History Analysis / DoNotDoThisCoolThing

*** The only time this doesn't happen is when the audience is placed in the shoes of the ''civilians and refugees'' affected by war, rather than the combatants themselves. Such a premise -- usually involving a main cast of survivors with little to no combat experience pitted against a collective InvincibleVillain in the form of well-trained and heaily-armed soldiers -- generally avoids many of the pitfalls associated with presenting an anti-war message, as the audience's everyday fears and RealismInducedHorror will be invoked for all they're worth to show how much it sucks to get caught in an actual armed conflict.

### It makes drug use seem far more prevalent than it actually is, making kids think it's normal, especially when they place emphasis on resisting peer pressure, which a lot of kids take as "everyone is doing drugs but you" and also "if you don't do them, prepare to be bullied and ostracised." In the twenty-first century, schools have been getting better about this, saying that everybody is ''not'' actually doing drugs and showing statistics to prove that it's not something everyone does.

*** Video game [[UsefulNotes/DigitalRightsManagement DRM]] can get even worse. Even getting beyond the ForbiddenFruit aspect (games with heavy anti-piracy measures, like several Creator/{{Ubisoft}} releases, tend to be heavily pirated - Ubisoft themselves once claimed [[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-22-ubisoft-has-endured-a-93-95-percent-piracy-rate-on-pc 93% of their PC players were pirates]] - while Website/GogDotCom advertises a complete ''lack'' of DRM in purchases from them, and have become very successful rather than being pirated out of business), the most infamously-draconian systems, with several log-ins and security checks, also tend to be applied in a ridiculously-inept fashion: even at their most effective, since there are so many steps to it that can fail for a variety of reasons beyond the player's control, they punish legal players just as much as pirates (pirates don't have access to the log-in server and can't play, yay-- whoops, server went down for maintenance/can't handle that many logins/hiccuped when they weren't looking/got pulled down a year later after the sequel was announced, so neither can legal players. Also, the game detected software the developer doesn't like on your system, so now you're banned from every other game they have or will make), and at their ''least'', they actively punish actual purchasers '''more''' than pirates (for all the same reasons as above, but not being actually integrated into the software in a way that the pirates can't just rip it out entirely and still have a working game). In extreme cases, people will actually purchase the game in question, then pirate it ''anyway'' just to actually be able to access what they legally bought.

*** Further not helping their case is the very obvious push by copyright holders and the like to [[https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210808/17000347325/end-ownership-how-big-companies-are-trying-to-turn-everyone-into-renters.shtml end the concept of ownership, increasingly only allowing for the renting of their products through a temporary licence]].

*** B.) Even with vaginal sex, kids can still find other loopholes, such as being engaged or being "spiritually married". They're not actually married, but they believe that you can still do it as long as you get married later. That part's pretty much in the Bible: ancient Israelite (precursor to Jewish) law specified vaginal intercourse between a man and woman who were both unmarried as being exactly equivalent to marriage vows, the couple becomes instantly married (modern equivalent being "common law" marriage). Hence what seems to be a punishment for premarital sex (marriage) is actually a logical consequence (and hence no ban on fiancee sex).

*** A.) It's no coincidence that the virginity pledge movement and abstinence trends like purity rings have coincided with rising rates of oral and anal sex among teenagers. While individual leaders and parishes have given their opinions on oral and anal sex, the churches of each sect have yet to take an [[IncrediblyLamePun official position]] on them. Because oral and anal sex can't result in pregnancy, this leads kids to believe they're just a little bit less sinful than vaginal pre-marital sex, and that it doesn't technically count because it's not the same as vaginal sex.

* If you're making a work for kids that with the message that KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms (or play [[UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000 violent video games]], or read horror comics), you're almost guaranteed to have this problem. Not only do plenty of kids ''like'' horror movies and the like, but if the characters are shown enjoying one, children in the audience might end up sympathizing with them even if the {{Aesop}} is that they shouldn't indulge in such things.

