Abstinence only sex ed leads to misinformation. Huh.Follow

A friend and I just sent Obama a copy of America's War on Sex by Marty Klein.

I think I should start a campaign to send it to everyone on the Senate and in the House, but I don't think they'd care, it being all full of facts and ****.

Nexa

The survey showed that Florida teens also believe that smoking marijuana will prevent a person from getting pregnant.

I deduce from this that the trend of girls being more educated than boys is being bucked in Florida.

You know, when I was a teen, if I was presented with a survey that asked if drinking bleach was a viable way to prevent pregnancy, I probably would have chosen it for ***** and giggles.

I was stationed in Florida for 3 years. If some of the teens there drank bleach, we'd all likely be better off.

The best abstinance-only education for girls would be a tour through an abortion clinic, but fat chance of anyone ever realizing THAT.

If I know teens correctly, the ones that drink bleach will refuse to put on a condom.

Here's another recent study on the topic: Comprehensive Sex Ed Cuts Teen Pregnancies

For the lazy, my favorite bits (all directly from the article):


*Students who receive comprehensive sex education are half as likely to become teen parents as those who get none or abstinence-only sex education

*Teens who had comprehensive education, which typically discusses condoms and birth-control methods as well as abstinence, were no more likely to engage in intercourse than peers who were taught just to say no to sex before
marriage

*The federal government has endorsed abstinence-only programs for more than a decade. Congress has spent more than $1.5 billion since 1996 on the Title V Abstinence Education Program, and recently renewed it through June 30. Conservative groups, including The Heritage Foundation, a Washington-based think tank, contend that abstinence programs help delay sexual activity and reduce illegitimate births

*Compared with other developed nations, Americans have higher rates of teen pregnancy, abortion rates and prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases

One of my friends just finished her Ph.D and her dissertation research was a comparison of comprehensive sexual education and sexuality education (and by that I mean, throughout the life by family/friends/society/school/etc) between women in the Netherlands (industrialized country with the lowest rates of teen pregnancy) and the U.S. (industrialized country with the highest rates of teen pregnancy). Not only are the results consistent with the above article, but the lifelong misery we condemn people to in this country through continual messages from infancy to adulthood that sexual feelings are wrong, that your body is disgusting, etc, just make me sick.

Nexa


Edited, Apr 2nd 2008 9:50pm by Nexa

That's because you're a floozy.

Careful, Nexa. Applying logic to the abstinence-only sex ed equation might just hamper our government's long and glorious tradition of throwing good money after bad.

Best way to do it, don't fuck around.

Wow, you have a pill that makes you pregnant? Crazy!

I think sex is awesome.

Well that's true, but I'm good at it.

I can verify that this is, in fact, true.