Bristol Palin Believes Abstinence is “Not Realistic”

Sorted under abstinence-only education, politics on February 18, 2009

This story broke in the blogosphere big time yesterday, but to be fair, I had this post started yesterday, so it only looks like I’m late with this.

Bristol Palin sat down with Fox News two days ago for an intimate interview on being a new, teenage mother and given what she had to say, she confirmed our suspicions when she divulged that she had just told her mother, Sarah Palin, the day before she did the interview. What Bristol Palin had to say, however, may have surprised Fox News, her family, her family’s devout Republican, anti-choice followers, but most of all, us–The feminist population; but in a good way.

The very last few seconds of this interview may have caught everyone off guard, but between her candid words and amateur, teenage vocabulary, Bristol Palin hit the nail on the head–Abstinence is not realistic.



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  • Danielle
    Abstinence is so realistic! My fiance and I are both 22 and are both virgins. We have both made the decision to wait until marriage. It's not always easy, but can be done! Nothing rewarding is ever easy! I'm so tired of people making excuses for themselves because they don't have the backbone or the self control to keep their pants on! I've never heard of sex outside of marriage being good for a person physically, emotionally, or mentally. Abstinence is a sign of maturity and confidence: saying I am comfortable with myself and I don't feel the rush to start a physical relationship before having the foundation of an emotional/spiritual relationship.
  • While you and your fiance claim to be virgins, that mentality does not work for everyone and in most cases, (while you've expressed certainly not in your case, but in most cases) abstinence is not realistic in the least. Human beings are animals and we have let religion and our religion-based society claim otherwise, but it is true. We are animals and we have hormones--Hormones that, scientifically speaking, run our lives since they make the bulk of our emotionally and physically-based decisions for us. While you believe that abstinence is a sign of maturity and confidence, a person can very well be mature and confident no matter what their sexual history says.

    Now, onto the big factors you bring up in your comment---What does this say about people who do not believe in marriage? Do they simply remain virgins their entire lives because they don't accept what society has shoved down their throats since they were toddlers? We do not live in a society that strictly lives by the unspoken "rules" and go through life waiting for the big milestones we are told that we have to hit---Relationship, marriage, sex, babies. That just is not how we all live our lives, as much as religion and our religion-based society would like to think so and not all people are religious or spiritual at all, which is why in most cases and for most people, abstinence is not realistic.
  • Dr. House
    When an animal like dog goes around having sex, it never knows who was responsible for puppies born. Now a female goes on Premarital sex rampage, she has chance of getting pregnant every time even after following the safety measures, but she never intends to have a child during these pleasure journey. If by accident this women gets pregnant what will happen? Yes she may kill it, yes if she continues what will she explain to the her child? Should she tell he or she was never intended and was a mistake or accident.
    An average American women has at least 9-12 sex partners by age 36-40 years. During this time she can get pregnant to any of these men, if among these men she marries one person it is only a matter of chance he fertilized the ova to have a child, the same thing could have occurred with previous men, it was just a coincidence as it occurs in animals.
    Moreover what would the child think about the father, who happens to be only by chance and not the complete desire of women.
    One more thing, Humans were not animals, they have become in last 70 years. Animals do not have conscience while the humans have, if you disagree with that, you may be correct.
  • I am really unsure that she really gets the whole picture. I guess her beliefs really are that when you are young it better to have babies so mommy and daddy can help, because they are also young enough.
  • How we compare a animal with a human. You're right, we are not the same. There are more difference between humans and animals.
  • Lemur, you make some good points about the differences between humans and animals. You're right, we are not the same. I didn't list any differences because, well, I assumed they were obvious ... but I guess not to everybody. Another very large difference between humans and animals is that humans feel guilt. In addition to the point I made earlier, abstinence can be and is realistic to countless people in this world. I'm not saying it's the most popular or healthiest choice, but it is possible and very realistic.
  • PiixiiDustt
    Aside from the context of the post,I couldn't help but see the same demeanor and mannerism of Bristol shadowing ,those of her mother Sarah in those uncomfortable interviews she gave while VP nominee.

    To me Bristol is some what more open to the idea of personal freedom,more than her mother,such as when commenting on how it was her CHOICE to have the child,not the demand of her parents.
  • We shouldn't "go back" to the values we had, because while some things were simpler for some people, a lot of things were harder and more restrictive. I hear people complaining about how we're too hung up on having "choice", but the opposite of that is having no choices. And why should anyone be abstinent if they don't want to be, provided they are old enough and responsible enough to make choices about it? No we aren't animals. We have sex for love or pleasure as well as procreation. We don't go into heat, we decide when and with whom we will have sex. Just because we decide to do so doesn't make us animalistic. Way to slut-shame, Barstools.

    Stop trying to go back. Go forward, and deal with the changes in society. The world will not end. No, really.
  • I think the comment about abstinence not being "realistic" is far off. Sure, it may not be the easiest choice in today's sex-crazed society, but to say it's not "realistic" implies that humans are like animals, and cannot control their urges.
  • While you're right that today's society is a bit "sex-crazed" since it's all over our mainstream media, what I cannot agree with you about is the point you brought up about humans not being "like" animals. I don't know where you have been, but not only are humans like animals, humans ARE indeed animals themselves.
  • Couldn't agree more.
  • Wow ~ think she is wise beyond her years! None of their lives will ever be the same now that the whole "Palin" family has been "discovered"! Just wish all of them well!
  • Well I believe on what she said. Teen sex will never stop especially when kids are given much freedom. I believe, we can never protect our kids from premarital sex like the old times. Our beliefs and values have changed. If we want to stop it, the we should look for those values and once again integrate them in our daily lives.
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