On 2/8/2014 10:52 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 08 Feb 2014 10:43:47 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/8/14, 10:23 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 08 Feb 2014 09:22:22 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sat, 08 Feb 2014 08:02:34 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

We must be coming at it from different angles. I saw the abstinence being taught as the only
'foolproof' method of preventing pregnancies and STD's, which it is.

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To me that's like saying that the only foolproof way of avoiding
automobile accidents is to not get in a car.

I agree. But if a kid thinks that rubbers, pills, IUDs, etc are the 'safe surefire way' to prevent
STDs and/or pregnancies, then this might be a worthwhile bit of information.



Condoms are an effective way to prevent the transmission of venereal
diseases. The other methods you listed are not. Basing sex education
classes on the "wonderfulness" of abstinence tells the students you are
not taking the teaching of sex education seriously. Teaching students
that they need to use a condom every time to prevent the transmission of
disease and to prevent pregnancy while engaging in sex *is* taking the
teaching of sex education seriously. No, the condoms are not 100%
effective, but if used properly, they are damned close to it.

Teenagers are going to engage in sexual activity. There's no question
about that. The "science" on that is settled. What responsible adults
need to do is make sure that the teens know to use a condom.



Back when I was 16, one of my after school jobs was working at a small
pharmacy in a pretty rough neighborhood. I was the combination soda
jerk, delivery boy, and salesman of booze and condoms. The latter two
activities were illegal for a kid my age, of course, but the
pharmacist/owner said no one from the alcohol board had ever been in his
store. Condoms were a grey area back then in Connecticut. They were kept
behind the counter and when someone came in to buy some, I had to go
fetch them. Some of the buyers were high school kids. That made the
pharmacist smile because, he said, there would be fewer teen pregnancies
in the neighborhood if the boys were "wearing a raincoat."

I understand that many Americans have sexual hangups. I managed to grow
up without them.



Where did anyone say anything about *basing* sex education on 'abstinence', Harry?

When you were 16, as now, you were perfect.


What's amazing is that he managed to grow up at all.

On Sat, 08 Feb 2014 11:01:29 -0500, HanK wrote:

Where did anyone say anything about *basing* sex education on 'abstinence', Harry?

When you were 16, as now, you were perfect.


What's amazing is that he managed to grow up at all.

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There's a lot of evidence to suggest that he didn't. He just got
bigger.

On Sat, 08 Feb 2014 11:36:25 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sat, 08 Feb 2014 11:01:29 -0500, HanK wrote:

Where did anyone say anything about *basing* sex education on 'abstinence', Harry?

When you were 16, as now, you were perfect.


What's amazing is that he managed to grow up at all.

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There's a lot of evidence to suggest that he didn't. He just got
bigger.

He does have a way of coming up with ideas out of the blue. Now it's the 'sex is dirty' refrain. He
must have picked that up from one of y'all.