At 12:14 PM -0600 2/27/01, Paul Smith wrote:
>Paul Brandon wrote:
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>> >two and a half million adolescents have taken public
>> >"virginity" pledges, in which they promise to abstain from
>> >sex until marriage. This paper explores the effect of
>> >virginity pledges on the transition to first intercourse. On
>> >one hand, we show that adolescents who pledge, controlling
>> >for all of the usual characteristics of adolescents
>> >and their social contexts that are associated with the
>> >transition to sex, are much less likely than adolescents who
>> >do not pledge, to have intercourse. The delay effect is
>> >substantial and almost impossible to erase.
>
> Gee, I would have thought that the _last_ claim would have been the
>one that raised some eyebrows. Exactly how would the researchers have gone
>about determining that the adolescents' delay of intercourse is "almost
>impossible to erase"? <grin>
If you want word games, pencils (common root with penis) have rubbers on
their TIPS.
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato *
* 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 *
* http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html *
