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Newsflash: Ignorance is Not Bliss! (Abstinence and Why It Sucks)
The BBC reported in August that abstinence-only sex education programs are not working in the United States. Shockingly, studies found that avoiding education about sex does not reduce risks of teen pregnancy or slow the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. It turns out that sex is so good that even pretending it doesn’t exist does [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2008 under abstinence, abstinence-only, educate, education, pregnancy, pregnant, premarital sex, sex, sex ed, sex education, sex positive, sex positivity, sex research, sexual activity, sexual attraction, sexuality, sexually transmitted infections.
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Notes from an insecure country, part dos: las virgenes y las putas
The distinction between the sexes is an important battleground these days. Not only do women demonstrate the capacity to work outside the home, but we have also co-opted behaviors that were previously considered masculine, such as smoking, drinking, and having (gasp!) sexual relations without necessarily planning to marry our partner or be their baby mama.
Posted: July 2nd, 2007 under Argentina, Catholicism, Darwin, Female Sexuality, Research, catholic, center for science and culture, chaste, chastity, color contacts, conduct, culture, discovery institute, drinking, dyed hair, evolution, gay marriage, gender, gender roles, homosexuality, in vitro fertilization, intelligent design, latin america, lip ring, love, machismo, macho, male, maleness, marriage, masculinity, men, morality, premarital sex, prostitute, prostitution, researcher, scholar, science, scientist, sex, sexual morality, sexuality, smoking, target, theory, virginity, virtue.
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