Pendragons Princess

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/05/07/lkl.bristol.palin.cnn?iref=videosearch

Bristol now claims that her statement on abstinence was taken out of context back in February 2009. Once again she manages to put her foot in her mouth, stating that abstinence is the only way to go for teens. While the lip service is not preventing teens from having sex (yet they must still be learning about the mechanics of sex somewhere if schools are reputedly teaching abstinence education), it always seems easier to speak abstinence than actually practice it.

Apparently abstinence did not work at all for poor Bristol. Teen pregnancy is still the highest in our nation in the western world. Teens are not doing too much to prevent pregnancy but of course that can be a challenge to do in our sex saturated culture. Birth control is not being taught in schools, which may prevent pregnancy, but not provide a foolproof way of preventing pregnancy, especially where condoms are concerned.

Levi has admitted that abstinence is unrealistic for teens since female teens seem to have the attitude that “I can’t get pregnant from having sex.” Guys still buy into the myth that withdrawal works, full insertion is not necessary for impregnation to occur, and so on. Girls think a Coca Cola flush will kill the sperm inside of them. So, why are the public schools not doing their jobs in dispelling these myths? Is it because that “abstinence education” does not include such information? This is most likely the reason.

Bristol Palin is of course the wrong person to be a spokeswoman on abstinence, since abstinence obviously did not work for her or Levi (it does make one wonder where this young couple were during the time abstinence did not work for them). Both Bristol and Levi failed in practicing abstinence, as do many other teens. The fact that both of these kids are fundamentalist Christians only throws a monkey wrench into the deal. Maybe they learned their abstinence sex ed from all of those “begats” the Old Testament is full of. Levi isn’t Bristol’s first love, either; an ex-boyfriend has admitted that the two of them used to fool around a bit at times.

At this point, Bristol Palin is better remembered for her statements on teenaged pregnancy not being glamorous, neither is having to take care of a baby at such a young age. Nothing is positive about teens reproducing, since the majority of them do not have the means to care for and support a baby.