Let’s Talk About The Teen Pregnancy Panic of the 2000s

[@EverythingAyla1]

It's always, "she got pregnant at (insert teenage age)" and never "this teenage boy got this teenage girl pregnant" it's such a double standard.

[@fourleafclover-c4v]

you're so right. it's always "she was so immature and reckless" and never "he was immature and reckless and got this girl pregnant". it's always so focussed on the woman who carries the effect of the unprotected sex, and never includes the second party (A VERY VITAL PARTY) into the conversation.

[@Mariesrares]

I knew 3 girls in my HS/MS who were pregnant under the age of 18 it was wild…

[@elizabetho7081]

most teenage pregnancies have an adult father. it's not teenage boys getting them pregnant, it's disgusting pedophilic men.

[@danielabenavides985]

That's because 70% of teen moms had kids with males older than 20, is full on men who get teenagers pregnant

[@applesauce8472]

Sadly its bc often its not a teenage boy who got her pregnant, often its an adult man

[@Thedarkestblackisstillblue]

One thing that never fails to annoy me is the narrative around “too many slutty teen girls getting pregnant” and not “too many adult men getting children pregnant”

[@ADHDposterchild27]

too many _slutty_ adult men getting children pregnant*

[@Itsatragedeigh]

Seriously. The only girl i knew to get pregnant in high school was with one of the fucking gym teachers

[@Thedarkestblackisstillblue]

@@Itsatragedeigh I knew a girl who was pregnant at 15 by a 22 year old 🙃. When my mom was in middle school she knew a 12 year old pregnant by a 19 year old.

[@Itsatragedeigh]

@@Thedarkestblackisstillblue disgusting.

[@parkchimmin7913]

So much focus on the pregnant teen girls and not the adults men/teen boys who got them pregnant. The same thing happened to single moms too. As always, girls and women get the brunt of the scrutiny and responsibility.

[@9124Nove]

It is pretty funny and weird how US society can be prudish at times, yet also be so heavily invested in teen pregnancies.

[@honestlyali27]

us society is crazy. ppl are so conservative about some things that are normal and fine but disgusting things are totally normalized like?!?!

[@lordnokia4222]

Almost as if...... the anti-sex ed conservatives are sex repressed 🤢🤮

[@Cinnamonraisin_Bagel]

society is somehow over sexualised and extremely prudish at the same time

[@chavesa5]

The types of people invested in teen pregnancy are the types of people who like having power over teenagers a little too much

[@ville-c4u]

Don't translate... भवतः हृदयस्य धड़कनं कतिपयेषु घण्टेषु स्थगयिष्यति, अस्य शापस्य मुक्तिं प्राप्तुं एकमात्रं मार्गं मम चैनलस्य सदस्यतां कुर्वन्तु......😂🎉🎉🎉😅😅😂😅😂😅😂

[@anaitra369]

There was always an obsession with anything sexual to do with teens in hollywood.

[@shaneilellis9832]

No it was reality, I've seen my school mate got pregnant while in school. Art imitate life.

[@parkchimmin7913]

⁠@@shaneilellis9832 You can address teenage pregnancy and all that stuff without having to sexualize the teens on screen. At this point, it’s less about spreading awareness and more about sexual gratification by portraying teens in sexual situations. It’s gross.

[@shaneilellis9832]

@parkchimmin7913 yeah you have a point Hollywood also have a hypersegsuality problem too .

[@ville-c4u]

You sound sped

[@ville-c4u]

You sound sped

[@fourleafclover-c4v]

when a guy is in these films, he's always featured as like a completely secondary character, a guy who knew no better and happened to stumble into this situation, instead of addressing the fact that he had everything to do with the creation of this baby. these films have always featured so heavily on the girl, and let the guy off so easily. IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO PEOPLE 🤗🤗🤗

[@ville-c4u]

Don't translate... भवतः हृदयस्य धड़कनं कतिपयेषु घण्टेषु स्थगयिष्यति, अस्य शापस्य मुक्तिं प्राप्तुं एकमात्रं मार्गं मम चैनलस्य सदस्यतां कुर्वन्तु......😂🎉🎉🎉😅😅😂😅😂😅😂

[@skrrrtbangtan]

​@@ville-c4u Bro literally stop

[@Saltnpiper]

@@ville-c4uit’s been a day and my heart is still here so please stop 😍

[@tweedlebug123]

As a Christian Woman who's saving myself for marriage....abstience only sex ed just doesn't work. Teeangers are gonna do whatever they want to do, and that's a fact. My mom and dad raised me christian, but they educated me to the best of their ability on sex and ultimately didn't pressure me to stay abstient either. I choose that for myself to strengthen my personal relationship with God and protect myself. That's a choice that every teen makes for themselves and no one else cna choose that for them...and we all know teenagers will do whatever they want and i think demonizing sex only leads to it being more enigmatic and alluring. Teach your dang kids about sex!

[@jadesfromjupiter7780]

yes!! could not agree more! making educated decisions about sex (which ultimately will affect your mental and physical health) is such an important thing for young people. i started having sex quite young but i was always safe and have absolutely no regrets. shaming kids discourages them from talking to you and it can land them in trouble. i’m so lucky to have had the right tools at my disposal.

