Making the media rounds this week was the story of a teenager who faked a pregnancy as a school project to gauge the reactions of her peers, teachers and other adults.
So she says she basically did this to expose stereotypes and rumors and her big revelation to the world was mostly that people thought she wouldn’t make it to college after the baby. I’ve got news for you honey. That’s not a stereotype. You don’t see a lot of pregnant chicks or unmarried girls with infants in college. Of course there’s a lot of irresponsible sex going on but that’s part of the reason colleges are revolving doors for young minds. And getting pregnant in high school is irresponsible – not a rumor.
Of course it does have to hurt to hear that some people thought she would get pregnant anyway.
I do have to give this girl some credit though. She showed a lot of dedication dragging that fake lump around for six months. In fact I haven’t seen this kind of dedication to a story since Terry Griffith went dude for her expose of sexism in high school journalism.
P.S. - It also reminds me of the time Shawn Hunter almost got raped doing the same thing in drag on 'Boy Meets World.'
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