The Media Thinks It's Cute

[thaneofcawdor]

 According to The Mirror, Britain's expecting an increase in births. Why? Because, when it snowed, people fucked to keep themselves entertained.

Direct quote: "If you can't get out of your house, you have to find a way to keep yourself occupied."

...Are we really that basic and backwards that we think, "I'm bored, let's screw without protection"? So

Comments

[rainarana]

Yeah, that tends to happen with most things that trap people inside. It always fails to amaze me though, as one would think that they'd be getting pregnant year round if they weren't using some kind of birth control. Perhaps the frequency of the screwing increases the chances due to failure rate.

[senshicalico]

That's all I can figure. I read a figure the other day (can't remember where) that stated September and October are two of the highest birth months in the year, and it's related to "cold winters earlier in the year". Yeah, I get that fucking is a popular idea when stuck inside and you want to get warm, but...but?

[pocketthesaurus]

Or maybe it's couples that don't normally have sex.

[nikolche]

Or the couple is used to using condoms and they ran out. That would've been a distinct possibility here in DC this past winter. Day five, can't get to the store, the power's out (again), and you're not tired enough to sleep. For most of the people on here there are probably already set plans for that situation, but if you're just waiting for the right time to have kids instead of dead set against them it's pretty easy to say "damned the condoms" and have at it.

[darkfire007]

It happened after Hurricane Andrew. Births in Florida rose like 25%.
Same after the '94 earthquake in Northridge, CA (a suburb of Los Angeles).
And let's not forget the baby boom after WW2.

rainarana is absolutely right, this is what people tend to do when they are trapped inside. Or after a really big catastrophe because they realize their own mortality.

[pa_toxin]

History can be biased too. Just tossing it out there before someone else does.

But yeah, the baby boom... last thing we need right now, given the current population increase rates (global) vs. resources.

[amethyst_hunter]

9/11 too.

[pocketthesaurus]

Yeah, the paper here in Baltimore, MD, said that the hospital maternity wards are trying to plan on what to do because they're expecting waaaaay more babies this year between the middle of September or so and the end of November. Why? Because we had a crippling stay-in-your-house-for-several-days storm in the middle of December and then again in February.

[maniacalshen]

Yay Baltimore. I was trapped with my grandma and aunt. My parents were in the tropics, sniggering at the pictures I texted them. I nearly went MAD.

So I can sympathize with the expectant mothers a tiny bit; I would have been much happier cooped up with a man!

[aerynalexander]

I don't blame them for having sex, because well, I like sex too and if the power was out and I couldn't write or surf the web, I'd probably do the same thing. I do blame them for not being responsible and using/having back-up protection. That's lame.

[thaneofcawdor]

Oh yeah, I have nothing against people wanting to have sex. But, like you, I don't see why they should suddenly become irresponsible.

[thaneofcawdor]

Is the fail rate really that high? I know birth control can and does fail, but I always believed various methods were 80% effective or higher. Just Googled some figures and apparently 15 out of 100 male condom-using couples per year will experience a pregnancy. That's horrendous.

Do you know how the US pregnancy statistic was determined? I suppose it wasn't just through asking the women, far too easy for people to lie that way to try and appear responsible.

[drowsyfantasy]

I 'unno. Sex is fun. But I certainly wouldn't fuck without protection.