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Originally posted by Chief
What an absolute load of shit. Do you think kids were getting knocked up in the 40s and 50s at age 13? Kids watching shit like MTV is the reason.
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Yes, they were. You think teenagers didn't have sex in the 40s? .. and they didn't even have birth control! But it was treated as such a social curse on the family that the girl was usually shipped off to an aunts or grandparents and then the new baby was later presented as a sibling or cousin. A pregnant teen would not stay publically visible in school as they are allowed to now. It would not even be shown in statistics as a 'teen pregnancy', because it was such a shame to be a "bastard", somebody older, married, would claim the child as their own. Humanity hasn't suddenly changed. The same issues have always been with us. It's just that we are now maturing enough to discuss them openly. That's a good thing! Sheltering people from reality never serves us as well as a mature informed experienced perspective.