Politics | 05/20/2009 9:05 am

Bristol Palin in People: 'Think About the Consequences' of Sex

Sarah Palin’s daughter wants teenage girls to know that sex isn’t child’s play.

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Bristol Palin just graduated from high school, but she’s not reveling in the post-grad experience. Instead, the 18-year-old’s spending her time caring for her five-month-old son, Tripp.

Palin, as you know, is the daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and has since become an advocate of abstinence.

Appearing in this week’s edition of People magazine, Palin says that if girls knew the hardships of being a mother, they wouldn’t be having sex: "Girls need to imagine and picture their life with a screaming newborn baby and then think before they have sex … If girls realized the consequences of sex, nobody would be having sex. Trust me. Nobody."

Yikes. We’re sure Tripp won’t be so happy to read that down the road. Also, if Palin’s trying to dissuade girls from having sex, why such a smile on the cover? Shouldn’t she be covered in spit-up and look exhausted? Oh well.

Palin also discusses her public breakup with Tripp’s father, Levi Johnston: "I’m thankful we didn’t get married because if it wasn’t going to work now, it wasn’t going to work in five years."

Read more about: Alaska, Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston, News, Politics, Sarah Palin, Tripp Palin, U.S.

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She is doing just what mommy wants. This girl now can’t move without Sarah or Todd there.I can’t wait till she writes a tell all in years to come. That I will buy.

By S G on 05/20/2009 9:14 am

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S.G…….you must be an orphan?? since that is what real parents do!

By S.J. Morgan on 05/20/2009 9:56 am

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Well where were they when she was getting pregnant. Its too late now.

By S G on 05/20/2009 10:46 am

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Obvious you have no children..much less a teen!

By S.J. Morgan on 05/20/2009 10:59 am

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You assume too much.

By S G on 05/20/2009 11:25 am

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Hey S.J.- Just want you to know I so agree with you, afterall is it ever ever possible for a parent or parents to be with their teens (especially!) 24/7??? Most of us who have children know that is just absurd to ask " where were the parents", even couples without children would not even ask such a ridiculous question! I just love how some (usually the same posters) are all over Bristol Palin and when the topics regarding Levi, they were all so supportive! It just cracks me up how many are so inconsistent in everything and anything regarding the Palin family. It must be terrible to hate somebody so much like that, particularly when they have never met them and do not know them personally at all! It ceases to amaze me. Thanks for going straight to the point with this post. Yeah, for you and your honesty, I really love it,

By Deborah Kramer on 05/20/2009 12:46 pm

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The fact that parents can not be with their teenagers is exactly why abstinence only education doesn’t work.

By R.J.B. Reed on 05/20/2009 1:18 pm

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What do you suggest..chastity belt or bc in the water????

By S.J. Morgan on 05/20/2009 1:36 pm

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I suggest that every parent start discussing sex and its consequences with their children long before puberty. And then put their daughters on the pill after they hit puberty and make condoms readily available to their children of either gender.

By R.J.B. Reed on 05/20/2009 2:56 pm

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I agree with your first point. At least discuss what they are capable of taking in at any given age. But putting our daughters on the pill after they reach puberty? I just don’t think I can go for that.

By Deena B. on 05/20/2009 3:04 pm

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Definitely agree with the first point too. Openness and education are key. Allowing the pill as an option at puberty is probably a good idea (and if you have had honest and open discussions about sex, hopefully a girl would feel comfortable expressing a desire or need for it if she had one), but I agree that I wouldn’t just put girls on it automatically. Although plenty of girls end up on the pill at a young age for non-sexual reasons such as an irregular cycle, that’s a time in a girls life when she is learning important things about how her body works. It seems like a good idea to at least experience your natural cycle for a while and get an opportunity to see what is normal for your body.

By Raugiel Reddel on 05/20/2009 3:29 pm

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Right. I acknowledge that every situation is different. And hopefully a parent knows their child well enough to proceed accordingly.

I was thinking about this after I posted. My daughter was still watching Spongebob Squarepants regularly when puberty first hit! Still does on occasion….

By Deena B. on 05/20/2009 3:51 pm

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You walk a fine line about BC by making it like vitamins for teens. Part of the problem I see with my teens is they assume everyone is on it. There is no stigma attached to teen sex….I have found pill packets left on the school cafeteria table and they come back and say "oh thats mine". The first time that happened I almost fainted!!

First why do they take them to school?? and then I thought they might as well have a sign on their back that says..I put out!

We as women need to teach ALL girls they are better than just a sex object and they have something private that should be shared only with someone you love. Our society has cheapened that over the years and it is really sad.

I overheard some girls talking about what they would do IF they go Pregnant…. when they asked me what I would do I of course said make sure I did not get pregnant in the first place until I was ready and able to support a child financially and emotionally mature as well.

What many fail to see is that we lead by example more than you imagine and keep the communications going without judgement and scorn. We as women are ALL somewhat responsible for the actions of our young women today.

By S.J. Morgan on 05/20/2009 4:44 pm

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There is no stigma attached to teen sex

oh yes there is. for a lot of young girls, there certainly is.

First why do they take them to school?? and then I thought they might as well have a sign on their back that says..I put out!

you said there was no stigma? your insulting comment here proves you dead wrong. there is most definitely a stigma against teenage girls having sex - a lot of small-minded people think that anyone who has sex is a slut.

and the fact that you insult those girls for having birth control to protect themselves ("gosh why dont you just get a sign that says i put out!") is sickening. i hope you don’t speak your thoughts out loud to them.

What many fail to see is that we lead by example more than you imagine and keep the communications going without judgement and scorn.

oh yeah sure… you just basically implied that the girls who had birth control pills are sluts - that isn’t judgement or scorn?

and look at Bristols’ example. she had sex anyway regardless of what mom thought and said, got knocked up as a teen, barely graduated high school, and now she’s turned around and is talking like a hypocrite, actually promoting the ineffective abstinence propaganda. the same piss-poor program that did nothing to help her stay non-pregnant, she is spreading it around rather than wanting to arm young girls with information to protect themselves, regardless of the decision they make.

We as women are ALL somewhat responsible for the actions of our young women today.

i’m not responsible for any one elses’ actions but my own. but, i will say that we are all responsible for teaching our kids safe sex and the realities of STIs and pregnancy.

By Amanda C on 05/21/2009 4:14 pm

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Why do you feel putting them on the pill after puberty is a problem? (And I do mean *after* puberty, not immediately after period #1.) In my mind it’s like having an air-bag on a vehicle. You certainly prefer that they don’t depend on it, but it’s better to have a failsafe than to not have it.

By R.J.B. Reed on 05/20/2009 5:09 pm