Ravi
Diamond Member
Ah, attacking Sarah, that's a different story. I agree the stigma against teen pregnancy is misguided. I believe the problem was Sarah's viewpoint...sex before marriage is bad. So it was a bit of an issue when her viewpoint turned out to be so far off-base that her daughter turned up pregnant. Wouldn't it have been wonderful if they had been upfront about her pregnancy from the beginning instead of shrouding it in shame...keeping it a secret and then pulling Bristol out of school when the news got out. If people quit acting like having a baby is somehow shameful this wouldn't be an issue.Perhaps "attack" was too strong a word to use. I would say they reported the story in a slanted and biased manner, as if her pregnancy was something that ought to shame and embarrass Palin because her daughter was underage. Yet, the stigma against teenage pregnancy, (somewhat of a misnomer, as most children of teenage mothers are fathered by men over age 20), is somewhat misguided in itself, as this researcher has noted previously.