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How brave and smart is this girl?

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SpringchickenGoldBrass · 22/04/2011 09:58

Astoundingly. I wish I had had the nerve to do something like that in my teens.

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SpringchickenGoldBrass · 22/04/2011 10:15

The point of the experiment was to deliver a massive public slap to people's prejudices about young women's sexual morality. And I think she did it very effectively.
Interesting that the only people you feel sympathy for are the boyfriend's parents, though. HOw do you know they weren't threatening to cut the boyfriend off, or insisting he dump her or make her have an abortion?

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snowmama · 22/04/2011 10:13

Bloody hell, that is some dedication and bravery...I also wish I had been brave enough to put myself in the line of fire like that. It makes such a powerful point on social mores and perceptions.

TeddyMcardle · 22/04/2011 10:12

I don't really understand the point of the experiment, the school part maybe but to her own and her boyfriends family? Will they not have to go through a grieving process for the grandchild/nephew etc they thought was going to arrive? Seems cruel to me.
I think she could have made a powerful piece about actual teen mums. She obviously achieved what she wanted to but doesn't sit right with me.

Thornham · 22/04/2011 10:08

Wow. That's enormously impressive and fairly amazing that she pulled it off. I wish her boyfriend's parents had been in on the secret though - they must feel quite odd about their imaginary grandchild.