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posted by [personal profile] the_dala at 11:21pm on 01/12/2006
I'm doing my research proposal on this topic, so: Contraception Driving U.S. Decline in Teen Pregnancies

Tip of the hat to you, Columbia University. The more evidence we have that abstinence-only/abstinence-focused education is not only misguided and ineffective, but socially and ethically irresponsible -- almost criminally so -- the better. Not just for our own school systems, but for the programs we fund in other countries. Not just for preventing unwanted pregnancies, but for preventing the spread of STDs, including HIV/AIDS.

Education ::holds up sign, Norma Rae-style::
Mood:: 'hopeful' hopeful
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 04:23am on 02/12/2006
:) It brightened my night a bit.
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posted by [identity profile] veronica-rich.livejournal.com at 04:27am on 02/12/2006
It always amazes me, the adults who think only preaching abstinence is going to prevent sex. I always wonder if they were EVER normal teenagers themselves; some might've had low libidos, but surely not all.
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 06:56pm on 02/12/2006
Worst. Memories. Ever. That's all I got.
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posted by [identity profile] veronica-rich.livejournal.com at 07:50pm on 02/12/2006
I think it's a case of some people getting too old to remember what it's like - or maybe not "old" but unwilling to think that way again. I don't possess the same personality I did at age 17, per se, but I remember being 17 well enough to know what worked and what wouldn't work.

I don't know what the big deal is in recent years about whether to teach sex ed in schools. Back in ninth grade, we had a few days in our health class dedicated to biological reproduction during which we learned the necessary body parts and organs, how conception happened, watched a birthing video (which pretty much killed any desire I had to reproduce), and having a test on various birth control methods. Our teacher didn't get into emotions and love and peer pressure - she stuck with the facts, I guess figuring we were going to do what we wanted anyway and so we might as well know how to disarm the gun, so to speak.
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 07:02pm on 02/12/2006
As far as morals and religion go, you can teach your children whatever you want within the confines of your home. But by God, I certainly hope they learn about sexuality from a medical point of view in public school. Abstinence-only programs not only fail to provide information on safe sex, they are often full of misinformation and flat-out lies, like AIDS can be transmitted through tears and 3/4 (or some such ridiculous statistic) of all gay teens are HIV-positive. It's a simple fact, backed up by not just this study but numerous others: teens who get comprehensive sex education in school (the earlier the better) have less sex, much less rates of pregnancy and STD transmission. The contention that giving kids information about/access to protection raises their rate of sexual activity is false.
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 08:57pm on 02/12/2006
I didn't mean to sound like I was ranting at you -- sorry about that! I was just ranting in general :) I agree with all of the above.
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