[@tweedlebug123]

@@jadesfromjupiter7780 absolutely agree!

[@shannons3419]

Even from a religious perspective, it makes no sense! With other sins (or "sins"), people aren't taught to never commit any of them ever or else they're going to Hell with no chance at redemption! If religious leaders can recognize that people are inherently flawed and will inevitably lie or steal or whatever else but can take the right steps afterward to stay in God's good graces, why can't they recognize that inevitably some people will have sex before marriage and should still be as safe as possible while doing so?

[@rx500android]

Preach👏🏻

[@cookietough30]

❤❤❤

[@r0sarie]

Emily aint a teen but she delivered (pun? intended) sorry for the repetitiveness its just that this videos topic was perfect for this

[@sphazel]

you ate that

[@herrforehead]

Unlike Digiorno 😔

[@derpymcderpell]

✋

[@amberlemaitre4169]

DELIVER DELIVER DELIIIVEEERR 🎵

[@olgak.9407]

Hotel? Trivago.

[@emmanuelchavez7748]

Sex ed is so rarely taught that i knew a dude who thinks the pull out method works 💀

[@vepply]

It always works

[@js8qp2pwisos]

​@@vepply say /s right now !!

[@feliciaroseantonia]

​@@vepplyDunno if you're joking but in case you're not: Did you know that "pre-cüm" (trying not to get shadow banned lol oof) getting inside of her can still get her pregnant? She can also still get pregnant if any actual, again, uh, "c00m" gets on the outside of her genítals. So yeah. (Sorry for the silly censoring btw; I try to avoid algorithm-speak as much as possible, but I really don't want this comment to get hidden bc people need to know this if they don't already)

[@hunterishomophobic]

@vepply based

[@altounedited3]

@@vepplyI’m sure your father thought the same😅

[@Felix_hobi]

I saw this thing before and I agree "don’t support teen pregnancies, support pregnant teens" don’t normalize it or make it “okay” but support the teens who got pregnant and need help

[@ville-c4u]

Don't translate... भवतः हृदयस्य धड़कनं कतिपयेषु घण्टेषु स्थगयिष्यति, अस्य शापस्य मुक्तिं प्राप्तुं एकमात्रं मार्गं मम चैनलस्य सदस्यतां कुर्वन्तु......😂🎉🎉🎉😅😅😂😅😂😅😂

[@alicia234]

It should be okay if they want to plan a pregnancy or want to not try but not avoid. Unplanned pregnancy should be avoided if possible, but we should let people be parents at any age as long as they feel ready.

[@Felix_hobi]

@@alicia234 welllll maybe not at any age since kids as young as 13 want to be parents. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be parents but kids at the age of 12-17 isn’t really a good idea since they are fully mature and are still kids themselves, but if it happens and they want to keep the baby then they should get support and help from their family

[@papitoquerido7827]

My mom was 17 when she gave birth to me in 2000 and she always said it was the most stressful thing to have new expectations on top of the many society already had for girls. I’ll always view her as a soldier for going thru so much.

[@izzytheabolitionist]

My mom had me in 2003 at 18. I genuinely cannot fathom what she has had to go through

[@melissastory1993]

I was just about to turn 24 and it was still soooo much. I had a good job and my life was on a good trajectory, but I wasn’t mentally grown enough. I’m 33 now and it feels wild to have a 9 year old when I feel like I was just a baby 10 years ago. I can only imagine how much harder it would’ve been 5 years before that.

[@Aspoonz]

As a lesbian I beat the code, I can get freaky and not get pregnant 😎 take that BUSH, I’m in another bush now.

[@salt907]

Thats so real gang 🙏🔥

[@MintChocoTulip]

🗣💥🔊🤩

[@rx500android]

Omg 😭😭 so true The way I had to explain to my gynecologist why there’s 0 chance I could get pregnant….

[@verycoolwhaleshark]

literallyyy i love my girlfriend it’s so great

[@NotFine]

I got an inside job cause she got that W bush

[@AnnaD-qo3hy]

Thx for acknowledging asexuals! I did nothing but binge anime and cartoons in my teen years...

[@Sophiapuppybarks]

I’ve been studying, writing fanfiction, learning a new song for the piano and watching my favorite anime throughout my teenage years, yet I’m still straight instead of asexual.

[@aIphys]

@@Sophiapuppybarksyou can still be straight & ace since a lack of sexual attraction doesnt always mean you lack romantic attraction

[@alexandragrilla161]

I don't think that has to do with being asexual

[@Sophiapuppybarks]

@@alexandragrilla161 look at the comment from @AnnaD-qo3hy.

[@aswespeakI65]

@@alexandragrilla161 well no one said doing those things directly correlates with being ace now did they?

[@summer_pain]

6:49 THIS!! my parents got married less than 5 months after their first date and they're always saying "well your mother and i never kissed until we were married" "your dad and i didn't hold hands until our honeymoon" yeah you didn't get to know each other either 😭

[@septanine5936]

are they still together?

