Verbal Abuse by teachers linked to early sex

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TheStar.com | Canada | Abuse by teachers linked to early sex

MONTREAL ? Children, especially girls, may be more likely to have sex before the age of 14 if they have been verbally abused by teachers, a new study suggests.

The study, which followed 312 children from kindergarten to age 23 in a rural Quebec town, also draws a link between peer rejection and girls engaging in early sexual intercourse.

"The girls seem to suffer more from these negative social experiences," said Mara Brendgen, the study's lead author.

"Girls, generally, are a bit more oriented towards social relationships and suffer more if these social relationships go sour."

Researchers found children at elementary school who were shouted at, harshly criticized or embarrassed by teachers in the classroom had an increased risk of early sexual intercourse.

These students often disengaged from normal expectations and many turned to generalized delinquency, said Brendgen, a psychology professor at the Universite du Quebec in Montreal.

"(Often) it's the same children who are delinquent, who take drugs who also engage in risky sexual behaviour," she said.

Sexually active girls under 14 are more at risk of having multiple partners, which increases their chance of contracting a sexually transmitted disease or becoming pregnant, she added.

1) Canadians have too much free time.
2) We've moved past the "It's the parents fault" and onto "It's the teachers fault"

Next logical step: It's all Thumps fault.

 

[scooter1369]

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[Buckin' A]

No comment...it would just be too easy.

 

[martinss01]

TheStar.com | Canada | Abuse by teachers linked to early sex


1) Canadians have too much free time.
2) We've moved past the "It's the parents fault" and onto "It's the teachers fault"

Next logical step: It's all Thumps fault.

if its the teachers fault... isn't it already thumps fault? :p

the problem with these studies is they are so completely short sighted. did they take into account any other factors? such as why the teachers were scolding the children? was there a reason? were these students being singled out for any reason? if so, what was the reason and what type of effect could that have on the childs social functions? i have a hard time believeing they had a teacher bitch at every child in a classroom across all personality types, backrounds, and income levels and saw a nearly 100% odds of the girls in the class having sex before age 14 with no earlier disposition to sexual activity.

"(Often) it's the same children who are delinquent, who take drugs who also engage in risky sexual behaviour," she said.

gee, thats shocking. could this be why they are being singled out by the teachers in the first place?

child A was raped by her uncle when she was 4. she told her parents who did not believe her and was punished. because of this she does not integrate well into the class room, or most other cultural situations. because she does not integrate well into the classroom she often gets singled out by the teacher for disrupting the class. so why is she seeking multiple sex partners at a young age? because the teacher yelled at her. seems perfectly logical to me.

"It's not random," Brendgen said. "These children have certain behavioural characteristics that may provoke either their peers or the teachers into negative behaviour."

isn't it best to not invalidate your own findings?