* Any work that aimed for "don't do X" and has a plot that goes something like "a character does X, and it's awesome until it backfires as a result of them doing something particularly stupid/reckless/selfish". For instance, "crime doesn't pay" may turn into "crime ''does'' pay; just don't make the stupid mistake that got the protagonist caught".

### It makes drug use seem far more prevalent than it actually is, making kids think it's normal, especially when they place emphasis on resisting peer pressure, which a lot of kids take as "everyone is doing drugs but you" and also "if you don't do them, prepare to be bullied and ostracised." In the twenty-first century, schools have been getting better about this, saying that everybody is ''not'' actually doing drugs and showing statistics to prove that it's not a really common thing.
### When the kids get older and find out that ''some'' of the information given to them had been, at the very least, exaggerated in order to ScareEmStraight, (e.g. one joint of marijuana or one pill of ecstasy will kill you), they assume that ''[[CryingWolf all of it was]]'' and decide to try out drugs. For the kids to discover this, all it takes is them knowing one person who uses or has used drugs and didn't die or become a desperate junkie.

** In case more proof was necessary, in the whole Russia's war in Ukraine situation, even as the war raged and fears of a possible World War III were once again justified, companies such as Disney try to enforce their standing due to how [[https://www.techdirt.com/2022/02/28/as-war-rages-on-in-ukraine-dont-forget-the-real-victims-disneys-profits/ the sanctions against Russia might hurt their profits from the lack of copyright royalties]].

## Even if #3 is avoided and the work does focus excessively on the negativity of war besides just the battles, and shows demoralized troops driven to committing horrible atrocities, there will inevitably be at least one character who withstands it and never breaks. So no matter how bad the war gets, hope always survives.
## This ''[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption still happens]]'' even if #4 is avoided, and the work shows the battles and goes all-out to portray the other aspects of war [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill as horribly as possible]] with no redeeming features whatsoever; packed with war crime scenes, those fighting constantly cross the MoralEventHorizon without hesitation, have no [[UsefulNotes/TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar rules or customs]], [[NoQuarter taking no prisoners]], [[LeaveNoSurvivors killing surrendering troops]], [[SinkTheLifeBoats executing the wounded]], [[RapePillageAndBurn pillaging and burning]], [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raping girls]], [[WouldNotShootACivilian killing civilians]], [[WouldHurtAChild killing children]], and [[KickTheDog killing puppies and kittens]].
*** A.) If only one side involved is like this, then it's only anti-war for that side. It's extremely pro-war for the other side because all it's done has justified them fighting, and the audience wants them to fight against the evil side.

*** The only time this doesn't happen is when the audience is placed in the shoes of the ''civilians and refugees'' affected by war, rather than the combatants themselves. Such a premise -- usually involving a main cast of survivors with little to no combat experience pitted against a collective InvincibleVillain in the form of well-trained and heaily-armed soldiers -- generally avoids many of the pitfalls associated with presenting an anti-war message, as Adult Fear and RealismInducedHorror will be invoked for all they're worth to show how much it sucks to get caught in an actual armed conflict.

* Junk food is one of those things that it is hard to have AnAesop about because of [[FoodPorn how colorful and tasty it always looks]]. Any diet commercial will backfire horribly if they show the foods you shouldn't be eating (or should only be eating them in moderation) ''and'' say that you shouldn't be eating them (or only be eating them in moderation).

** Hilariously, there are multiple studies saying that anti-drug propaganda, both fictional works and real anti-drug programs, like DARE, not only fail to decrease the rate of drug and alcohol use among the participants, but in some places the rates actually ''increase''. There are a couple of reasons as to why this is;

