Church of JeffSource: Glei 1994 / Nat. Academies 1995
Current meta-analysis shows it may actually be, "2/3rds of all teen pregnancy are by adult men," so not limited to this age group.
EndicottRoad59@jeffowski Once again, women are blamed for the actions of men.
Justin Derrick@jeffowski So, I have a few issues with this statement...
1). 39% is a minority, not a majority -- 61% is a really big number.
2) 9.5 years is a very large gap. If 30% of the 39% are 20 year old men impregnating 19-year old women, then I fail to see a problem.
3) Yes, 29 year old men fathering children with teenaged girls has maximum 'ick' factor, but this appears to be phrased to be purposely alarmist.
4) Yes, men don't take the consequences of their fertility seriously -- and that's absolutely something that should be focused on.
For the record, I asked my family doctor for a vasectomy at 21, and again at 25 -- and was refused both times for no valid reason ("Too young, not married, might change your mind"). I say 'not valid' because I'm supposedly mature enough to choose to bring a child into the world, but at the same time, not mature enough to know I do NOT want to be a father? That's BS. I ultimately had to seek out a urologist that operated a vasectomy clinic to get one, at 27.
C.S.Strowbridge"1). 39% is a minority, not a majority -- 61% is a really big number."
39% are in the 20s. Another 30% are in their 30s and older.
@csstrowbridge @jeffowski I mean, that's the more shocking statistic. Why not lead with that? I suppose they didn't want to say "69%" in big bold print.
Patrick@jeffowski
Rarely did a single Mom exist without an absentee Dad.
Rarely did a single Mom exist without an absentee Dad.
mike805@jeffowski Whatever happened to JAILBAIT? An old idea which needs to come back...
@mike805 --
Because JAILBAIT is applied against the GIRL instead of calling the MAN a PEDOPHILE.
@jeffowski They need to resume prosecuting men who do this.
@mike805 @jeffowski Even the 20 year olds that father children with their 19yo wives, those dirty bastards!
@CryogenicIce9 @jeffowski Aw come on, most states have both an age gap and a marriage exception. But there are adults that absolutely rob the cradle and apparently that does not get you prosecuted any more?
@mike805 @jeffowski The point is that the statement/statistic is misleading and includes an awful lot of perfectly legal and agency-driven relationships; as all statistics regarding 'teen pregnancies' often are, there are better words/phrases than 'teen pregnancy' to refer to troublesome reproduction events.
Andreas K@jeffowski Actually it's uglier:
70% of children born to teen mothers were fathered by men over the age of 20.
https://depts.washington.edu/thmedia/view.cgi?section=familyplanning&page=fastfacts
The mismatch between statutory rape law on paper and in practice is driven by social, cultural, and prosecutorial discretion, not legal theory. (70-39% -> 31% teen moms' daddies are >= 30 yrs old, that's far beyond any Romeo & Juliet exemption. And DNA tests would make proving “sex” trivial even years after the fact.
But hey, that's racist and misogynist USA.
Robin Barton@jeffowski Perverts that like young girls
Spiritual Annie ☮️I've been trying to figure out how to respond but it's in fragments and phrases that refuse to coalesce into recognizable sentences and complete thoughts.
Actually, that's rape... the result of rape, incest and child sexual assault... the CHILDREN are being held responsible... for the rape, the pregnancy, and the child...
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