MTV's 16 and Pregnant

joliebelle · #1 07-23-2009, 11:31 PM

So, the finale just ended and I'm just kind of dumbfounded. The only episodes that I caught before this were Ebony and Catelynn's. All of the girls admitted that they weren't using any type of birth control at the time. I do realize that all forms of birth control (except for abstinence) are not 100%, but why do girls put themeselves in these situations? It's really frustrating to see what seems to be mostly mature girls letting their boyfriend's control if they get pregnant or not.

And to the one girl who said she wasn't trying to get pregnant...if you're not using protection, then you're trying to get pregnant

/soapbox

KSUViolet06 · #2 07-23-2009, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by joliebelle

And to the one girl who said she wasn't trying to get pregnant...if you're not using protection, then you're trying to get pregnant

My mom says this all the time.

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Originally Posted by joliebelle

I do realize that all forms of birth control (except for abstinence) are not 100%, but why do girls put themeselves in these situations? It's really frustrating to see what seems to be mostly mature girls letting their boyfriend's control if they get pregnant or not.

The thing is that they're NOT mature. They're kids. All they were thinking about was having sex with their bfs. Not whether or not they wanted to get pregnant.

Also, some reasons teen girls put themselves in these situations:

*They "love" their bfs and think they'll "be together forever."
*They think "It won't happen to me."
*They can't go get the pill thelmselves and don't want to tell mom/dad that they're having sex so THEY can take them.
*Their bf says they don't want to use a condom. They don't want to tell bf "no" because they don't want bf to break up with them. So they do it anyway.
*They believe any number of stupid myths like "you can't get pregnant in a pool/standing up/your first time/whatever.

I could go on and on...

joliebelle · #3 07-23-2009, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

The thing is that they're NOT mature. They're kids. All they were thinking about was having sex with their bfs. Not whether or not they wanted to get pregnant.

You're right, but a few of them seem to have gotten it together somewhat since their babies have been born. I guess because I wasn't one of those girls (i.e he loves me sOoOo much, and we're gonna get married, etc.), I don't *get* why they would do such a thing. Situations like these are why I feel we need comprehensive sex education.

KSUViolet06 · #4 07-24-2009, 12:03 AM

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You're right, but a few of them seem to have gotten it together somewhat since their babies have been born. I guess because I wasn't one of those girls (i.e he loves me sOoOo much, and we're gonna get married, etc.), I don't *get* why they would do such a thing. Situations like these are why I feel we need comprehensive sex education.

I think this show is just a PSA for why "abstinence only" sex ed is a FAIL.

Oh, and to add on to my list of "why teens get pregnant":

*My mom had me really young and they're doing "fine" so it's ok (most likely the case with some of these kids).