A childhood belief about getting pregnant

I was a very naive child. When I first discovered it was possible to have a baby without being married, I was puzzled. My mother explained it thusly: "Sometimes a boy and girl or man and woman get too close before they are married, and accidentally make a baby." I swear I was at least eleven before I stopped fearing that I could become pregnant if one of my male classmates rubbed up against me too closely, for example, sitting on the bleachers at a crowded ballgame. See why it's important to be honest when kids ask questions?