re: Virginity Pledge: It doesn't work

michael — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:26:50 GMT

Hey Diane (is this the Diane I know?)

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re: Virginity Pledge: It doesn't work

Diane — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:12:10 GMT

This country has always been pretty screwed up about sex. This abstinence based sex ed (and funding for it)really isn't new - it has been going on for at least two years, the mainstream media is just getting around to talking about it. Or is it that the mainstream media is just allowed by the administration to talk about it, now that the funding has been re-routed? The whole premise is that if kids are well informed about sexuality and protection it becomes a promotion for them to have sex. News flash - teenagers + hormones = sexual activity, no advertising required. Ignorance and fear about their sexuality will keep them safer than the knowledge of what contraceptives and protections are available? That is scary, given soon to be extinct right to choose an abortion. I always thought that a more effective dialog about sexuality whould reduce the need for abortion. But here it comes the one-two punch "You can't know how to protect yourself against pregnancy, but we sure won't let you make the choice of what to do with the outcome of your ignorance". Save yourself for marriage - All the while std's like syphillis and gonnarhea are rising among teens, particularly girls who think blow jobs are ok because that isn't really sex (thanks for that message Bill Clinton). Never mind about the gay kids who aren't allowed to ever get married, who have a higher suicide rate because of the negative messages they are given about their sexual identity.
Ignorance isn't bliss - it's expensive