*** Video game [[UsefulNotes/DigitalRightsManagement DRM]] can get even worse. Even getting beyond the ForbiddenFruit aspect (games with heavy anti-piracy measures, like several Creator/{{Ubisoft}} releases, tend to be heavily pirated - Ubisoft themselves once claimed [[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-22-ubisoft-has-endured-a-93-95-percent-piracy-rate-on-pc 93% of their PC players were pirates]] - while Website/GogDotCom advertises a complete ''lack'' of DRM in purchases from them, and have become very successful rather than being pirated out of business), the most infamously-draconian systems, with several log-ins and security checks, also tend to be applied in a ridiculously-inept fashion: even at their most effective, since there are so many steps to it that can fail for a variety of reasons beyond the player's control, they punish legal players just as much as pirates (pirates don't have access to the log-in server and can't play, yay-- whoops, server went down for maintenance/can't handle that many logins/hiccuped when they weren't looking/got pulled down a year later after the sequel was announced, so neither can legal players. also, the game detected software the developer doesn't like on your system, so now you're banned from every other game they have or will make), and at their ''least'', they actively punish actual purchasers '''more''' than pirates (for all the same reasons as above, but not being actually integrated into the software in a way that the pirates can't just rip it out entirely and still have a working game). In extreme cases, people will actually purchase the game in question, then pirate it ''anyway'' just to actually be able to access what they legally bought.

## It doesn't help that most of the "[[SarcasmMode struggling teen mothers]]" portrayed in many of these media are rich white girls who don't have to get jobs or miss out on school or social events to take care of their baby, and can often still get a guy (whether or not he's the father of their child) to go out with them. In a more meta sense, since these women have appeared on TV, they have a certain amount of fame they can leverage into speaking engagements, public appearances, and even endorsement deals, further making it seem more glamorous to outsiders.
## There's almost inevitably -- especially in documentary versions -- a statement somewhere about how, at least in her own estimation, she's become twice the person she was and how it's really matured her, and how one just doesn't know what love is 'til one is a mother. [[SarcasmMode Yeah, kids, don't do it!]]

** This happens a lot in Christmas works that try to reinforce the true meaning of the holiday - about family, about giving to the less fortunate, and how it's better to give than to receive - which is then undermined by showing all the awesome presents we shouldn't be so focused on getting. These also tend to end on SweetAndSourGrapes, where the person is resigned to the fact that getting [awesome toy] isn't what makes a happy Christmas, only to receive it after all.

* SexIsEvil. Works that make arguments against sex or portraying it openly, whether it's discouraging sexual immorality and promoting abstinence or if it's arguing against the objectification of women.

* Any of the "technology is bad" messages and the tropes they relate to (whether it's a GreenAesop that suggests technology is at odds with nature, ScienceIsBad, NewMediaAreEvil, NewTechnologyIsEvil, or the idea that "sometimes what's old is better than what's new and you shouldn't like or want some technology just because it's new"). They often portray the technology as something the viewers may well already have and get along fine with or at least know someone who does (video games, cell phones, etc), or as sci-fi stuff like flying cars, self-cleaning houses, etc, which just comes off as looking very awesome to the viewers (who ''wouldn't'' want a flying car?) Not to mention that it's not all that rare to be, or come across someone who is, simultaneously a NatureLover and a techie.
* If you're making a work for kids that with the message that KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms (or play [[UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000 violent video games]], or read horror comics), you're almost guaranteed to have this problem. Not only do plenty of kids ''like'' horror movies and the like, but if the characters are shown enjoying one, children in the audience might end up sympathizing with them even if the {{Aesop}} is that they shouldn't indulge in such things.

*** B.) If all sides involved are like this, you get TooBleakStoppedCaring. The audience hates all of them and wants them to fight so they can [[KillEmAll all kill each other]].

### [[ForbiddenFruit Normal youth rebellion.]] Your parents and teachers don't want you to do this stuff, but they said that about all the good music, movies, and video games too.

** It does not help their cause that a lot of the people involved in the anti-piracy side of things tend to do [[KnightTemplar downright rotten things in order to try enforcing their viewpoint]]. For instance, suing [[https://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/09/09/music.swap.settlement/ a 12-year-old girl]] and ordering her to pay two thousand dollars for sharing a thousand songs, suing [[https://web.archive.org/web/20191225081807/https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1049819/riaa-wins-default-judgement a young woman in need of an organ transplant]] for ''eight'' thousand dollars for sharing only '''ten''' songs, and supporting the creation of legal measures like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act SOPA]] that, in essence, was so ill-thought-out it would have allowed prioritization of [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney executives' coffers over basic freedoms]]. And not stopping there, they keep on trying with things such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_on_Copyright_in_the_Digital_Single_Market#Draft_Article_13_(Directive_Article_17) Article 17]] which would require near dystopian levels of surveillance to even be enforceable as well as [[https://www.techdirt.com/2022/06/13/copyright-being-used-to-stifle-attempts-to-preserve-a-dying-language/ copyrighting things such as near extinct languages from the very people said language belongs to]]. Far from raising public awareness, actions and tactics like these just make the anti-piracy groups look at best like they are over-reacting, at worst like they are money-grubbing jerks out to squeeze every dime they can get from both customers and artists, regardless of the consequences to who that money comes from.

