Achtung, Churchgoers!
Young people who make pledges of virginity begin having sex later and have fewer sexual partners. But oddly they are infected with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) just as often, a new study found.
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The pledgers, not diagnosed or treated, may pack disease longer than other people, the researchers say.
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But oddly they are infected with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) just as often, a new study found.’
I read somewhere that they get them more often.
Comment by jin — 11 May, 2006 @ 22:28
It certainly wreckes Church’s argument that this protects against diseases.
I would argue that Church is often proxy in teenage abstinance. Although there are some priests trying to persuade some boys not to.
Comment by romunov — 12 May, 2006 @ 5:27
I think christian youth have the same needs than everyone else but as they can’t educate themselves about risks that go with sexuality they fall prey to such diseases more often.
Comment by jin — 12 May, 2006 @ 21:29