Despite the fact that TV shows like Glee are corrupting children by teaching them that it’s cool to have protected sex with your long-term partner, according to a new study from the CDC, the number of teens losing their virginity has dropped drastically in the last decade. Unfortunately, the CDC still has no idea why kids’ passion for illicit fornication has waned, so the study’s usefulness is limited. However, it’s still a great opportunity for adults to theorize about what could possibly be going through teens’ heads, much like when someone over 30 tries to figure out what the kiddies see in Justin Beiber.
The New York Times reports that according to the most recent data, 43% of unmarried teen girls and 42% of unmarried teen boys have had sex at least once. When the report was last published in 2002, the CDC found 51.1% of girls and 60.4 percent of boys had lost their virinity by age 19. In concerning news for MTV reality show producers, the birth rate for teenagers ages 15 to 19 has hit an all time low at 39 per 1,000 births. Though, we shouldn’t get too cocky about our ability to keep kids from impregnating each other. The Times points out that the teen pregnancy rate is 14 per 1,000 in Canada, 10 per 1,000 in Germany, and in 7 per 1,000 in Italy.
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