[@summer_pain]

@ yeah, they don't believe in divorce. otherwise they would've been divorced years ago

[@commiemommie9802]

The fact that i lost literally every single friend i ever had when i got pregnant at 16....

[@SapphireBattersea-q5g]

Sorry to hear that. :( Are you doing okay now though?

[@YukihoDubs]

​@@SapphireBattersea-q5g I hope so

[@commiemommie9802]

@@SapphireBattersea-q5g lol now I'm 21, divorced, with two toddlers, living in an RV because rent is ridiculous. So could be worse for sure lmao

[@SapphireBattersea-q5g]

@@commiemommie9802 you're doing astonishingly well all things considered. You should be very proud of yourself.

[@trinaq]

"Secret Life of the American Teenager" was so well intentioned, but had unintentionally hilarious moments. Most notably "He died a horrible death because I had incredible sex" lives in my head, rent free.

[@feliciaroseantonia]

The way that line BURNED ME AT THE STAKE and i GENUINELY didn't even remember it at all until I saw your comment oml- 😭💀

[@Riviwriter]

What about the time they had that whole big lead up to revealing her son’s name and then it was just…John

[@GA_131]

I remembered I was so bored by the first few episode I tried to skip ahead and got whiplash 😅

[@justagirlwearingglasses]

love your pfp

[@ZoeLittle-r7x]

omg we both watch emily too 😭🙏

[@silent_soul7597]

My mom works as a receptionist in the birthing centre at a hospital. She just told me about a FOURTEEN YEAR OLD that gave birth. Honestly so terrifying considering she’s only a few years younger than me

[@commiemommie9802]

My mom was 14! And my dad was 24! When I was born! Society is wonderful! 🙃

[@silent_soul7597]

@@commiemommie9802😦

[@salt907]

YO IM 15 AND THATS INSANE

[@septanine5936]

wow her body isn't even fully developed yet. I hope she's ok

[@salt907]

@@septanine5936 yeah like i hope that if the dad is an adult they get prison

[@Dragoon601]

I will admit that the 2000s pregnancy stories made me so scared of sex that I was checking to make sure the protection didn't break my first time. I was so terrified of getting someone pregnant because these shows messed me up. I was also in my early twenties at the time when I had these worries. Now that I'm gay, I no longer have these worries 😅

[@steemcgee5150]

Fr being a lesbian is the best, in many ways but especially the lack of worry

[@shannons3419]

The joys of homosexuality

[@sprigatoni]

My mom was a teen mom in 2001 and that was absolutely awful to grow up from. I was just an inconvenience to everyone. I was just seen as the result of an irresponsible mother in other people's minds but people took it out on ME for no reason. What makes it worse is she became a drug addict so then in my preteens I was also known as the local drug addict's kid and basically wasn't wanted anywhere.

[@candicraveingcloude2822]

I can't imagine how traumatizing it was for everyone involved. Neither you, nor your mom got support, you both got hated upon, with you being put up as a scapegoat, and because of both of those things, both of you suffered. I can only hope your mom recovers from her issues relating to substance abuse, and that you are loved and supported by someone now.

[@bok9596]

people talk about the negative impacts on the mother but never the child. i can imagine my mother being a child to young adult while raising me, and it sounds like hell. i would hate to do that to a kid.

[@transsexual_computer_faery]

[@Surfer669]

My Health Teacher in High School showed us every picture and video of STDs and STIs with disgusting graphic details and sounds. I think that was a bigger sex deterrent than Teen Pregnancy tv dramas.

[@thylacoleonkennedy7]

As an Australian I'm watching in horror at the loss of reproductive rights and bodily autonomy in the U.S. right now. I hope people can stay strong and resist through it.

[@leoeoroofeoeoeo]

this dazzling stunning QUEEN

[@explodingdustrags2952]

Love ur pfp

[@RedDeadDevilTrigger]

Simp (jk she really is)

[@maki9724]

"membrane.. member.." someone was an avid wattpad user in middle school

[@neildwivedi1302]

favourite Emily running gags- 1. "ohh that is rich 🙄" 2. "straight man" Emily character in the skits 3. digressing from the topic at hand and segueing into another eventually ending up saying something uncomfortable and cringing herself out absolute icon.

[@septiceye_3706]

"And Kyle! You oughta be ashamed of yourself! Okay?! It's like you didn't even attend class!" "Uhh, no. I came." "Yeah! I see that!" When I tell you that this part of the sketch almost ended me 😭😭😭😭

[@Hatsune-Miku_Fan]

I hate how it's always the teen moms being blamed, who got her pregnant? A teen boy too? Or...

