Ok, so Bitch beat me to the punch, but I still gotta say something about this (I know, I know, it’s USA Today, but that’s where I saw it while waiting in line at the deli for lunch. Sorry). Shrub's folks have decided that targeting abstinence only education at middle and high schoolers just wasn’t getting the job done. No sir, no way, no how…we’ve gotta aim for the ones that are having all of these babies out of wedlock, after all, and it’s not the high school crowd. Federal grant guidelines for 2007 are aimed to funnel millions of dollars to the states for abstinence only programs for 19-29 year olds!!!! You can buy cigs, drink booze to your hearts content, pick up a Playboy, and even die for your country…but for God’s sake, DON’T HAVE SEX!
Give me an effin’ break! Come back to reality folks. What’s the first thought you have when I say don’t eat candy? Damn, I could go for a Snickers…that’s what it is. High schoolers are gonna have sex. College kids are gonna have more sex. Post college…well…it could be better, but we’re still trying. The point is, teach them how to do it safely. Teach them how to avoid disease. Teach them how to not end up with little bundles of joy that they’re not ready to care for. Teach them to use a condom. Teach them about birth control. And, for crying out loud, come to terms with the fact that they’re gonna have sex no matter what you say.
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What bullshit. Is it just me, or can you hear the throngs of college freshmen running down the aisle too? Come to think of it, lobbyists from the diamond and tulle industries must be behind this...
there's this too - seems to me that even the biggest proponents of abstinence only education must have doubts about its effectiveness. Why else would they have to keep re-educating a population (20-somethings) that would have already received the training at a younger age (middle and high school)? If you scare 'em well enough at an early age, is there really any need to keep it up? Or is the objective just to push 'em down the altar at the first sign of lust?? Just a thought...
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