Cosmos-Liturgy-Sex

This is according to a study done at Florida State University which will be published in an upcoming edition of The Journal of Law Economics and Organization.

The researchers found that teen gonorrhea rates dropped by an average of 20 percent for Hispanic girls and 12 percent for white girls in states where parental notification laws were in effect. The results were not statistically significant for black girls. The study will be published in an upcoming edition of The Journal of Law Economics and Organization.

“Incentives matter,” Klick said. “They matter even in activities as primal as sex, and they matter even among teenagers, who are conventionally thought to be short-sighted. If the expected costs of risky sex are raised, teens will substitute less risky activities such as protected sex or abstinence.”

In this case, the incentive for teens is to avoid having to tell their parents about a pregnancy by substituting less risky sex activities. In doing so, the researchers say, the rates of gonorrhea among girls under the age of 20 went down.

Consequences for one’s behavior? Unfortunately, accountability or taking responsibility for one’s action is a lost concept that contribute to self-victimization, hopelessness and the blaming of others for self-induced misery. Of course, kids (and adults, alike) are more likely to think twice about taking chances, if there is a potential of getting caught.