[@neonradius]

My grandmother got pregnant at 15 by my 16 year old grandfather. My grandfather got effectively disowned by his catholic family because he stayed with her (my grandmother wasn’t catholic and the heavily disapproved), and they worked for years to become financially stable. Nowadays they’re solidly middle class and happy (and still together after sixty some years!) I grew up during the teen pregnancy panic, so it was a topic that came up. One time, some acquaintance made a very judgmental and mean comment about teenage girls who get pregnant, then remembered who she was talking to and said “Oh, but they’re not like you” And my grandmother got *very* angry. I don’t remember her exact words because I was young, but she effectively said “You only say that because we were able to succeed, because my husband lucked out and got a good job, because we avoided financial emergencies, and because we made it. Any one of those girls could end up like me, and I could’ve ended up way worse off in life if I had any other circumstances. Dont call me your friend and then insult where I came from.” and like… something about that always stuck with me. teen pregnancy usually isn’t ideal, but its judged as some life-ending degenerate amoral event when so many people have made it through and had lives we seem “successful”- yet we want to separate those people from their past and act like somehow “it’s different when you, the person I like, did it”

[@jadesfromjupiter7780]

11:39 george w. bush, famously pregnant for 8 long years

[@tringaff1]

When I was in middle school, my mom used to make me watch 16 and pregnant with her and talk about how horrible their lives were. I will say looking back crazy tactic, but I did not get teen pregnant lol

[@LoneWulf278]

It’s not the end of the world. But it’s very difficult in this society so it should be avoided as much as possible.

[@Gamerchick2030]

My mom did that too and then she found out I was asexual and not interested....😅still saying I'm gonna change my mind soon...

[@LoneWulf278]

@ What does asexual mean?

[@Gamerchick2030]

@LoneWulf278 Asexuality is a lack of sexual attraction to anyone...

[@LoneWulf278]

@ Ooh. Thanks for that explanation. I’d imagine that you can still risk pregnancy without sexual attraction. There are many reasons why people have sex. But it’s interesting that there’s a name for it and everything.

[@Cinnamonraisin_Bagel]

Whenever we had pregnancy talks in school i'd just smugly smirk to myself knowing that i'd never do that nor would i ever want to have kids, though it did make for some great drama in tv shows

[@hallofries]

even though this was a bit more serious video it was genuinely so good, and the comedy bits were absolute gold i was laughing my ass off

[@adani2382]

Growing up in a Christian homeschooled community 90% of the people I was in classes with married at 18. As soon as they could.

[@septanine5936]

dang. did many of them stay together?

[@alwaysfabulous9965]

As an asexual whose libido activated when I hit puberty don't recommend. -10/10, glad the intensity dies out as I aged.

[@TheBlackGunslinger]

Same tho. Once my brain fully developed all that horny shit yeeted itself out of my life.

[@loureedpipes]

Dude same wtf, I didn't know this was a common experience

[@moon_rose_xx]

oof I was just disgusted when mine hit. Like really, self? You’re aroace! I was hoping and praying for my teen brain to get over itself at the time lol. Out of that crap pile now 😀

[@latenightbreakdowns2107]

@@moon_rose_xxisn’t sexuality fluid?

[@moon_rose_xx]

@@latenightbreakdowns2107 It definitely can be. Not in my case though. I already strongly suspected I was aroace, and I had no real desire for romance or sex. It was just part of my brain developing, at least for me. As soon as it was over I felt exactly the same about having no sexual or romantic desire, but my libido wasn’t going haywire, thank god.

[@slaytallica]

me getting this notification WHILE im watching juno is insaneeee

[@faenene]

I appreciate the acknowledgment of asexual ppl here. I always got annoyed when everyone just assumed all teens are crazy abt sex, and I could never relate. Teachers would say, “be safe when you do this”. But it’s not always when, it’s if.

[@ReptarsaurusRex]

I appreciate it too even though I'm not asexual. Although I did question it for some time, I was just traumatized with low-self esteem before the "craze" could even begin. It still feels alienating so I did appreciate the acknowledgment in the video as well

[@moon_rose_xx]

Exactly! I’m aroace and even now, in my thankfully very, very ‘modern’ school, sex ed classes don’t go over ‘what if you don’t want to have sex?’ It doesn’t help that we have to anonymously submit questions and the guys think it’s hilarious to submit horrendously sexual and inappropriate questions. It’s a great reflection on everybody else /s

[@lauraaube7877]

Exactly. When I was fourteen I thought I was aroace, when I was fifteen I had my first crush realised I could experience romantic attraction, then not long after my attractometer turned on and I realised that I could be attracted to people based on physical appearance. I was absolutely horrified/terrified of the idea of dating, and me having sex was inconceivable to my mind. When I was in junior high I had a lot of weird rules that I set for myself (I still have some) I determined anything sexual to be a sin (I'm not even religious nor was I then) and therefore against the rules. Throughout the years any remotely sexual thought I had would make me mad at myself and hate myself. Later when I was sixteen I ended up on anti depressants (Whoopdeedoo! I have an anxiety disorder and depression ♥) then my relationship with myself slowly improved and I hated myself less. Then one day near the end of grade twelve when I was 17 I got flirted with by a boy two years younger than me, and I tried and failed to flirt back - and I realised that I was ready to date. I'm 18 now and I only recently started to accept that there is a small part of myself that is sexual, that it is okay. Though personally I see sex as a very sacred thing that for me I might only do when I'm married. PS. I had normal sex ed and I was not raised to have these negative views toward sex, I accidentally thrust these upon myself.

