OMG! Sex Ed Works!
Terri Whitehouse December 20th, 2007
Though likely to be overshadowed by the fact - and all the sexism and judgment it entails - that some teen starlet went and got herself knocked up, the CDC has released a report that comprehensive sexual education works:
They found teenage boys who had sex education in school were 71 percent less likely to have intercourse before age 15, and teen girls who had sex education were 59 percent less likely to have sex before age 15.
Sex education also increased the likelihood that teen boys would use contraceptives the first time they had sex, according to the study by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which was published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
So why is it, again, that lawmakers continue to extend funding of a program that provides youth with lies and misinformation and, what’s more, doesn’t work?
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These fundamentalist Christians, who insist on forcing their abstinence only sex ignorance down the throats of our children, are the same ones who bring us their fantasy creation land in northern KY. Their idea of educating our children is akin to a thorough indoctrination in a madrasa.
Sadly they have been allowed to oppress the people of KY since the late 1700’s, when England was forced to quit arresting the Craig’s for preaching without a license.
Our poor lawmakers simply have never been taught any better.
This really wasn’t the knock out punch to abstinence only programs that I expected, since the study did not differentiate between abstinence only programs and other types of sex education. However, I am right with everyone else in that I find it ridiculous that we do not educate young people about sex. Giving kids incorrect information will only lead to them making risky uninformed decisions.
I recall when I was in middle school we had a guest speaker come in to talk to us about sex. She told us that using condoms was dangerous because condoms were not properly stored prior to sale and might be ineffective. No wonder our pregnancy rate is high in my county. This kind of stuff gave my fellow classmates the impression that unprotected sex is no different than sex with a condom. Although this was twelve years ago, I doubt much has changed in recent years.