Ahead of her 15th birthday, Diana Zalazar’s body had gotten so big she could no longer squeeze into the dress she bought for her quinceañera to celebrate her passage into womanhood in Paraguay.

Her mother sought help from a doctor, who suspected that growing inside of the 14-year-old Catholic choir girl could be a giant tumor. Next thing Zalazar knew, a gynecologist was wiping down the probe she’d applied to her belly and informing her that she was in her sixth month of pregnancy.

It made no sense to Zalazar, who had recently had sex for the first time without realizing it could make her pregnant.

In Catholic Paraguay, which has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in South America, many young mothers explained their teen pregnancies to The Associated Press as the result of growing up in a country where parents avoid the birds and the bees talk at all costs and national sex education is indistinguishable from a hygiene lesson.

“I didn’t decide to become a mother,” Zalazar said. “I didn’t have a chance to choose because I didn’t have the knowledge.”

  • @ravhall
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    921 month ago

    The hilarity of assuming your kid had a tumor before assuming they were pregnant

      • @ravhall
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        151 month ago

        I fucking love him. Those writers are the most cynical I’ve ever seen. They can destroy anything.

        • @PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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          51 month ago

          Man - somehow I missed this show when it was on but it looks goddamn amazing. I need to remember to stream it.

          Also - was that Ashley from The Boys?? Nice!

          • @ravhall
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            91 month ago

            Nah that wasn’t her but it kinda looks like her. The show is good but when the main cast changes it goes down a bit. Since it’s pretty episodic, you can just stop unless you’re invested in the ongoing plot, which is… meh, imo.

            • @CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              101 month ago

              The arch of House and Ritter (the detective) was probably the worst.

              The arch of House going to rehab and then dealing with the fall out is the best.

              • Ech
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                101 month ago

                Friendly fyi - it’s just ‘arc’. Arch is used with structural things like bridges. It could also be used to describe the attitude of an over the top antagonist.

    • @dutchkimble@lemy.lol
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      21 month ago

      Can imagine the gynae whipping out in the best Arnold voice they could muster - It’s not a tumaaah