Abstinence is a failed policy....LIES!
posted by Nick86
So it seems that the "much vaunted Abstinence" programs, which stress the immorality of sex before marriage does not seem to work...shocking I know:
US lawmakers are investigating whether to cut government funding for health education programmes that promote sexual abstinence until marriage.
The move follows a report earlier this year from America's leading health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which revealed one in four teenage girls has a sexually transmitted disease.
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"Putting up a wall and saying 'don't have sex' makes them more curious and wanting to know what it is. But if you tell them the straight facts they're going to know how to protect themselves. It's about taking care of yourself."
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Roger Norman, a Texas lawyer, describes himself as being part of the religious right.
"I am convinced that abstinence is the only way for kids," he says. "You begin by teaching the consequences of bad behaviour and the benefits of proper behaviour and you do that in a way that a child can grasp.
"Self control leads to a happy, joyful life. If we can learn to control the most basic of drives - the sex drive - for good, then we can control drugs, gangs, alcohol and abusive anger."
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ americas/7368219.stm
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What teenager is this man talking about? I remember Bill Maher was talking about the way that in "red states" kids are more likely to get pregnant and have an STD. Also, these kids are told that coitus is wrong, so instead they give more hand/blow jobs, and even anal! This is not about making sure not have sex, its about power in the American educational system. Its part of program to insert religious teaching and morality to all students in the American educational system. The ten commandments, abstinence, prayer in school, and creation/intelligent design. These things are VERY dangerous because they do change the mentality of students, and naturalize the Christian discourse as the dominant discourse. Evidence and science no longer are valued, and I am a Catholic saying this who went to Catholic school!
The move follows a report earlier this year from America's leading health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which revealed one in four teenage girls has a sexually transmitted disease.
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"Putting up a wall and saying 'don't have sex' makes them more curious and wanting to know what it is. But if you tell them the straight facts they're going to know how to protect themselves. It's about taking care of yourself."
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Roger Norman, a Texas lawyer, describes himself as being part of the religious right.
"I am convinced that abstinence is the only way for kids," he says. "You begin by teaching the consequences of bad behaviour and the benefits of proper behaviour and you do that in a way that a child can grasp.
"Self control leads to a happy, joyful life. If we can learn to control the most basic of drives - the sex drive - for good, then we can control drugs, gangs, alcohol and abusive anger."
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ americas/7368219.stm
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What teenager is this man talking about? I remember Bill Maher was talking about the way that in "red states" kids are more likely to get pregnant and have an STD. Also, these kids are told that coitus is wrong, so instead they give more hand/blow jobs, and even anal! This is not about making sure not have sex, its about power in the American educational system. Its part of program to insert religious teaching and morality to all students in the American educational system. The ten commandments, abstinence, prayer in school, and creation/intelligent design. These things are VERY dangerous because they do change the mentality of students, and naturalize the Christian discourse as the dominant discourse. Evidence and science no longer are valued, and I am a Catholic saying this who went to Catholic school!
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