[HPforGrownups] Teen Pregnancy

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 189226

On 5/19/2010 1:46 PM, Nicole A wrote:
> How do you think teen pregnancy is dealt with in the
> wizarding world?
>    

Bart:
     I have mentioned before my belief that teenagers in the WW don't 
have sex. In fact, considering the population problems in the WW 
(notably Hogwarts being apparently designed for far more students than 
it has), one must conclude that there isn't a lot of sex in the WW, period.

     In some RW occult systems, it is thought that the "energy channels" 
used for magic are the same as those used for sex, so that sex takes 
away from one's magic ability and vice versa; consider the chastity 
requirement of the Roman Catholic priesthood.

     Bart


     Bart