[rhema]

Yeah right, the 53% of high school students who have not had sex took a moral stand for virginity! Yeah, sure, whatever gets you to sleep at night.

Love the plaintive bellowing of gored oxen.

Did Kersten insinuate that they had? Of course she didn't. The reasons for their abstinence are obviously mutifaceted and varied, including one that's obvious to everyone except liberal politicians, liberal educators, and a few FReepers, apparently: a whole lot of them aren't thrilled about the odds-on prospects of getting an STD if they buy the liberal libertines' warmed-over Hefnerism.

[allmendream]

“that kids are going to “do it.” /This idea is one of the biggest cons of our generation. At least one group understands this — the 53 percent of high school students who reported that they had never had sexual intercourse”

I am afraid that Kersten did indeed insinuate that they ‘understood that it was a con’ that ‘everybody does it’. How many of those 53% would LIKE to do it but haven't yet had the opportunity?