disclaimer: this post is not meant to stereotype. its just a reflection of what i have observed in my environment lately... reader discretion is advised...

While tommy was driving me to my house the other day, we were talking about high school - his high school in particular... somehow our topic of conversation has reached to "filipino girls". he was asking why Filipino girls easily get pregnant at a young age...

i was perplexed at this question. and i sometimes do think why they easily do get pregnant here in North America - where the Catholic Church is not that big of a stronghold and there's no issue of using contraception and what not. but then i can't help but feel bad about this question so i told him...

"it just appears that Filipino teenagers get pregnant easily because when they find out that they are pregnant, they [or i should say most of them] carry it to term because of their God-fearing parents.... Chinese teenagers on the other hand, have the same issue of getting pregnant easily, but its not as obvious in their group because they are easy to decide to have an abortion" (it's sorta true although not supported by empirical evidence - i see the trend in a couple of hospitals now and not just one...)

and Tommy felt silent about it.