** To make things even more damning for them, they have repeatedly made clear through their actions they are are only out for the big labels and rights holders, not the actual creators like they so often repeatedly claim. This was made abundantly clear during the Clinton era where one of them made a small amendment to an omnibus bill that would have made it so that [[https://www.salon.com/2000/08/28/work_for_hire/ all sound recordings would automatically belong to the big labels]] while stripping the rights from the actual creators. And the guy responsible for the incident is now the boss of the RIAA.
** In case more proof was necessary, in the whole Russia's war in Ukraine situation, even as the war raged and fears of a possible World War III being high once again, companies such as Disney try to enforce their standing due to how [[https://www.techdirt.com/2022/02/28/as-war-rages-on-in-ukraine-dont-forget-the-real-victims-disneys-profits/ the sanctions against Russia might hurt their profits from the lack of copyright royalties]].

** It does not help their cause that a lot of the people involved in the anti-piracy side of things tend to do [[KnightTemplar downright rotten things in order to try enforcing their viewpoint]]. For instance, suing [[https://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/09/09/music.swap.settlement/ a 12-year-old girl]] and ordering her to pay two thousand dollars for sharing a thousand songs, suing [[https://web.archive.org/web/20191225081807/https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1049819/riaa-wins-default-judgement a young woman in need of an organ transplant]] for ''eight'' thousand dollars for sharing only '''ten''' songs, and supporting the creation of legal measures like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act SOPA]] that, in essence, was so ill-thought-out it would have allowed prioritization of [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney executives' coffers over basic freedoms]]. And not stopping there, they keep on trying with things such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_on_Copyright_in_the_Digital_Single_Market#Draft_Article_13_(Directive_Article_17) Article 17]] which would require near dystopian levels of surveillance to even be enforceable as well as [[https://www.techdirt.com/2022/06/13/copyright-being-used-to-stifle-attempts-to-preserve-a-dying-language/ copyrighting things such as near extinct languages from the very peaople said language belongs to]]. Far from raising public awareness, actions and tactics like these just make the anti-piracy groups look at best like they are over-reacting, at worst like they are money-grubbing jerks out to squeeze every dime they can get from both customers and artists, regardless of the consequences to who that money comes from.

** It does not help their cause that a lot of the people involved in the anti-piracy side of things tend to do [[KnightTemplar downright rotten things in order to try enforcing their viewpoint]]. For instance, suing [[https://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/09/09/music.swap.settlement/ a 12-year-old girl]] and ordering her to pay two thousand dollars for sharing a thousand songs, suing [[https://web.archive.org/web/20191225081807/https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1049819/riaa-wins-default-judgement a young woman in need of an organ transplant]] for ''eight'' thousand dollars for sharing only '''ten''' songs, and supporting the creation of legal measures like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act SOPA]] that, in essence, was so ill-thought-out it would have allowed prioritization of [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney executives' coffers over basic freedoms]]. And not stopping there, they keep on trying with things such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_on_Copyright_in_the_Digital_Single_Market#Draft_Article_13_(Directive_Article_17) Article 17]] which would require near dystopian levels of surveillance to even be enforceable. Far from raising public awareness, actions and tactics like these just make the anti-piracy groups look at best like they are over-reacting, at worst like they are money-grubbing jerks out to squeeze every dime they can get from both customers and artists, regardless of the consequences to who that money comes from.

