Are young people more/less sexually active in the Bible Belt?

[Person Man]

Depends. There are more teen pregnancies there. ..but who knows. Maybe ignorance increases the pregnancy rate in the bible belt. I wonder what the abortion rate is. I know the divorce rate is higher in the Bible Belt.

[Person Man]

It's a vicious circle where I live. Especially among the poor. Lack of public education and resources paired with the fact that it's not a topic for polite discussion equals more unwed mothers with multiple children on welfare.

And the very people who despise public sex education also despise the welfare system. I don't think that they understand that multi-generational ignorance and illiteracy is something that can be overcome by simply pulling onesself up by the bootstraps.

Religious groups seem to have a strong influence on the lack of sex ed on the local level where I live. I am no expert but I do work in the educational system and it's evident to me that I was exposed to more sex ed in the Midwest 25 years ago than the students in NC are today.

I like living in the South for various reasons, but this issue is one that makes me roll my eyes and sigh a lot. lol.

I wouldn't live in the south.  I lived there for 17 years too long.

[Person Man]

I've lived in every city in Texas, reigning from Houston. Trust me, we get freaky here. Anyone who would suggest that our high church attendance rates would imply a lack of sexual activity among the youth is, in all honesty, delusional.

Spare me the details.