# A 7th grader is pregnant in my town. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-7th-grader-is-pregnant-in-my-town/95987 "2001-11-29T20:11:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-7th-grader-is-pregnant-in-my-town/95987/41 "2001-12-01T07:54:15Z")
\*\* > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Grace \* > I didn’t even like boys at that age, much less sex._\* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > It was probably an older boy who took her against her will. Or god forbid, an adult. Do you know if her family is trying to track down the nominal father? \*\* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cisco \* > Wtf? There was no evidence in the OP of _who_ the father was, much less anything leading you to believe it could have been an older boy or an adult. Why would you say that? Kids have sex. All the time. I knew a **ton** of kids who were having sex in middle school (11-13 year olds) and I would have been one of them had I had the opportunity. Thankfully some other people in this thread have already pointed out that sex between younger people isn’t the atrocity that it is sometimes portrayed as being. \*\* Calm down. I’ll replace “probably” with “may have been” if it will make you happy, but there **are** plenty of cases of older teenagers or adults taking advantage of middle-school aged girls who are out of their depth. \*\* > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Nacho4Sara \* > My first friend in middle school was 13, had had 3 abortions, and was having sex with a 17 year old boy, who was dating the head cheerleader and class president at his high school._\* \*\* > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Zette \* > I can tell you unequivically that back then I was desparately seeking love and affection. I was also drinking a lot, which doesn’t help in the judgement department. Once started on that path (sex=love,affection), it’s very diffucult to stop. Even though the feeling is temporary, it’s almost like a drug._\* \*\* > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by pepperlandgirl \* > My cousin was 20 when he knocked up a 14 year old. They charged him with statutory rape, an put a restraining order of him. Plus he had to pay court costs and child support._\* ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-7th-grader-is-pregnant-in-my-town/95987/42 "2001-12-01T11:53:19Z")
I was thinking about sex then, even though i did not have the opportunity to have sex. ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-7th-grader-is-pregnant-in-my-town/95987/43 "2001-12-01T13:56:05Z")
- - - I asked a few 20-ish women at work once when they first had sex, and for many of them, it was ~12-13 yrs old. It was the big thing to do before you got out of sixth grade. I was kinda surprised; my first was quite a bit later than that and I don’t remember any so-horny sixth-grade girls trying to lay it on me when I was that young, but apparently I didn’t notice. Most said it was with a guy a couple years older than them. - DougC [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-7th-grader-is-pregnant-in-my-town/95987.md?page=2)