chose the article titled “Norms about Nonmarital Pregnancy and Willingness to Provide Resources to Unwed Parents” written by Stefanie Mollborn. I chose this article because my internship is taking place at the Community Pregnancy Center. The article was very interesting because it discusses how there is not much of a stigma with embarrassment when it comes to non-marital pregnancy but the stigma becomes much more noticeable when the soon-to- be parents are teenagers. The main issues that take place with teen and young adult pregnancy and explains how a research study that was done helps explain how if an young unmarried parent plays a role in violation of societal norms and how it can lead to possible negative outcomes those of which include …show more content…
Mollborn stated that non-marital pregnancy is more common in racial and ethnic minority and low-SES groups. Since non-marital pregnancy is more common in race and ethnic minorities and also those who live in a lower economic status, this can explain why many teenage and young adult pregnancies tend to happen more in those minorities and why there is a difference in how those woman and families perceive non-marital pregnancy, than those woman and families who are not in the minority …show more content…
According to respondents with a high school degree or less reported lower levels of embarrassment at the prospect of a teenage non-marital pregnancy than those with more education. Whites reported higher mean levels of embarrassment at the prospect of a non-marital pregnancy than African Americans (Settersten,