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Study finds one in 10 Texas 6th graders have had sex
Houston Chronicle ^ | 10.18.11

Posted on 10/18/2011 8:01:31 PM PDT by trumandogz

Children at Risk, a state policy advocate organization, published today a series of studies and articles on sex and teen pregnancy in Texas. Some of the results may shock you.

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1 posted on 10/18/2011 8:01:36 PM PDT by trumandogz
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To: trumandogz

Nothing like robbing childhood. Our culture has made it a sport.


2 posted on 10/18/2011 8:04:39 PM PDT by Republic (SO-uhbama sought help from romney MA healthcare authors? DUMP ROMNEY, no way will he kill obamacare.)
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To: trumandogz

Surely a kid would never lie about having had sex when they actually haven’t.


3 posted on 10/18/2011 8:04:59 PM PDT by Lost Highway (I don't know what the world may need but a V8 engines a good start for me)
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To: Lost Highway

It is muy macho


4 posted on 10/18/2011 8:05:38 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I won't vote for Romney. I won't vote for Perry.)
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To: trumandogz
It looks like those sex ed classes are really taking off! It would have been a shame to have wasted all of those condoms and cucumbers. Well, the kids couldn't "read the articles" anyway. They can't read.

sarc/

5 posted on 10/18/2011 8:05:49 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Stop Government Greed Now!!!!)
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To: trumandogz
I wonder if the kids mistook masturbating for sex? The survey also noted that of the sample, 10 out of 10 boys said yes, 0 out 10 girls said yes. You figure it out.
6 posted on 10/18/2011 8:07:28 PM PDT by festusbanjo (Herman Cain.The Un-Obama.Actual leadership,actual problem solving,actual experience.)
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To: trumandogz

When I was eleven (mid fifties), I didn’t even know what “sex” was. However, I had not been exposed to hour after hour of TV, TV obsessed with sex.


7 posted on 10/18/2011 8:08:01 PM PDT by doc1019 (You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.)
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To: trumandogz

A study of public education in general shows that 1 in 6 sixth graders are old enough to have sex.


8 posted on 10/18/2011 8:08:01 PM PDT by Terry Mross (I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
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To: Lost Highway

“Surely a kid would never lie”

When I was in grade school or high school, I lied to these surveys and encouraged others to do so. It was fun!


9 posted on 10/18/2011 8:08:10 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Republic; mylife
If the illegals and minorities were removed from the study, the numbers would be far better. Texas is a Conservative and strongly Christian state with deep moral values based on Biblical principles. I'd also surmise that influx of newcomers from up north also skew the results unfavorably.
10 posted on 10/18/2011 8:09:58 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: trumandogz

Not sure I believe this. When I was in junior high they started handing out questionaires about drug use and sexual activity- we thought it was great fun to lie on them. Parents even thought it was OK to lie on them, thinking it was none of the government’s business what we were up to. I am sure kids haven’t changed that much...just because they checked the box for “having sex” or “having sex 4 or more times a week” doesn’t mean it is true.


11 posted on 10/18/2011 8:10:10 PM PDT by Tammy8 (~Secure the border and deport all illegals- do it now! ~ Support our Troops!~)
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To: doc1019

By the time is kid is done with high school, there is a better than 50% chance that they have had sex.

That was true 30 years ago and it is still true today.


12 posted on 10/18/2011 8:11:27 PM PDT by trumandogz (In Rick Perry's Nanny State, the state will drive your kids to the dentist at tax payer expense)
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To: trumandogz
Yes. You dig gay sex. We get it. Go do it somewhere else.
13 posted on 10/18/2011 8:11:49 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (No More RINOs!!!)
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From the study. The usual results:

Race/Ethnicity 2009 YRBS data indicate that black and Hispanic high school students in Texas are significantly more likely than non-Hispanic white students to have ever had sex (63% vs. 54% vs. 45%, p < .01) and to have had sex with at least one person in the past three months (43% vs. 40% vs. 33%, p < .05). Sexually active black and Hispanic students are also more likely to report not using birth control pills (94% vs. 90% vs. 78%, p < .01), not using birth control pills or Depo-Provera (91% vs. 89% vs. 75%, p < .01), and not using dual protection (condoms and pills or Depo Provera) (97% vs. 96% vs. 90%, p < .05) the last time they had sex, compared to non- Hispanic white students. Black students are more likely than Hispanic and non-Hispanic white students to have had sex for the first time before age 13 (12% vs. 6% vs. 4%, p < .05) and to have had sex with four or more partners (29% vs. 15% vs. 14%, p < .01). Black students are also more likely than non-Hispanic white students to have experienced dating violence in the past year (13% vs. 9%, p < .05). Hispanic students are more likely than black and non- Hispanic white students to have never received education about HIV and AIDS in school (25% vs. 12% vs. 11%, p < .01).

As usual, this isn't about Texas, this is about the large population of minorities in Texas and a basic lack family structure among ethnic minorities.

14 posted on 10/18/2011 8:11:58 PM PDT by txroadkill (Antlers up! The Claw must be feared! Back2Back American League Champions!)
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To: DBrow

Me too. That’s how I know. :-)


15 posted on 10/18/2011 8:12:09 PM PDT by Lost Highway (I don't know what the world may need but a V8 engines a good start for me)
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To: Lost Highway

Hate to tell you - in our local school the liberals decided to bus in some children from less affluent local towns. By the end of the year 50% of the boys in the 5th grade could answer yes to the question about Lewinskis.


16 posted on 10/18/2011 8:14:30 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Tammy8
Not sure I believe this.

I agree. I think this is just another lamestream media hit piece designed to make Texas look bad. The eastern Ivy league elites hate us for our success and Conservatism.

And as I posted a few messages back, the illegals, minorities (sadly, a lot of Muzzies here nowadays) and transplants from up north don't always share the strong traditional Christian values that have long been a part of our culture here. They skew the numbers unfavorably.

17 posted on 10/18/2011 8:16:32 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: trumandogz

Seeing how it’s Houston, most of the sixth graders are probably at least seventeen years old.


18 posted on 10/18/2011 8:18:12 PM PDT by MadJack ("Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet." (Afghan proverb))
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To: trumandogz

I’m talking about the 50’s. Back in the day when an eleven year old was innocent. Back before sex was the preemptive reason for television programs, back before sex was the preemptive reason for school curriculum.


19 posted on 10/18/2011 8:29:13 PM PDT by doc1019 (You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.)
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To: trumandogz

Are we talking about 11 yo?


20 posted on 10/18/2011 8:32:04 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (I need a proper education!)
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