http://www.proudprogressive.org/blog/2008/02/14/modern-day-scarlet-letters/ A blog by Nicholas Solter about politics and everything else Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:55:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 http://www.proudprogressive.org/blog/2008/02/14/modern-day-scarlet-letters/#comment-239 A.S. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:22:06 +0000 http://www.proudprogressive.org/blog/2008/02/14/modern-day-scarlet-letters/#comment-239 His implication is that a sense of shame, or the threat of shame and ostracism from society, will cause young people to stop having sexual intercourse. I'd like to know where his evidence comes from. According to psychological research, shame-based methods of discipline have never been very successful in changing children's behavior. Teenage pregnancy is a complex problem that cannot be solved simply by going back in time. One of the underlying causes is that many children reach adolescence starved for affection. In a survey of pregnant teens, over 50% admitted that they had not really wanted sex at all. They just wanted to be held, but they thought that their boy friends wouldn't be satisfied unless they had sex. His implication is that a sense of shame, or the threat of shame and ostracism from society, will cause young people to stop having sexual intercourse. I’d like to know where his evidence comes from. According to psychological research, shame-based methods of discipline have never been very successful in changing children’s behavior. Teenage pregnancy is a complex problem that cannot be solved simply by going back in time. One of the underlying causes is that many children reach adolescence starved for affection. In a survey of pregnant teens, over 50% admitted that they had not really wanted sex at all. They just wanted to be held, but they thought that their boy friends wouldn’t be satisfied unless they had sex.

]]> http://www.proudprogressive.org/blog/2008/02/14/modern-day-scarlet-letters/#comment-238 Sarah Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:41:50 +0000 http://www.proudprogressive.org/blog/2008/02/14/modern-day-scarlet-letters/#comment-238 At least he's consistent, in that he claims he thinks the men are sluts too (oh sorry, or that they should also take "personal responsibility"). Because in his "parents' day and age" only the women were shunned and shamed. The men weren't considered sluts, they were studs (and still are). Of course I think that both the women and the men should be considered when talking about teen pregnancy, but calling the men sluts as well is not the right way to go about it. At least he’s consistent, in that he claims he thinks the men are sluts too (oh sorry, or that they should also take “personal responsibility”). Because in his “parents’ day and age” only the women were shunned and shamed. The men weren’t considered sluts, they were studs (and still are). Of course I think that both the women and the men should be considered when talking about teen pregnancy, but calling the men sluts as well is not the right way to go about it.

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