Did anyone see the latest survey of Irish women

pred racer

Heard this on the last word today, that 1 in 8 women still reckons that they cant get pregnant with their first shag!
Surely those days are gone, that used to be a joke amongst the girls I went to school with and thats 20 yrs ago.
Anyone think people are still that dumb?

Dave!

Who did the research? Any details on the experiments? What age groups?

Seems fairly unbelieveable, but I'm not saying it's untrue!

mike65

I heard that as well, sex education is either not being taught or is not being taught well.

Mike.

Karoma

Irish women or women living in Ireland?
Source?
(I don't doubt it, just want to read more about it)

pred racer

I can imagine that such ignorance might still be rampant amongst the sweating tracksuited slapper community(as is proven by the amount of young wans pushing prams around blanch), but surely That doesnt account for 12.5% of the women in the country.

Sorry daveMG I dont know who did the research, but there was also a sizeable number who thought the pill offered some protection against std's.

The other part was that alot of women didnt know when they ovulate or when their most fertile times were, now this one I can sorta understand.

Ohh... you must be joking... :eek:

challengemaster

lol.

Ruu_Old

Mind boggling. I think I found the source of some of it. From Ireland Online news.

Many women still lack knowledge about contraception
15/09/2006 - 13:38:27

A new study has found that many Irish women still lack knowledge about pregnancy and contraception.

One eighth of women involved in the research said they believe it is not possible to get pregnant the first time they have sex.

Elsewhere, more than half of those using birth control said they were taking the pill, but just one-in-eight were aware of its medical benefits.

The survey was commissioned by the drug company Schering to coincide with the launch of a new low-dose pill called Yasminelle.

Creamy Goodness

you can use statistics to prove anything, 15% of people know that.

Dave!

I'd like to find out a bit more about the age group involved in the research, cos I find it hard to believe that people could be so stupid!

pred racer

Thanks Ruu, I listened to the news on the last word again, but it just says "that a new survey shows that......etc."

Any of our female boardsies care to comment?

Maybe they already have and im just presuming all the previous posters on the thread are male.

Star*

DaveMcG wrote:

I'd like to find out a bit more about the age group involved in the research, cos I find it hard to believe that people could be so stupid!

I agree i think more should be divulged about this report - being a woman i can honestly say that for a long time now i know the truth about this and the fact that someone can come out with a report saying that most women my age are stupid well that is just ridiculous.

Give me stats - give me age profiles, give me locations, give me education back ground and then i will believe this survey.

until then ... forget it ... pile of poo.

women do know better.

the_syco

People are stupid. Looking at the amount of (very) young wans pushing prams, I don't doubt it.

pred racer

the_syco wrote:

People are stupid. Looking at the amount of (very) young wans pushing prams, I don't doubt it.

I always presumed that most teenage pregnancies were a mixture of hormones and heat of the moment, you know sorta "fcuk it we'll chance it" as opposed to just being ignorant of the facts.

I wonder how that myth about the first time shag got perpetuated? I cant even imagine any reason why the first time would be 'protected'

shane86

pred racer wrote:

Heard this on the last word today, that 1 in 8 women still reckons that they cant get pregnant with their first shag!
Surely those days are gone, that used to be a joke amongst the girls I went to school with and thats 20 yrs ago.
Anyone think people are still that dumb?

Seeing as 90% of bebo users believe in forwarding chain emails because "if ya dont dorward this your account will be suspended/your mickey will fall off/your whole family will be killed in a suicide attack on your house by Al Quaeda" then yes, I honestly do believe people are this stupid.

Now, forward me the names/numbers of these first ride no rubber women.

Scigaithris

All research is flawed. This does not mean that there is no value in the conduct of research. What we need to know before we start getting excited about reported results from this survey is to take a peek at their research methodology. For example, the design of the study, sampling methods, confidence levels and intervals, and potential sources of bias would be valuable to know. One potential source of bias may be the source of the funding for the study: a private pharmaceutical corporation in the process of launching a new drug related to the study?

pred racer

Scigaithris wrote:

All research is flawed. This does not mean that there is no value in the conduct of research. What we need to know before we start getting excited about reported results from this survey is to take a peek at their research methodology. For example, the design of the study, sampling methods, confidence levels and intervals, and potential sources of bias would be valuable to know. One potential source of bias may be the source of the funding for the study: a private pharmaceutical corporation in the process of launching a new drug related to the study?