[@tonto77]

My only sort of sex ed came in seventh grade when some abstinence-only organization came to my Catholic school and made everyone in my grade sign cards pledging not to have sex or else we’d go to hell 😂 I think I wrote “f*ck your chicken nuggets” on it and my friends and I thought it was the funniest thing ever

[@The_Super_NOVA]

I was never allowed to watch shows like Secret Life, growing up. You know your parents are strict when they don't even like a show speaking AGAINST teen sex

[@ville-c4u]

Don't translate... भवतः हृदयस्य धड़कनं कतिपयेषु घण्टेषु स्थगयिष्यति, अस्य शापस्य मुक्तिं प्राप्तुं एकमात्रं मार्गं मम चैनलस्य सदस्यतां कुर्वन्तु......😂🎉🎉🎉😅😅😂😅😂😅😂

[@xhypiseepyx]

​@@ville-c4u oh jesus ville is back

[@taylormullen2815]

The train metaphor is 10/10. And yes, I am also concerned for this nation! Sex ed is such an important topic. Is it uncomfortable to teach? Absolutely. That doesn't mean teenagers don't need to know about it. Teenage pregnancy is a delicate thing. If sexual education can help one teenager avoid pregnancy, it's done its job. And also, teen pregnancy always affects the girl more. She is treated as an outsider, while a boy is left off the hook.

[@septanine5936]

it's also important for spreading awareness about and encouraging protection from stds and stis. one haphazard interaction can in some cases end up negatively affecting you for the rest of your life

[@vforvaleriie]

not to be dramatic but emily seeing you talk feels like autumn when its perfectly windy and the sun is out and when im dehydrated and find a cold glass of water

[@CheeseduckClaire]

Conservatives in 2000s, 2010s: "Teens shouldn't be having sex, they're too young to be responsible, abstinence only!" Conservatives in 2020s: "Teens are biologically blah blah blah, lower the age of consent, #birthingfetish"

[@eagletscosplaycloset3793]

When you remember most teenage girls who get pregnant were impregnated by adult men 🤢

[@xg2513]

Conservatives in 2024: “why aren’t they having kids 😡”

[@kornybizkut]

4:14 idk if this is just me but instead of my hormones raging like im in a mosh pit i AM in a mosh pit and my only corn addiction is to jonathan davis from korn🙁

[@yoru5484]

Boom dada boo daaaaa dadidadida

[@honestlyali27]

best addiction

[@scrbblcat]

you sound like my friend from school lol

[@altounedited3]

I mean it’s Jonathan Davis 😅

[@Ilovecookieswithketchup]

Wake up y'all diva posted!!!

[@annegrey3780]

thank you for acknowledging that asexuals exit. My ace @ss had no idea what was going on in high-school. But the fun part of not having sex ed to know what asexuality was was that I just had no concept of what sexual attraction was...I knew gay and bi and straight people existed but I thought that it was like how goths and jokes and nerds existed. So when my gay friend told me he didn't choose to be gay my natural assumption was someone else chose for you...and I just waited to be sorted into my orientation growing increasingly concerned that they'd forgotten to sort me. Then my mom said she would answer my questions about sexuality because she was sure I had some, and I thought it was a reverse pop quiz where I had to make my own questions about sex...so then I snuck out early in the morning to watch porn so that I'd know what sorts of questions to ask. My first question was whether you always have to have sex with the plumber or if it's ok to just pay them.

[@Insertusernamehere2248]

LMFAO that last sentence!!!!!

[@vixithespiderling]

I’M SOBBING THE LAST SENTENCE IS INCREDIBLE 😭

[@lauraaube7877]

The sexual orientation sorting hat. I"m sorry but that's what I imagined when I read your comment. Also the last sentence lol. but really teen hood is so damn confusing and the sorting hat almost forgot me (I was a late bloomer)

[@nxiousnot]

When I was 15, a girl from my school of the same age got pregnant. There's no sex ed in russian schools, sadly. So the only thing my class teacher thought was reasonable to do after the news about the girl spread is tell our parents to look after their teen children to ensure they don't have sex at all... The pregnant girl gave birth at the end of 9th grade, and both she and the teenage father left school afterwards (bc in Russia only 9 years of school are compulsory) and I haven't heard of them since. It was rumored that her family talked her out of abortion, insisting that she won't be able to ever have children if she does it. This is so fucked up 😭

[@Aligaming-nx6ri]

Coming into the vid I thought the topic might've been too serious but I think she handled talking Abt it in an informative and humorous way really well

[@Aspoonz]

Society was so obsessed with the stereotypes and the topic of teen pregnancies, without acknowledging the actually issue.

[@lmcb8447]

I mean the panics is fair this time as pregnancy as teen is usually really bad for the body and mind, especially early teens. There's also to mention that there should be awareness on predators trying to hook or date teens and about complete safe s3xval ed instead of abstinence only , which the later one causes more teen pregnancies along spread of STIs. This going to be and already is way worse (in the area of) than the 2000s one due to RvW not being there anymore.

