This seems like a clear cut case, but the population and demographics are vastly different.
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Population size shouldn't really matter though, it's about percentages. Also yes, Americans are way waaay more religious than Dutch people, and you guys are in general more prude than us
"If you don't tell kids about sex, pregnancy, STDs and protection, they will try to figure stuff out for themselves. If you just tell them "don't do it" without the reasons why, they will be even more tempted to figure it out. It's just simple induction."
Do you have evidence that this inductive theory causates to those statistics?
Regardless, I was pointing out this pictures failings specifically, not the failing of the theory behind it.
https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1742-4755-6-14
I'd also like to add that conservative religious people are less likely to use contraceptives and are usually against abortion. It's not evidence, however these are arguments which may later be used to form an inductive theory. And the data speak quite clearly.
In terms of this picture alone, however, I agree. It demonstrates the point but doesn't back it. Then again, it's just a picture from Cracked, what else could we expect?
The Netherlands is also very racially homogeneous, and that race happens to be an industrious responsible one. If you throw in 11% of the population as people who choose to rest in a welfare hammock and spawn children that also like to game the system (more kids = more welfare money) you'll get a lot closer to what we have in the US.
Oh, and anticipating the first response, in the words of Rhett Butler, I'm sorry if the truth offends you.
As a dutch person, most people on welfare here are white
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Also only 5,3 percent are on welfare, 11% is how many non white immigrants we have. Saying all of them are on welfare just shows how ignorant and racist you are
This mentality is more common in deeply religious states, which are also the ones with most teen pregnancies.
http://www.livescience.com/45355-teen-pregnancy-rates-by-state.html
http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-most-religious-states-in-america.html
Correlation? Yes. Causation? Also yes.
Do you have evidence that this inductive theory causates to those statistics?
Regardless, I was pointing out this pictures failings specifically, not the failing of the theory behind it.
I'd also like to add that conservative religious people are less likely to use contraceptives and are usually against abortion. It's not evidence, however these are arguments which may later be used to form an inductive theory. And the data speak quite clearly.
In terms of this picture alone, however, I agree. It demonstrates the point but doesn't back it. Then again, it's just a picture from Cracked, what else could we expect?
Oh, and anticipating the first response, in the words of Rhett Butler, I'm sorry if the truth offends you.