http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2009/03/13/another-portrait-of-teen-pregnancy-single-parenthood/ "She is very powerful, so be nice to her." Former Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents, Eric Fingerhut Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:51:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2009/03/13/another-portrait-of-teen-pregnancy-single-parenthood/comment-page-1/#comment-255687 Jezebel Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:55:46 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/?p=12950#comment-255687 You're right that 'how did it happen?' is such a key question. But I did feel for Bristol when she dodged it in her Fox News interview - if she was having unprotected sex and she admits that, she becomes even more of a target in the media and online as the dumb girl who symbolizes the failure of the abstinence only philosophy that her mom supports. And if she was using contraception and admits to a condom breaking or some other failure, it becomes 'even Sarah Palin's own daughter wasn't buying her abstinence only crap', and calls into question her mom's ability to promote that aspect of the conservative agenda as a future candidate. She must have felt like there was no good way for her to answer that question, whatever the truth is. You’re right that ‘how did it happen?’ is such a key question. But I did feel for Bristol when she dodged it in her Fox News interview – if she was having unprotected sex and she admits that, she becomes even more of a target in the media and online as the dumb girl who symbolizes the failure of the abstinence only philosophy that her mom supports. And if she was using contraception and admits to a condom breaking or some other failure, it becomes ‘even Sarah Palin’s own daughter wasn’t buying her abstinence only crap’, and calls into question her mom’s ability to promote that aspect of the conservative agenda as a future candidate. She must have felt like there was no good way for her to answer that question, whatever the truth is.

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