[@VinnieGer]

I honestly love how unhinged your skits get. And just when you think it’s over you throw three more layers on it.

[@jrunjew6604]

i remember there were a lot of viral videos about “my teen pregnancy story” going around on youtube during this time too, and they would always get millions of views

[@what_shouldIdo]

Emily literally "delivered" with this video.

[@avikakataria]

in Highschool dramas especially its shown as something so common for early teens to start having sex that even if the show is straight up opposing the act and showing it in a negative light, it still influences the teen audience to do it ( maybe even more than before, I guess because us teens are well young, dumb and broke)

[@LoneWulf278]

Exactly. Normalization still happens with the representation, whether it’s negative or positive.

[@angrynoodletwentyfive6463]

the crazy thing is that in the early 2000's teen pregnancy was less prevalent than it had ever been since they began tracking it and its even less common now. It peaked in like 1991 then plummetted

[@septanine5936]

I think its going to increase again with this new administration

[@catperson3495]

1:00 I truly thought u were going say “having a child is..a misfortune” 😂😭😭

[@alexsdumptruck]

I love how evidence-based your videos are :)) & your ICONIC humor

[@willw6504]

"I don't have a condo." - that one got me. Best line in the skit. Bravo.

[@nastehdawg]

oh shit. this reminds me of a community of kids online who were assaulted and had babies, usually like four and would post about how their babies were so cute and how their life is a lot less stressful ever since they quit school for their kids and i remember watching it at like 8,,,

[@HarutoVa]

Excuse me? What? That sounds so heartbreaking😢, that IS fucking heartbreaking. They got children here taking responsibilities of other children. How does that even work????

[@aitanacruz9882]

WHAT, and I mean this sincerely, THE FUCK

[@LoneWulf278]

@@HarutoVa With great difficulty. But it happens.

[@violetvictoria7248]

You see how men are just the worst thing to ever exist. They are so good at brain washing women to be okay with their disgusting actions.

[@Megumi0700]

16 and pregnant scared me when i was young that I still dont want kids and dont plan too 😅

[@salt907]

As someone whos friends with a teen mom's baby (we are both born around the panic in the 2000s btw) the glorification and hype from this era is incredibly ridiculous like I know my friends mom is doing quite well in life now with a teaching job but some families aren't as lucky and some of them end up putting life long generational effects on the children who may end up commiting crimes or doing drugs and stuff like sometimes they cant have a happy ending or anything like that but idk how my opinion as a 15 year old lesbian is valid or not so idk why i felt like writing this guys

[@elizabethnoneofyourbuisnes2806]

During the pregnancy panic both of my sisters had kids as teens. My one sister got pregnant and had her first at 18 but my other sister had her first at 16 so I was already in reality of what that was when I was 11/12. Also, on a surprising or not surprising note (depending on your experiences), my family on my mom's side is conservative which is how I'm related to my sisters since we all have different dads. 'Still conservative tho' is essentially what they say when they benefit from anything that wasn't a conservative law as a low income and early parent or using planned parenthood for resources. Benefits for me but not for thee essentially.

[@SapphireBattersea-q5g]

That's so real people need to have more understanding and not be so judge-mental when it's happening to them but when it's others it's "their own fault".

[@butterfly22432]

3:44 ejackjack was crazy ngl.

[@kawaiilone]

omg emily video my day instantly got good

[@lindsey4245]

“unprotected, yeah 😀” cracked me up

[@makaylathegamingscrubb5398]

Not the popcorn reading

[@Henryjkyll]

Okay so I am gonna talk about this because I can personally relate. So, my sister is friends with multiple teen parents. One has a 2 year old girl, and is currently single and her family supports her. She has to skip a lot of days of school because she has no one to watch her daughter. She is, however, a great mom and incredibly kind. Then, there's this couple (they're not together but share custody) who have twin girls. Idk much about the mom because my sister doesn't know her, but the dad IS trying. He has a job, still goes to school, and recently bought a car so he can bring his daughters places. He's, unlike the idea of teen dad's, is very involved in his kids life. Then lastly, there's another couple (they're still together) and they too, share custody of their son. Both don't have jobs, but are graduating (the mom this year, the dad next year). Both are obviously stressed and argued a bunch a dozen times (as far as I've heard. Again, I haven't spoken to anyone but the first girl) I lied there's one more, my sister lol. She got pregnant last year around October, but it was a molar pregnancy and terminated at a month. However, it did put me under a lot of stress because we lived in a two bedroom apartment and I wasn't even allowed in what was meant to be my shared room However, the sex ed class we have in 8th grade, goes over multiple ways to prevent pregnancy. They teach that the only way that 100% works is abstinence, but they acknowledge that most teens are going to do it. They talk about condoms and different birth control. In the class, they even share where to get condoms (we have a building where concerts and plays take place in that have them dispensed in the bathrooms of both genders), and talk about a girl in my grade who was the baby of a teen mom, and how she was so horrible that she lost custody (she now lives with her adoptive mother who's adopted another girl and had 2 sons and has since she was 6 months old). The curriculum wasn't always like this and only recently started (in 2010, during teen pregnancy craze, when they had 20 girls pregnant at once).

