“U.S. adolescents who pledge not to have sex until they are married have about the same rate of sexually transmitted diseases as other teenagers and they often fail to keep their pledge, according to a study… The study, funded largely by the National Institutes of Health, found that these teenagers were also less likely to use condoms when they did have sex because they had not paid attention to sex education. Because of their ignorance about sexually transmitted diseases, ‘pledgers’ were also less likely to seek medical help if they contracted one of the diseases… The study found that pledging did succeed in delaying sex, reducing the number of partners and led to earlier marriages but it did not reduce the rate of sexually transmitted diseases.” — Yahoo.com (US)

(Thanks to hludens for the link.)

Look at that last sentence. Pledging succeeds in (1) delaying loss of virginity; (2) reducing promiscuity; (3) promoting marriage. Isn’t pledging really a great big success? And how do those smart-alecky researchers know for sure that teens are driven by satanic lust to break vows made before God? Maybe these pompous scientists haven’t used a gas-station bathroom lately. Who could doubt that those foul sewers of highway bacteria probably transmit venereal infections to the otherwise pure-hearted youths of today? After all, it must be those filthy toilet seats to blame. It couldn’t really be that a full eight-eight percent of pledgers break their vows, could it? Do they all take their word so lightly? Is that demon lust really so irresistible?

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