really agree with your point of view but we cannot rule out that of your husband's. I did not have a strong father figure around me either, in fact, i spend most of my life without him. All my girlfriends were having sex and they encouraged me to but i chose to wait.

I guess my decision could be attributed to various factors such as, abuse and other ill experiences i have had with various males in my family, plus the fear of ending up like my sisters who were high school dropouts and teen aged mothers ( all except my twin sister).

Generally though, i think your point makes a lot more sense. Girls do need strong father figures in the home. I had a really hard time growing up, even today i still wonder what it would be like to have a father- areal father not just a sperm donor.


All the best

Take care

Answer 2

There is validity to both of your arguments, but as the father of three daughters I like to believe that the strength of your argument supercedes his point. That said, the jury is still out where my personal experience is concerned. While my oldest daughter has successfully negotiated this hurdle into adulthood, there still remain two who have yet to encounter this dilemma. There will always be pressure from peers that is buffered in large measure from societal values on sexuality that bombard the general public regularly, and down to its youngest members. So it is never time to rest comfortably on laurels or the strengths of our respective positions where the security of our children is at issue. We must remain vigilant and communicative at all times.

Answer 3

I think it depends on the type of girl your talking about, but generally speaking I would agree with you. However there are always exceptions.

Answer 4

I think you are both right.I mean it could be either or.