MTV's 16 and Pregnant

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Originally Posted by Munchkin03

The point I was getting at is that a teenage girl is probably less responsible than someone 10 years older (and would probably skip a pill or go without a condom once in a while); she would probably listen to her stupid boyfriend about the circumstances under which you WOULDN'T get pregnant; and she would probably feel like she was invincible and think it wouldn't happen to her. Therefore, an accidental pregnancy based on carelessness for a 16 year old is more understandable (it doesn't mean I condone it) than for a 26 year old, who should know better.

Yes.

For example:

At 16, if your bf tells you "you can skip a pill, and we can sleep together, and still not get pregnant" or something else equally dumb, you just might be uneducated enough to believe him. I can understand that (not that I condone it).

However, if you're 26 and your bf tells you the same thing, you should be educated enough to tell him that that's false and that you need to use a back up. If you believe him, and you get pregnant, I have a hard time just chalking that up to miseducation (because by then you should know better).