In her NYT’s article “TV’s Perfect Girl Is Pregnant; Real Families Talk” Sara Rimer interviews families and high school students about the pregnancy of Jamie Lynn Spears. Families seemed concerned about supposed impressionability of their children. A S. Carolinian father said, “She was supposed to be one of the good, clean actresses for girls to follow after. I think it just sends an awful message for the young girls [my emphasis].” Sex is so dirty.
Overall, I’m impressed with the perspicaciousness of the high schoolers, who generally just questioned why she didn’t know about contraceptives. As one astute 16-year said, “There is no excuse for not using contraception.”
