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Abstinence pledgers still do it, still get STDs
Already widely reported around the blogiverse but worth noting. 'Abstaining' Teens Still Get STDs.
Teens who pledge to remain virgins until marriage have the same rates of sexually transmitted diseases as those who don't pledge abstinence, according to a study that examined the sex lives of 12,000 adolescents.
Those who make a public pledge to abstain until marriage delay sex, have fewer sex partners and get married earlier, according to the data, gathered from adolescents ages 12 to 18 who were questioned again six years later. But the two groups' STD rates were statistically similar.
The problem, the study found, is that those virginity "pledgers" are much less likely to use condoms.
The study also found that 88% of pledgers had premarital sex anyway (vs 99% of nonpledgers).