B is Be faithful
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:16 PM, denstar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:267523 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
