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Miley Cyrus selling condoms?
Miley Cyrus is starting to get a reputation as a bit of a naughty girl. She proudly professes her love of Sex and The City and allows herself to be photographed in all manner of undress. And when she is fully clothed, her outfits are sometimes more ...
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Abstinence education still doesn't work
A team of researchers from Oxford University has determined (again) that abstinence-only education doesn't work. At least, it doesn't work if the goal is to prevent kids from having sex or to prevent kids from getting pregnant or pretty much anything ...
"Safe sex" merit badges?
Girlguiding UK (similar to Girl Scouts in the US) thought it was about time they came up with a few more modern merit badges. So the organization surveyed 1000 of its members to see which skills they thought were most important. High on the list, ...
Teen sex rates level off
In the 90's, the numbers of teenagers having sex declined steadily. Maybe it was the whole grunge music thing. Maybe it was the debut of the Simpsons. Who knows. We know it wasn't due to abstinence-only education. And yet, the government has been ...
College students to have less money or more babies
It used to be that you could have all the sex you wanted in college without breaking the bank on protecting yourself -- but today's student is faced with a decision: beer money, or baby? Previously, drug companies sold birth-control pills and other ...Sex is okay for older teens?
Those who advocate abstinence-only education for teenagers argue that young people who engage in sexual activity suffer harmful emotional consequences. But a new analysis finds that risk may only apply to those under 15 years of age, who are usually ...Abstinence-only sex ed programs pretty much lying about condom info
Despite the fact that the government spends $176 million a year on programs that "educate" kids with the idea that sex is only safe for straight married people, numerous studies have shown that these initiatives have been overwhelmingly ineffective. ...
We all have sex before marriage
While social conservatives continue touting "abstinence only" sex education, a study based in the real world recently proved what we've pretty much known all along: nearly everyone has sex before they're married. This isn't a sign of recent moral ...
Few favour abstinence education
Did you know that the American federal government gives around $ 170 million dollars every year to states and community groups to preach the "Just Say No" brand of sex education? I didn't! That's a lot of money that could be going toward condoms and ...
Teens more likely to use condoms for casual sex
I am always somewhat relieved to hear the words "teenagers" and "confirmed condom use" in almost any context. I now house a teen under my roof and while I love babies, I don't want anymore to dwell under my roof any time soon. So I found this article ...
Sex ed may delay teen sex?
Researchers report that a a two week sexual education program was successful in encouraging pre-teens to hold off on sex for the first time. A study in Texas found that after the program, 87 percent of middle school students said they would delay ...
More teens going all the way
"I didn't think it would happen to me." "It was only our first time." "Sometimes we used protection." These are all too often the reactions when teenagers discover that either they or their friend are pregnant. Both in England and the United States ...
Teen sex: bad or normal?
Apparently American teenagers don't listen, which is a surprise to very few of us. If my own teenage stubbornness and rebellion is any indication, I do not wish Nolan to reach adolescence, ever. But this article on teenage sex in Europe and in ...
Opinion: Abstinence-only program advocate is a danger to kids
I started this as a straight news piece. I tried to write it as such. But I just couldn't contain myself. CBS News has a story out on the Bush administration's abstinence-only policy for teens. The piece interviews the man behind Silver Ring Thing, ...
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