+1,669 It would be better if girls got their periods when they were around 20, so that they would be mature enough to have a baby. amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

or maybe teenagers shouldn't act like sluts...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

20 is mature enough to have a baby?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(:X): More mature.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well its not like you have to get pregnant the minute you get your first period.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But in high school, girls are all, "ohemmgee sex is so cool ;)))" so they do it and bam. Pregnant. Condoms and birth control don't guarantee no pregnancy. So at least now they can't get preggers.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yes but then theyd be even more encouraged to have sex.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't think sex is the problem. I think high school pregnancy is the problem. And even though I'm pro-choice, I'm not a huge fan of when people get abortions. If people don't/can't get pregnant in high school, there would probably be a lot less abortions.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I know teen pregnancies is a bigger problem, but that doesn't mean having sex all the time as a teenager isn't. And I'm pro-choice too, but I don't think abortion should be used as a birth control, more for if the mother was at risk or if she was raped. If a teen wants to stupidly have sex before they're ready for a family, they should have to pay the consequences instead of being able to just have an abortion and pretend it never happened. I doubt a teen would want more sex if she had to go through with child birth.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm more for rape/incest/under 16 abortions [if you're under 16, you really don't understand what you're doing]

by Anonymous 13 years ago

well the pill actually works quite well when taken correctly and any teenager that decides to have sex should just go on the pill anyway, cus being on it is a lot better than not. Any parent that refuses to put their teen on birth control is ignorant and deserves an unexpected grandchild just for that stupidity

by Anonymous 13 years ago

My sister is only on birth control for medical reasons, and I'm not on birth control because I don't plan on having sex. And the pill does work really well, but it's not 100% guaranteed. I think it's 98% or something. Some people have gotten preggers while on the pill.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Girls aren't like that because in ancient times, they got married and had a family around 12 years old.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Girls aren't like that because in ancient times, they got married and had a family around 12 years old.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Girls aren't like that because in ancient times, they got married and had a family around 12 years old.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Just felt the need to write that 3 times did you bud?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You can have a baby without getting your period. I forgot why this is, but I remember this from my health teacher.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yeah you can because if a girl had sex right before she would start her first period, she could get pregnant

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But, what are the odds of that?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I know I'm kind of copying Anonymous above me. But a girl can get pregnant without starting her period. It's just less likely. A girl usually dosen't have sex till after she starts her period.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yeah bt thats only if its right before her first on would be happening, and if that first one was when she was 20, she'd be more mature

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It doesn't have to be right before her first period. My old health teacher told a story about an eight year old girl who was raped and had a baby.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

What I'm trying to say is that even though a girl can get pregnant before she starts her period she shouldn't. It's just a rare case when they do have children very young.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I knew someone who got married at 18 and had a child when she was 19. She then went on to have another one at 20. She's now 35, still married and the kids are fine. She was mature enough and financially stable to have children at that age, so I think that there are some exceptions.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I would like for them to not have Periods at all tbh

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Trust me, we hate having periods, too. Tampon and pad costs add up. And it's just a hassle.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I wish I could say I understand but...I don't thankfully! I sympathize though :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I was reading something just the other day about how in the 1800's, the average age for a girl to have her period was around 18. Even though the average marriage age was higher than most people think, it was acceptable for a man in their mid-twenties to marry a girl of 13 in a lot of cultures. This means that there could have been about 5 years of consequence free sex. Although I know the average age for a girl to have her period is younger with each generation, I don't know for sure if 18 was the average age in the 1800's, but I thought I'd mention it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Actually, I think the average age was more around 15/16, but still, it was higher than it is today.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I agree with this amirite post, but the reason why teens are getting their periods early is because of the preservatives in the foods today. My friend, who use to live in this area, told me that most kids were already developed by the age of 9 or 10, and she said that it was because of the GM food they were eating. Also, genes from your parents could be a factor too.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Teenagers are physically at the best to have a baby in their teen years, but just because of that, it doesn't mean it's right.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Everybody is talking about how teenage GIRLS are sluts, and have sex, but WHAT. ABOUT. THE. GUY. It takes a boy and a girl to make a baby? So it's okay for guys, but not for girls? And I'm not saying it is okay for girls to be slutty, or have sex at that age, but nobody really seems to notice that the girls are like that to....

by Anonymous 13 years ago