Falling pregnant

Apparently, in Memphis, high school girls are falling like birds from the Arkansas sky. Falling pregnant, that is. Which is something I was not previously aware you could do. But apparently you can and they are. All by themselves, from the look of it. You can google this news story all day and not find a single one that mentions the boys (men?) who are participating in the impregnation of the teenage uteri.

However, you can find plenty of speculation about why these (mostly disadvantaged) youngsters are turning up pregnant at such a high rate. It seems that they can't say no. Because everyone knows that that is the sole responsibility of girls/women. Boys, with all that testosterone and peer pressure, cannot possibly be expected to abstain, the poor dears. And we all know that the only way to prevent pregnancy is to abstain entirely from sexual activity. Having comprehensive sex ed that teaches about contraception wouldn't help. Talking honestly with girls about relationships and sex and how to set boundaries and require condom usage and withstand pressure/walk away from a boy who's acting coercive wouldn't help. Talking with girls about life choices and reproductive choices and educational opportunities wouldn't help. No. The only thing to do is tsk tsk about the high teen pregnancy rate and yammer on about how to get those slutty girls to just say no. Cuz that's been working so damn well...