I wonder how long it'll take before that gets old?

I got invited to a high school in a few weeks. It's not in our service area, but they want me really bad. That's nice. They have 3 pregnant girls there. Woops. We got to talking and she (the nurse who was inviting me) told me one of the girls came to her looking for food. She's been living off of chips and granola bars the nurse carries in her office, out of her own pocket. The young girl's family is dirt poor, and she can't afford to get proper food. Christ. Scary, huh?

I'm starting to wonder about teenage pregnancies. I'm starting to wonder if there isn't at least a small percentage of TP's that aren't... well.. intentional? Maybe not intentional, but at least...apathetical? Meaning that the girls know the risks, they know how to protect themselves, but they just don't care.

If you ever read the message board at Scarleteen, which I do on a daily basis, you'll find dozens of young girls, like this one, who have unprotected sex. I refuse to believe that, at this point, they haven't at least heard of condoms, or The Pill.

Could it be that motivation for protecting themselves if not as attractive as the romantic notion of pregnancy? Or, maybe it's not a 'romantic' notion, but maybe it's the drama of a pregnancy scare? Do they watch too many soap operas?

And don't even get me started on all the STI statistics....

I don't know. Am I way off on this? I just can't seem to understand why it is still happening, despite a plethora of options, for both men and women, and I refuse to accept ignorance as an excuse.

Is safe sex unsexy?