Good Lord No: One in Ten 11-year-old Texans Has Had Sex

October 20th, 2011 - By Brande Victorian

 

Right on the heels of the Amber Cole twitter situation, news has come out that one in ten sixth graders has already had sex by the age of 11 or 12 in the state of Texas. After that, the numbers jump to 22 percent of seventh graders having had sex, and for every year after that there is a 10 percent increase.

Before you assume this is an isolated situation, the United States as a whole isn’t doing so hot. Yes, Texas has a history of poor sex education and high teen pregnancy, but the good ol’ USA is a leader in sexually transmitted diseases among developing nations. What are we doing here?

Some people are citing Gov. Rick Perry’s executive order that female students receive the HPV vaccine before entering sixth grade as giving pre-teens a license to be promiscuous. I’d say that bridge has most likely already been crossed.

I’m going to sound quite naïve here, but where are these kids getting away with this stuff? I know kids, of which I have none, are sneaky and they lie about where they’re going, etcetera, etcetera, but we’re not talking about 15 and 16-year-olds who are in high school and drive and take themselves to and from extracurricular activities. These are 11-year-olds. Why doesn’t anyone know where they’re going and what they’re doing.

Better yet, where is the adult supervision?

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  • Whatthehell!?

    Ok. STOP blaming this on the Hispanic population.. because every race is being more sexually active younger.. As a Mexican, I am offended of this stereotype simply for the fact That I as 90% of the Hispanic women I know didn’t start having kids until they were well into their 20s. alot of these situations can be blamed on the parents and there lack of communication with their children and the media that glamourize sexual conduct, and dont forget that any info is just a click away thanks to the Internet.

  • Meems

    This is not shocking to me at all. People have to remember that teen pregnancy usually is connected generation to generation. My mom was married and didnt have us until her late 20s and early 30s (theres alot of us, lol)… So its apparent that teen pregnancy would NOT have been acceptable… However that didnt stop me from being sexually active when i was 13.. and 12 years later i am working on my masters with NOT kids in sight. So before judging the parents or kids, remember to look at the overall culture of that family.

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  • That's Wright

    one in ten kids…that's one too many, period.

  • MissMimi34

    Brande, I am a Texan. You forget that there is a large population of Hispanics in our state, in many cities, over 50%. Their culture is one in which they get married in their mid-teens and start having babies very early. Many of their mothers were teen mothers and think it is normal to engage in sexual activity at a young age (12-13). I have a friend who is a nurse at a Dallas high school, many teens are pregnant by the 9th grade, and make their mothers grandmothers WELL before they are 30, and are pregnant with their second child by 10th or 11th grade. Add to that the fact that they are on welfare and another member of the household means additional state money, and these statistics are not surprising at all. My daughter is in middle school and verifies that many of these girls are sexually precocious and it is culturally acceptable. I am not saying it is solely one race responsible for the high rates of sexually active pre-teens in Texas, but I do think that this is one large contributing factor.

    • Candy

      Way to stereotype.

  • Kayla

    this is why i still think people should wait till their married.