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Originally posted by lovelyivy84
Abstinence only training (that I have seen) seems to emphasize a sense of guilt and shame about sex, especially for girls, which is a great way to make people do it as unsafely as possible because they are just too embarassed to ask questions that they should.
And those poor girls will never have a good orgasm.
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Ain't that the truth? I've never met a fundie who wasn't frigid...
Abstinence-only sex ed doesn't teach girls to treasure their sexual selves in ways other than abstaining. They aren't taught how to protect themselves from disease or pregnancy--if they respond to their very natural urges, they are made to feel dirty and ashamed of something completely natural. I know that no birth control is 100% foolproof, but I'd rather have 95% than nothing. I grew up with kids who signed the TLW plegde (our very public high school sponsored it) who have had multiple children with multiple men, suffered from various STDs, and whatnot--and these are kids from great homes! Their parents just didn't talk with them about sex.
This is why REALISTIC (ie, abstinence as one of many options) sex education must be taught in schools. Like others have said before, disease and teenage pregnancy prevention isn't Bush's first concern with abstinence-only education--it's merely part of his faith-based initiatives. So many kids DO NOT have parents who are willing to teach them basic health practices, and some are just hostile to the idea (for example, a girl who is being abused by one or both parents). It is our responsibility to teach future generations to protect themselves.