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Teenage sexuality needs to be studied as much as sexuality in adults. Studying it doesn't mean you are immediately adjudicating negative value to teenage sexuality.
Also,our life experiences are kind of beside the point in a population study. If certain parts of the population have 20% increased chance of developing something or exhibiting one behaviour or another, it would still mean that a lot of the people in that group won't develop something or won't exhibit that behaviour.
If it works, attached is the Probability of remaining abstinent for male offspring, by family exposure to father absence and genetic relatedness of maternal sister pair, as predicted from estimated model parameters.
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I was not traumatized, I did not get pregnant, and I did not become the school cautionary tale.
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Having sex younger leads to more risks partly because of neural development- the consequences parts of our brains don't finish developing until our early 20s. Even with pretty good access to bc, younger teens are more likely to go without bc which puts them at risks for STD and pregnancy. Early sexual debut is something a lot of researchers look at without slut shaming intentions.
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Yes, I can see that it is of some social scientific interest to determine why some people seem driven to voluntarily pop their cherry at the first opportunity while others prefer to wait - but I'm not sure what application this knowledge has in the real world besides offering another blame variant - one we can't even do anything about.
It would seem to me that moving the parameters of this discussion over to an overall acceptance of people - especially people going through puberty - as people with a normal interest in sexuality (with or without intercourse) would discard the whole emphasis on who or what is to blame, and could focus on education so that young people know what it means to have responsible, consensual, healthy and safe sexual activity - and place that in the context of healthy, productive relationships.
Yeah, I know - crazy utopian at the keyboard...
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The big problem with the suggestion that its genetics because more full siblings were more likely to have similar ages of sexual debut than cousins is that full siblings are more likely to be raised with similar values in similar socioeconomic situations.
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I don't know what this means.
Probably nothing.
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My parents have been married for almost 30 years, and have been extremely faithful to one another.
I have a feeling you're right... Our couch humping means nothing.
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I blame cartoons.
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Sorry! My genes made me cheat on you. Oh, did I just spill hot coffee on your lap and laugh at you? That was my genetics. I feel awful about pushing you down the stairs, but what can you do, with genes like mine?
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@morninggloria: Genes: The Ultimate Scapegoat.
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I am a very sexually open woman and have done quite a bit. Lost my virginity at 17. But had been sexually curious and masturbating since 9.
I have always thought I have my dad's genes. I look much like him.
Perhaps I have found a study that does pertain to me...
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Assuming that someone's weight is a direct result of only bad diet/ lack of exercise is stupid/ignorant and may (justifiably) lead people to think you are an asshole.
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i am overweight, obese by BMI standards, and have been directly told by my doctor to maintain my current weight until other health issues stabilize.
i also have a endocrine disorder that kicked in at puberty and made me chubby.
so, before poking my side and asking if i should really be eating that (yes, i've had someone do this. i was eating a burger at a family cookout) you should consider that maybe, just maybe, i've got very little choice in the matter.