Virginity Pledge Doesn't Stop Sexual Activity
Washington (ECN) - A new study has found that a virginity pledge by teens does not stop sexual activity at all.
A new study was carried out by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to see if a virginity pledge was actually meaningful from a teen.
The pledge would mean they would not have sex until they were married.
They discovered though that over 50% of teens who made the pledge were sexually active before marriage.
There were no differences in sexual activity when comparing those who made the promises and those who did not.
Those who made the pledges were 10% less likely to take birth control precautions.
The study has been published in the journal Pediatrics.
