Post by Tamrin on Dec 24, 2013 12:42:46 GMT 10
Appropriate for Christmas Eve:
Virgin Births Affect 1 in 200 Women Say Pregnant ‘Virgins’ in Study [excerpt]
Virgin Births Affect 1 in 200 Women Say Pregnant ‘Virgins’ in Study [excerpt]
Everyone knows that scientific studies are carried out each day on some of the strangest things imaginable, but could any layperson have guessed that scientists have been busy studying alleged virgin births? That’s right. Scientists have recently discovered that half a percent of births in the United States, or a whopping one in 200 births, take place among self-described virgins.
The reason for, and significance of, the study was unclear, but the data showed that about half of one percent of all pregnant women say that they became pregnant without losing their virginity-a claim that is not possible from a scientific (or for that matter, any other) standpoint. The study was large, focusing on over 7,000 young ladies and tracking them over 14 years.
The study participants who claimed they were pregnant virgins were more likely than not to have taken a chastity pledge, and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the incidence of virgin births increased during the week just before Christmas. The same participants were more likely to have had an upbringing where sex was not discussed in the household.
The women in the study did not participate in any type of procedure that would allow them to become pregnant without engaging in sexual intercourse, such as in vitro fertilization. The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health was the larger body of data from which this study sprang, and it has been published by the British Medical Journal.
The reason for, and significance of, the study was unclear, but the data showed that about half of one percent of all pregnant women say that they became pregnant without losing their virginity-a claim that is not possible from a scientific (or for that matter, any other) standpoint. The study was large, focusing on over 7,000 young ladies and tracking them over 14 years.
The study participants who claimed they were pregnant virgins were more likely than not to have taken a chastity pledge, and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the incidence of virgin births increased during the week just before Christmas. The same participants were more likely to have had an upbringing where sex was not discussed in the household.
The women in the study did not participate in any type of procedure that would allow them to become pregnant without engaging in sexual intercourse, such as in vitro fertilization. The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health was the larger body of data from which this study sprang, and it has been published by the British Medical Journal.