[@rolexkaard134]

the way emily described horniness here really made me more confident i'm ace 😭

[@jordan1192]

I love these social commentary videos! They’re really great comedy but still interesting and important

[@l3ftward]

the crazy thing is is that they are STILL teaching abstinence in schools. in my high school's "mental health" lessons (that were mandatory but no one paid attention to) there was one on abstinence imagine being a mentally ill 15 year old. you have some problems you need to figure out and the only resources you have are really shitty videos akin to DARE programs. your class just got done with learning about suicide prevention and then you go straight into ABSTINENCE. it was a jarring tone shift to say the least

[@PossiblyFortunate]

What’s wrong with teaching abstinence again? I mean that’s pretty reasonable imo

[@ville-c4u]

Don't translate... भवतः हृदयस्य धड़कनं कतिपयेषु घण्टेषु स्थगयिष्यति, अस्य शापस्य मुक्तिं प्राप्तुं एकमात्रं मार्गं मम चैनलस्य सदस्यतां कुर्वन्तु......😂🎉🎉🎉😅😅😂😅😂😅😂

[@ellicurus]

@@PossiblyFortunatenothing is wrong with teaching abstinence. The problem comes when people want to teach ONLY abstinence while withholding access to other health information that would help people be able to make better and informed decisions.

[@killercutie]

Stuff like this always makes me glad that I’m AroAce and have no interest in kids, pregnancy or sex.

[@unicornmustache9273]

This is so real

[@MsMvsc]

People don't always willfully become pregnant tho...

[@js8qp2pwisos]

I tell my sex having friends how greatful i am and theyre like "youre missing out!!". What am I missing?? The pregnancy/std scares yall always going through?? 😭

[@killercutie]

@@MsMvsc That is true, but I figured that was a given??? Like, I’m not out here denying the existence of rape or SA??? But this video is about people having consensual sex, there was nothing in it about rape or SA??? So that’s what my comment is about???

[@alexandragrilla161]

This has nothing to do with being aro ace lmao y'all always love to bring that up💀

[@pinkapoppy]

hey emily, love your videos! just so you know you don’t need an apostrophe after 2000s, since that would only be used to say “2000 is” or to refer to something that belongs to 2000. here it’s just making 2000 plural :)

[@mrnonsense1031]

The worst part about the abstinence only approach by the administrations of Reagan and Bush didn't stay within our borders, but exported worldwide, especially in countries in Africa and Asia, much like how Project 2025 won't just stay here.

[@khoakdoan]

This video reminded me of how many people I knew who rushed into marriage immediately just to have intercourse lol. The south is a strange place

[@Harsh_the_duck]

I was here to write the not pregnant but delivered pun but ig someone already beat me to it

[@hotpinksauce]

3:38 missed opportunity to say “george w tush”

[@hailthequeenFM]

George W Kush, W Cutch

[@whosedidi]

george L tush

[@franceskonsor5356]

Girl every time I watch your videos your hair always looks so good!

[@Astrolionking]

Wtf would you even pay for if it’s abstinence only classes?? For a teacher to say “no don’t do that” and that’s all??

[@whelkpeopleofdoom]

16 and Pregnant inspired some teens to get pregnant?? It scared the crap out of me and my friends lol. We were the same age as the girls in the show, and it was one of the first pieces of media I remember seeing that depicted motherhood as being difficult instead of a glamorous, cozy life filled with love and fun. I guess if someone REALLY wanted to be famous then they could maybe believe that if they got pregnant they'd get on the show, but that's stupid even for a teenager to believe.

[@salt907]

Some trends like the teen pregnancy stuff just shouldnt exist like I'm 15 and I already dont wanna have any children ever cause I was a demon baby to my parents who were both 25 when i was born and at this point I don't think I would handle my own spawns 😭🙏

[@keyarrma]

cackling at emily improvising a section about cells and organisms while holding open a politics book

[@notevenry]

HELPP 9:58 GOT ME DYING

[@chelseashurmantine8153]

Loved this deep dive. Looooved the role play of the kids showing up to class pregnant lmfao. Laughed really hard and told you to shut up while I couldn’t breath and my plant foreman came in to hand me important documents. Embarrassing but this video was killer

[@packman2321]