*** The only time this doesn't happen is when the audience is placed in the shoes of the ''civilians and refugees'' affected by war, rather than the combatants themselves. Such a premise -- usually involving a main cast of survivors with little to no combat experience pitted against a collective InvincibleVillain in the form of well-trained and heaily-armed soldiers -- generally avoids many of the pitfalls associated with presenting an anti-war message, as AdultFear and RealismInducedHorror will be invoked for all they're worth to show how much it sucks to get caught in an actual armed conflict.

## Even if #3 is avoided and the work does focus excessively on the negativity of war besides just the battles, and [[ObligatoryWarCrimeScene shows demoralized troops driven to committing horrible atrocities]], there will inevitably be at least one character who withstands it and never breaks. So no matter how bad the war gets, hope always survives.
## This ''[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption still happens]]'' even if #4 is avoided, and the work shows the battles and goes all-out to portray the other aspects of war [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill as horribly as possible]] with no redeeming features whatsoever; packed with {{obligatory war crime scene}}s, those fighting constantly cross the MoralEventHorizon without hesitation, have no [[UsefulNotes/TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar rules or customs]], [[NoQuarter taking no prisoners]], [[LeaveNoSurvivors killing surrendering troops]], [[SinkTheLifeBoats executing the wounded]], [[RapePillageAndBurn pillaging and burning]], [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raping girls]], [[WouldNotShootACivilian killing civilians]], [[WouldHurtAChild killing children]], and [[KickTheDog killing puppies and kittens]].

*** The only time this doesn't happen is when the audience is placed in the shoes of the ''civilians and refugees'' affected by war, rather than the combatants themselves. Such a premise -- usually involving a main cast of survivors with little to no combat experience pitted against a collective InvincibleVillain in the form of well-trained and heaily-armed soldiers -- generally avoids many of the pitfalls associated with presenting an anti-war message, due to invoking AdultFear and RealismInducedHorror as much as possible to hammer the point home.

*** B.) If all sides involved are like this, you get TooBleakStoppedCaring. The audience [[HatesEveryoneEqually hates all of them]] and wants them to fight so they can [[KillEmAll all kill each other]].

*** The only time this doesn't happen are war survivor/refugee films, especially if the cast are survivors of a genocide and the enemy is an unstoppable tide of death and destruction and there is little to no talk of "fighting back" and instead is [[RunOrDie constantly on the run]].

*** Further not helping their case is the very obvious push by copyright holders and the like to [[https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210808/17000347325/end-ownership-how-big-companies-are-trying-to-turn-everyone-into-renters.shtml end the concept of ownership, increasingly only allowing for the renting of their products through a temporary licence]].

** It does not help their cause that a lot of the people involved in the anti-piracy side of things tend to do [[KnightTemplar downright rotten things in order to try enforcing their viewpoint]]. For instance, suing [[https://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/09/09/music.swap.settlement/ a 12-year-old girl]] and ordering her to pay two thousand dollars for sharing a thousand songs, suing [[https://web.archive.org/web/20191225081807/https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1049819/riaa-wins-default-judgement a young woman in need of an organ transplant]] for ''eight'' thousand dollars for sharing only '''ten''' songs, and supporting the creation of legal measures like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act SOPA]] that, in essence, was so ill-thought-out it would have allowed prioritization of [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney executives' coffers over basic freedoms]]. Far from raising public awareness, actions and tactics like these just make the anti-piracy groups look at best like they are over-reacting, at worst like they are money-grubbing jerks out to squeeze every dime they can get from both customers and artists, regardless of the consequences to who that money comes from.

*** B.) If all sides involved are like this, you get DarknessInducedAudienceApathy. The audience [[HatesEveryoneEqually hates all of them]] and wants them to fight so they can [[KillEmAll all kill each other]].

* Along the same lines, prostitution is devilishly difficult to portray in film without glamorizing it. SexSells, after all, and it's difficult to show a hooker plying her trade without showing what some of the appeal of that trade is. At the same time, if you ''do'' succeed in making prostitution look unappealing (via perhaps showing the cruelty and perversion of the customers or maybe the dangers of the trade), you're very likely to make your film rather unappealing as well, and then [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy no one wants to watch it]].

