Mothers of Sex-Active Youths Often Think They're Virgins
By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 — Half of all mothers of sexually active teenagers mistakenly believe that their children are still virgins, according to a report released here today by a team of researchers at the University of Minnesota Adolescent Health Center.
Teenagers, meanwhile, are under illusions of their own: 45 percent of boys, and 30 percent of girls, whose mothers say they "strongly disapprove" of teenage sex did not describe their mothers' outlook on the subject accurately.
The finding that half the mothers whose teenagers are having sex do not know it was described by one of the authors, Robert Blum, director of the Adolescent Health Center, as stunning.
