Countries with low levels of teenagers giving
birth accept sexual relationships among teenagers and provide comprehensive and
balanced information about sexuality. (Netherlands, Scandinavian Countries, Cuba etc)
There is an interesting graph about Teen Pregnancy and Religion in America, which holds the record for highest rate in the developed world.
Teen pregnancy and
religion, by state
Each dot represents a state. There is a positive
correlation between the
importance of religion in
daily life, and teen pregnancy
Source:
Guttmacher Institute and Gallup
Highest rates
of teenage pregnancy also happen to
be in
USA
UK
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
USA also ranks high on Teenage Abortion...
So the rhetoric you hear among Politicians and what
is happening on the ground do not resonate.
France which has one of the least Religious
Creedence in the western world, with more than 2 out three 3 considering
religion unimportant
Also have lower levels
Teenage pregnancy
Obesity
I will let the Epidemiologists, The
Troubadours of Tragedy have fun with these data since they are trying to image,
objectify what they see in papers and unsuccessfully connect it to the society.
The very same countries where there are
high rates of teenage pregnancies are also the fattest countries on earth?
What is the connection?
As you can see the fattest developed
countries are all Protestant, the Catholic Ireland having a lower rate.
I have also noticed that in colonies of the
Protestant Europeans the Obesity and Diabetes rates are higher than the ones
colonized by the Catholics!
In fact the above fact seems to be more
important than the race since
Among the Polinesians, the fattest are in
the colonies of New Zealand and the ones who were colonized or ruled by
Catholic French or Catholic Chile seems to be healthier…
Hope someone can have some fun thinking
about this..
