Friday, June 20, 2008

Not Cool Guys: Getting Knocked Up For Fun

So apparently the new fad in high school is...getting Knocked Up! This quite possibly may be one of the most absurd yet accurate news articles I've read in a while. Time Magazine did an article looking at how celebrities have made getting knocked up THE "it" thing to do. Not Cool Guys...these celebrities have serious bread, they can afford to wild'out like that. If you're still in high school just know, it is not cool to get knocked up for fun, it's hell, just watch Knocked Up the movie!A celebrity culture that seems to make being pregnant glamorous may have contributed in part to the thought process that led several students in a Massachusetts high school to make a pact to try to get pregnant together, according to one psychologist.

Seventeen Gloucester High students are now pregnant, more than four times as many as at this time last year, and almost half admitted to school officials that they agreed to the pact, according to Time magazine.

"And I think a part of it is this celebrity culture. If you look at all the celebrity magazines, celebrity TV shows, you can't turn a page without seeing more and more celebrities getting pregnant."

The recent movies "Juno," which won an Oscar, and "Knocked Up," both deal with teen pregnancy and ”appear to take away the stigma.

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