Or if they did the survey in the blanchardstown shopping centre:D

The survey was commissioned by the drug company Schering to coincide with the launch of a new low-dose pill called Yasminelle

Ruu_Old

pred racer wrote:

Or if they did the survey in the blanchardstown shopping centre:D

The survey was commissioned by the drug company Schering to coincide with the launch of a new low-dose pill called Yasminelle

"Here, you get a free bottle of Yasminelle with the survey"
"Free drugs? Kewl!"

pred racer

unfortunately in blach that is bolting the stable door after the horse has legged it.

Btw Ruu... do you ever sleep? Ive an excuse, Im supposed to be working;)

Ruu_Old

pred racer wrote:

unfortunately in blach that is bolting the stable door after the horse has legged it.

Btw Ruu... do you ever sleep? Ive an excuse, Im supposed to be working;)

I'm on a different timezone right now, -6 hrs from Oirsh time. Tis early in the night. What slave driver has you working this late? I'm going to have to ban myself for all this off topic chat *clicks*

pred racer

Intel....only one more night then im off till next thursday so it not too bad.

now where's dem free drugs I got in blanch today:D

Black Swan

Another market-launch survey? Oh, that makes me confident in the results. And if you believe that, I have a elf to sell you who claims he can turn road apples into gold.

Umiq88

I think this calls for a poll op!!

The Sweeper

Doesn't surprise me.

The under-20s are ignorant as to sexual health and good practice, relative tp ten years ago when we were the children of the condom advertisements because society was STD-conscious due to the prevalence of - and poor treatment for - HIV and AIDs.

In the UK, 10% of sexually active women between the ages of 16 and 25 have chlamydia, an STD for which 75% of women and 50% of men who are infected experience no symptoms, but whose results can include pelvic inflammatory disease in women, swollen testicles and potential infertility in both sexes. Now these 10% of women are not getting chlamydia all on their own, so I personally think it's a fair enough presumption to say that probably 10% of sexually active men between the ages of 16 and 25 have chlamydia too.

Instances of syphilis and gonorrhoea have also risen in young people in both the UK and Ireland.

So no, it doesn't surprise me that apparently 12.5% of Irish women of a certain agegroup (I'm going to assume it's a young people's poll, if they still have opinions on their 'first shag') think you can't get pregnant when you have sex for the first time.

And yet there are still people on these boards who post on PI saying "sure if she looks like she's from a good family and she's not a skanger, she's not going to have an STD like".

Minesajackdaniels

Minesajackdaniels wrote:

And yet there are still people on these boards who post on PI saying "sure if she looks like she's from a good family and she's not a skanger, she's not going to have an STD like".

Let's not forget "I think STIs are overhyped, I never use condoms" ¬.¬

Oh and OP, I'm female.

Faith

Anyone remember the thread in PI not so long ago, from a girl who was worried that she was pregnant? It was her first time, iirc, and she said something like "he pulled out before he came, so I can't be pregnant, right?". There's a huge amount of ignorance, especially amongst younger women, as to what can and can't get them pregnant.

Personally, I've been fully aware of all the facts since I was 11 and started reading "Sugar" magazine.

constitutionus

pred racer wrote:

Heard this on the last word today, that 1 in 8 women still reckons that they cant get pregnant with their first shag!
Surely those days are gone, that used to be a joke amongst the girls I went to school with and thats 20 yrs ago.
Anyone think people are still that dumb?

thers alot , and i mean alot of blondes out there

and "faith" my ex used to do covers for sugar magazine. i ripped the piss out of her then but its very disturbing to me now. nice bit of female porn that, the girls used to leave em around work