Wait, maybe I said the wrong acronym. Abstinence, B-something about few partners and Contraceptive.
I was lamenting the teaching of only the "A" part, and saying that the proof is in the pudding, and B+C are required to really tackle the problem. Sorry for the mis-queue, there; I always mess up the acronym for the "real deal" (obviously because of the "B" == monogamy/few partners). Maybe I have them out of order too. But anyways, yeah, I'm not stupid enough to proclaim something like Abstinence Only works better than being honest or whatever. Heh. I said stupid. I also wonder if pushing the AbO is akin to murder, as was posited by that group I mentioned. Seems not too much a stretch, although not 1st degree. Crazy that we're so backwards in a time when we can be so forwards, and in a Country like the US of A. -- Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even those loves which do not appear to be sexual or erotic have a sexual root or core. They are all sublimations of the sexual instinct. Mortimer Adler On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Larry Lyons wrote: >>> When is the last time there was a story about this issue anywhere in >>> the national media? Anyone? >> >>I could dig up several of my posts that talk about it, but who really >>reads all that stuff anyways. >> >>What bugged me was exporting that mentality to other countries, like >>Africa and whatnot, where the ABC's have been shown to work. > > Care to cite any studies that have been published in reputable scientific > journals? All the ones cited by the fundies seem to include a contraception > component that's lacking in US Abstinence only programs. > >> >>Remember that group claiming Bush helped kill thousands (or more) by >>promoting AbsOn? >> >>This *is* mainstream for people who are sick of our country being >>fucked up and half of our people acting like it ain't. > > Again if you're claiming that it works, then show some supporting data. And > not just propaganda from some group with an agenda, but I'll settle for one > study, just one published in one of the following journals: > American Journal of Public Health > Journal of Publish Heath > American Journal of Epidemiology > Epidemiology > Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health > > The idea is that when you remove the ideology from Abstinence Only sex > education you find out that all too often its ineffective, or worse results > in higher rates of STD's or teenage pregnancy. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267521 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