** It does not help their cause that a lot of the people involved in the anti-piracy side of things tend to do [[KnightTemplar downright rotten things in order to try enforcing their viewpoint]]. For instance, [[https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1049819/riaa-wins-default-judgement suing a young woman in need of an organ transplant for eight thousand dollars, for sharing a whopping ten songs]], and supporting the creation of legal measures like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act SOPA]] that, in essence, was so ill-thought-out it would have allowed prioritization of [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney executives' coffers over basic freedoms]]. Far from raising public awareness, actions and tactics like these just make the anti-piracy groups look at best like they are over-reacting, at worst like they are money-grubbing jerks out to squeeze every dime they can get from both customers and artists, regardless of the consequences to who that money comes from.

** This happens a lot in Christmas works that try to reinforce the true meaning of the holiday; about family, about giving to the less fortunate, and how it's better to give than to receive, which is then undermined by showing all the awesome presents we shouldn't be so focused on getting. These also tend to end on SweetAndSourGrapes, where the person is resigned to the fact that getting [awesome toy] isn't what makes a happy Christmas, only to receive it after all.

## The cameras step into the house of a teenage girl whose "life was ended" by pregnancy only to find that, somehow, her life goes on. It's harder to fear something with which you've become more familiar, especially when that familiarity proves the people trying to warn you away from something [[CryingWolf are over-exaggerating its consequences]].

*** The only time this doesn't happen are war survivor/refugee films, especially if the cast are survivors of a genocide and the enemy is an unstoppable tide of death and destruction and there is little to no talk of "fighting back" and instead is constantly on the run.

### It makes drug use seem far more prevalent than it actually is, making kids think it's normal, especially when they place emphasis on resisting peer pressure, which a lot of kids take as "everyone is doing drugs but you" and also "if you don't do them, prepare to be bullied and ostracised."

'''Puck's submission:''' 90% of you didn't know you could download [=DVDs=] off the Internet [[NiceJobBreakingItHero until we fucking told you not to do it in ads before movies.]]

*** Video game [[UsefulNotes/DigitalRightsManagement DRM]] can get even worse. Even getting beyond the ForbiddenFruit aspect (games with heavy anti-piracy measures, like several Creator/{{Ubisoft}} releases, tend to be heavily pirated - Ubisoft themselves once claimed [[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-22-ubisoft-has-endured-a-93-95-percent-piracy-rate-on-pc 93% of their PC players were pirates]] - while Website/GogDotCom advertises a complete ''lack'' of DRM in purchases from them, and have become very successful rather than being pirated out of business), the most infamously-draconian systems, with several log-ins and security checks - any one of which can fail for a variety of reasons beyond the player's control and promptly deny access to the game - also tend to be applied in a ridiculously-inept fashion: even at their most effective, they punish legal players just as much as pirates (pirates don't have access to the log-in server and can't play, yay-- whoops, server went down for maintenance/can't handle that many logins/hiccuped when they weren't looking/got pulled down a year later after the sequel was announced, so neither can legal players. also, the game detected software the developer doesn't like on your system, so now you're banned from every other game they have or will make), and at their ''least'', they actively punish actual purchasers '''more''' than pirates (for all the same reasons as above, but not being actually integrated into the software in a way that the pirates can't just rip it out entirely and still have a working game). In extreme cases, people will actually purchase the game in question, then pirate it ''anyway'' just to actually be able to access what they legally bought.

## Fewer half measures. Sure, total abstinence is a more reliable way to avoid pregnancy and [=STD=]s than using a condom, but using protection is still ''way'' better than going unprotected. Programs that primarily preach abstinence tend to condemn protected ''and'' unprotected sex alike, so when the kids give in to their lust, they almost certainly won't already have a condom on them "just in case", may not know how to get and use one, and may be unaware of how effective it is and thus think it's not worth the trouble. Tellingly, areas that largely utilize abstinence-only sexual education tend to have ''higher'' rates of teen pregnancy than places that instead use comprehensive sex education.