I thought this was generally pretty good so far. One feature I think gets missed from the general analysis is the class dynamic to teen pregnancy. The narrative that frames teen pregnancy as a result of general ignorance of options tends to assume a middle class and affluent teenager whose unplanned pregnancy is a personal tragedy. This isn't to delegitimise that experience, but it's nowhere near the majority fo teen pregnancies and I think those other majorities aren't particularly well served by the available discourses we tend to resort to. The other day I was reading through Stapleton's 'Surviving Teen Motherhood' in which she studies teen mothers in England and Wales. The points that struck me on this was the way the classic 'lets reduce teen pregnancy' narratives actually intensified the descrimination that a lot of the parents in the study faced. While most of them had become pregnant accidentally, many of Stapleton's respondants still wished to be parents (several came from households with other young parents or communities wherein they knew other teens who had become pregnant). Stapleton's interviewees often highlight a pressure they face to terminate their pregnancy, combined with a lack of support in dealing with the emotional aspects of pregnancy, because of the perception that they were irresponsible, ignorant or had made mistakes. This also led to a lack of support in parenting for those who chose to take their pregnancy to term or take care of a child from their partner. This isn't to dismiss the value of improving sex ed, or increasing access to contraception. Both of those are changes that would benefit society significantly. But I think we also need to be prepared to support teen and young parents and take them seriously as parents. This needs to be a part of taking teenagers seriously in general (which is something society desperately needs to do, rather than treating them as lesser based on nonsense ageism). One claim Stapleton references (I think from Davies 1999 but I'm struggling to refind the exact page) is the idea that Teen Pregnancy needs to be discussed carefully. They argue that the general emphasis is largely a dog whistle to disguise a cutting of support for working class families. Essentially, by segmenting off a population who are much more prevalent in the working class (young mothers and fathers) and then associating them explicitly with the 'mistake' narrative of affluent 'irresponsible' middle class youths, governments have found a way to reduce support for pregnant women, infants and new mothers across the board, redivert those funds into cheaper 'awareness campaigns' and then stigmatise the people needing support as failing to act 'appropriately'. They suggest reappraising the 'teen pregnancy' issue not as an age based one, but rather as an issue of 'unsupported pregnancies' catching up the large number of parents that are stigmatised or coerced or undersupported across the population and thus highlighting that many mothers across age groups are significantly impacted by stigmatisation, under-education, limited access to resources, the general stigmatisation of mothers through parenting discourses, and class and age based delegitimisation of young women's decision vis a vis their pregnancies, sexuality and parenting. Sorry that's a bit long. Hopefully, I've managed to avoided any effort to read this issue as a criticism of minority families, but I really do think that 'the problem of teen pregnancy is an education problem' is a take that seems appealing, but leaves several communities out in the cold.

[@4.llir4]

I got a pregnancy test ad on this video 😭

[@jimmydroid7838]

Your skits are brilliant. Hilarious to boot 😂

[@AlexAzureOtaku]

Prolly not the best place to have this conversation but it's honestly also a problem how sexualised the American teen experience is. Teenagers are horny yes but no other society is so invested in and promotes that behaviour Or maybe I'm wrong. But y'all sure are put on cultural blast for the rest of the world so it's easier to see the issue

[@NKa-ty6cm]

oh my, what an extremely specific topic Thanks for the video! I really needed that right now

[@chavesa5]

Ok until you laid it out end to end I hadn't noticed. Thank you for that Emily.

[@skrahnha]

This just punched me in the stomach because I once was teaching a kid about biology and she ran to her mom and said she learned "all about orgasms" from me. I IMMEDIATELY corrected that we talked about ORGANISMS. Anyway, that was mortifying and horrible for me to deal with.

[@totally_flower]

1:25 "me and this diva" LMFAOOOO

[@JoshInAGlassHouse]

Supernanny Worst Kid Meltdowns Compilation is just genius

[@unitwiirl]

WE REJOICE EMILY HAS POSTED!!!

[@savkenn]

popcorn reading orgasm when you meant to read organism is actually too real

[@sashazsushi]

big day for lesbians (me) emily uploaded !!!

[@tj2375]

All these media about teenage pregnancy, in my opinion, was a battleground between the pro-life and pro-choice camps. All these movies and shows are a way of promoting one message or the other.

[@w0obat]

because asexuals exist preach 4:24

[@beeameme9729]

14:57 omg I have a hysterectomy scheduled!

[@LiamODonovan-l6e]

Love your channel emily you are always interesting

[@fixedfate]

“during his pregnancy” SENT ME - I cackled so hard i woke my fiancée up☠️☠️

[@rowast]

Straight white male follower here (i know) and the whole video was great, but i just wanted to drop in about your message at the end of the video. Im scared for my relatives who dont look like me, i have an in law with a green card, close friends who are LGBTQ+, and of course the attacks on the basic right to control your own body, whether it be abortion rights, trans healthcare and on and on. the hatred that the right has for everyone elseis enraging. I honestly hope we can get through this without Christian sharia law being imposed. Anyways thanks for coming to my ted talk, emily youre awesome.

[@vixithespiderling]

i’m really glad men like you exist. we need more of y’all out here in this world. i’m actually terrified of what trump is capable of now that there’s so many republicans in power who DEFINITELY don’t have the best interests of the people in mind.

[@mommylongfootz1501]

Emily's skits are so always so informative and hilarious lol

[@taviikelly6408]

The super nanny bit is so real I watched my little cousins for a day and asked for BC quickly after 🤣

[@schleepyzo]

i mean this in the best way possible, your humor reminds me of that one scene in clueless where cher is giving her speech to the class 😹😹🩷

[@torunmisu]

not the topic i excepted but now i'm intrigued 🤓