Wednesday, November 7, 2007

this shouldn't surprise anyone

but apparently, teaching teenagers abstinence-only sex education (a conservative agenda item from the beginning of the bush presidency, and popular in "red" states) does little or nothing to curb teen sex.

wow, really?

huh. who would've predicted that?

[oh, i don't know ... anyone else (besides planned parenthood) that thinks rationally, maybe.]

it's always a little bittersweet when you find out you were right ... and you also find out hundreds of thousands teenage girls and boys were not able to learn about birth control and preventing STDs because bible-thumpers had their way with legislation. so it's a mixed bag.

on a different, but related note, i stumbled across this hilarious site promoting abstinence for boys. (since it comes from whitehouse.ORG, it's not real, people). "sex is for fags" has some lovely testimonials from members on its front page:

Zach P.: "Premarital sex isn't worth it! You can catch AIDS, or cancer, or testicle weevils, or a bad body image or rickets. You know what IS worth it? Making love to Jesus. Because you can't knock Him up and He'll never ask what you're thinking – cuz He already knows!"

Greg B.: "I joined Sex is for Fags after watching girls who put out turn my big brother into a major wuss. By learning to repress my urges, now I can to grow up and be what I always wanted: a prison guard or a priest."

[mrah, "sex is for fags" led me to its abstinence-only sister-site for girls, "iron hymen." go. read. snort.]


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