I'll respond to your question, but with two caveats:
a) I've never lived anywhere but Australia, so I can't really compare; and b) Obviously I haven't spent much time observing the sexual practices of the entire underage populaion of Australian females!
That aside, instinct tells me the answer is no, purely from personal experience with underage sexually active females. I've never heard anyone say/think anything like "oh, I don't have to worry about getting pregnant, I can just take EC the next day". It's more like, "oh, I don't have to worry about getting pregnant, I'll just use condoms/take the pill". Plus most girls are properly educated (I wasn't, conservative Christian schooling) about different types of BC, so they know how to get the Pill and they know about the potential side effects of EC.
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Date: 2006-08-27 01:36 pm (UTC)I'll respond to your question, but with two caveats:
a) I've never lived anywhere but Australia, so I can't really compare; and
b) Obviously I haven't spent much time observing the sexual practices of the entire underage populaion of Australian females!
That aside, instinct tells me the answer is no, purely from personal experience with underage sexually active females. I've never heard anyone say/think anything like "oh, I don't have to worry about getting pregnant, I can just take EC the next day". It's more like, "oh, I don't have to worry about getting pregnant, I'll just use condoms/take the pill". Plus most girls are properly educated (I wasn't, conservative Christian schooling) about different types of BC, so they know how to get the Pill and they know about the potential side effects of EC.