+433 If more than half of the women who got married in the 1950s were in there teens why do people act like modern day teen pregnancy is a new phenomon? amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

because back then it was expected to get married at a young age, and they got pregnant AFTER marriage.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You're right. Teens have always been getting pregnant, it's just how society views it that's different.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

1950s?? Um I think you mean 1850s? Or some other time period. Because 1950s weren't THAT long ago and I'm pretty sure you had to be 18 to get married. Of course I don't know that 100%

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yes, OP, you are simply wrong. getting pregnant in high school was even more taboo than it is today. if girls were pregnant as a teenager, they were 18 or 19, and either married or about to get married.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

A long LONG time ago it was accepted to get married and pregnant that young. But people also had a life expectancy of about 40.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

People were probably more mature back then too.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Stupid post. Some pregnant whore trying to make herself feel better about being pregnant.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

*their *phenomenon Dumbass.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

My grandmother got married at 16 and had my dad at 17, and she was wholly accepted by society

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, this post was one of the worst I've ever read, why would you ask a question, when the answer is right there in the question? There's a big difference between marriage and sex....

by Anonymous 13 years ago

because they were married...sleeping with ONE man:their husband. now its because they have a bunch of boyfriends and sleep around without protection

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't know what's worse the first person to make up such a dumb post, or the 393 people that agreed....

by Anonymous 13 years ago

cuz they got married!!!!

by Anonymous 13 years ago