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Net Blamed for Teen Pregnancies

Techtree News Staff, Jul 10, 2007 1949 hrs IST

Shanghai's first hotline for unexpected pregnancies released official figures ahead of World Population Day tomorrow, with some shocking revelations.

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This one definitely does not qualify for Mumbai to go the Shanghai way...

Shanghai's first hotline for unexpected pregnancies released official figures ahead of World Population Day tomorrow, with some shocking revelations.

Nearly half the women who've been calling the hotline are teenaged girls, some of them even younger than 15 years of age.

Of the more than 20,000 teenage girls who've been calling the hotline over the past two years, nearly 46 percent have had sex with boys whom they met on the Internet.

State media quoted Dr Zhang Zhengrong from No 411 Hospital that oversees the hotline as confirming these figures.

Reportedly, most of the fathers did the vanishing act after learning about the pregnancy, and some expectant girls did not even know the fathers' names. Nearly 10 percent of the girls have had as many as three abortions. Some of them don't even realize they are pregnant until it's too late.

Dr Zhang has put the blame on adult Web sites, videos, and books for this situation, urging society at large to look closely at the problem.

She said her hospital surveyed nearly 2,043 parents; 2,680 teachers; and 1,577 teenagers; only to find that just 7.9 percent of parents speak to their children about sex, and that almost 79 percent of high school and university students get their ideas about sex entirely from the Internet...

USER COMMENTS

Would it be possible for infertile women to use NET and get pregnant?

by NetGuy, Mumbai, on Jul 12, 2007 08:56 AM, Report abuse Reply

The net ?? Well, pron is available on DVDs too...

by WilderNess, pune, on Jul 10, 2007 09:24 PM, Report abuse Reply

pornography and sex can not be controlled by any means of teaching. its natural urge. net can be source of increased and free sexual behaviour, but pregnancy is part of inadequate education about sex.

by snverma, mumbai, on Jul 11, 2007 07:31 PM, Report abuse

did anybody ever heard that net is the cause of pregnancy?? is that possible?? what the hell are they talking?? net is the source of their knowledge about performing sex?? a literate country says that.......... what is sex?? its human nature..... it develops itself with age.......but nurturing prematurely is somewhat a matter of concern.......a company's survey revealed that 80% of teens are eager to know more about this activity after 13years of age.......whether they have net or any other source of information or none of them........kamaal hai.......... and its a fact that there is always a drawback associated with any technology.

by naveenchaudhary, itinfo.in, on Jul 11, 2007 11:47 AM, Report abuse Reply

Yeah, and once you have some s-e-x partners, who needs pron anyway? :)

by Viveik, Bombay, on Jul 11, 2007 08:33 AM, Report abuse Reply

China is now blaming porns & Internet for its over population!!! Great!!!

by IntelEATER, Kolkata, on Jul 11, 2007 03:00 AM, Report abuse Reply