When will people get over the fact that teenagers will NEVER be asexual? People act as if a teenager having a baby is equivalent to an act of terror! Those people should get a grip.
Here is an example of that hysteria appearing as a letter to the Honolulu Advertiser.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/May/25/op/op03aletters.html
Picture of pregnant teenager disconcerting
While I was reading Sunday's "I'm Pregnant" article, I was taken aback by a picture of one of the mothers-to-be — a 17-year-old teenager. What could possibly be gained by having a 17-year-old as one of the subjects?
In general, at age 17, a student should be thinking of furthering her education, earning an income and gaining more wisdom and maturity about dealing with the complexities of life.
As a society, we certainly don't encourage teens to get pregnant. The Advertiser should have looked at the message it is sending by having a picture of a pregnant teenager.
Randall Fong
Honolulu
OK, let's dissect Fong's words
What could possibly be gained by having a 17-year-old as one of the subjects?
MY RESPONSE: Uh, maybe the media is telling like it is! How dare they not pretend that teenagers dont get pregnant!
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In general, at age 17, a student should be thinking of furthering her education, earning an income and gaining more wisdom and maturity about dealing with the complexities of life.
MY RESPONSE: Here we go again, acting as if someone getting pregnant at 17 means that one will never go to college! Nonsense! At UH, I see many mothers there. So they started college later than the average person! So what? It's better than nothing! Just because one is not at college at 18, that doesn't mean one will never attend college before the age of 60. To each their own!
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As a society, we certainly don't encourage teens to get pregnant. The Advertiser should have looked at the message it is sending by having a picture of a pregnant teenager.
MY RESPONSE: This is what I don't get about conservatives! On one hand, they whine and bitch about abortion! But on the other hand, if a teenage girl chooses NOT to have an abortion, the conservatives still demonize that teenage girl! And they even have to nerve to demand the media act as if teenagers don't have sex and get pregnant!
As a society, we certainly don't encourage teens to get pregnant. The Advertiser should have looked at the message it is sending by having a picture of a pregnant teenager.
MY RESPONSE: This is what I don't get about conservatives! On one hand, they whine and bitch about abortion! But on the other hand, if a teenage girl chooses NOT to have an abortion, the conservatives still demonize that teenage girl! And they even have to nerve to demand the media act as if teenagers don't have sex and get pregnant!
