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Interesting Japanese behaviour
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PAULH



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mark wrote:

Wow! I had no idea. Kids enter jr hs at 12 yrs right? Meaning that half of the 11 year olds have had sex? That's incredible.

Why would they consider condom use "uncool"?

I'm a bit blown away by those stats.


Ive edited it, I meant SENIOR High school. Many kids lose their virginity in junior high school.

Kids are about 13 when they enter JHS. I suppose you can count petting as sexual activity as well.
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PAULH



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mark wrote:

Why would they consider condom use "uncool"?

I'm a bit blown away by those stats.


I just wonder if it actually occurs to the average 15 or 16 year old high school boy that he can actually get a girl pregnant at his age, and that sex is not just about getting his end away as fast as he can?
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Mark



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

PAULH wrote:
Mark wrote:

Wow! I had no idea. Kids enter jr hs at 12 yrs right? Meaning that half of the 11 year olds have had sex? That's incredible.

Why would they consider condom use "uncool"?

I'm a bit blown away by those stats.


Ive edited it, I meant SENIOR High school. Many kids lose their virginity in junior high school.

Kids are about 13 when they enter JHS. I suppose you can count petting as sexual activity as well.


Whew, ok, that makes more sense. Kids are 15/16 when they enter senior high school, so I can see half of them having had sex. It's still quite a lot in my opinion, but quite a bit better than junior high school.

I could be wrong, but I think I remember seeing stats back home saying that about half of Canadian kids lose their virginity by the time they graduate high school. Looks like the Japanese are beating us.
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Mark



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

PAULH wrote:
Mark wrote:

Why would they consider condom use "uncool"?

I'm a bit blown away by those stats.


I just wonder if it actually occurs to the average 15 or 16 year old high school boy that he can actually get a girl pregnant at his age, and that sex is not just about getting his end away as fast as he can?


Ok, that also makes more sense. I thought you meant 30 to 40% of all Japanese men.

Yeah, I can see high schoolers not thinking that through. Is there much in the way of teen pregnancy in Japan?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mark wrote:

Yeah, I can see high schoolers not thinking that through. Is there much in the way of teen pregnancy in Japan?


Here are some stats comparing Japan with other western countries

http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_teens.html
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting that the hotline at crisis centers is or was busy with calls from Japanese male youth who might have been violated by their mothers, and it's a wonder that there aren't a lot of young Japanese men about who haven't self emoliated themselves by gauging their eyes out with stakes. On the other hand maybe there are
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