Far less than that in real life. Perfect use of abstinence is 100% effective, but typical use means a whole damned lot of couples actually have sex, and since they're not prepared for it, they're not using protection.
I'd bet that number's close to accurate, if you count abstinence as "not putting it in there", and you count all the doofus teens (and adults, sigh) who figure it ain't a sin and it ain't sex if he comes ON her cooter so long as he wasn't IN her cooter. "Immaculate conception, reverend, we swear! You can get the doctor to check; we ain't done nothing wrong!"
I was scrolling through old, old entries while waiting for a compile, and when I saw this, remembered a joke a friend told me recently.
Jesus preaching, pharisees who want to trap him bring him a questionably-employed woman to judge, blah blah you know the deal. He says "Let who among us is without sin cast the first stone..."
...and *whap*, a stone flies in from somewhere among the crowd and hits the woman.
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Date: 2008-05-15 06:40 pm (UTC)Depressing.
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Date: 2008-07-22 06:53 pm (UTC)Jesus preaching, pharisees who want to trap him bring him a questionably-employed woman to judge, blah blah you know the deal. He says "Let who among us is without sin cast the first stone..."
...and *whap*, a stone flies in from somewhere among the crowd and hits the woman.
Jesus rolls his eyes. "Mom, you suck."