Comments on: Being Fair to Abstinence-Only Sex Education

By: Vene

Vene — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:21:12 +0000

Considering that I don’t care if teenagers have sex, I only care about if the education in question actually teaches about the existence of birth control, how to use it effectively, as well as basic sexual health (ranging from periods to nocturnal emissions). And teenagers are going to grow older and the vast majority are going to have sex at some point. We don’t need people thinking that the rhythm method is effective, the hormonal birth control causes abortions, or that sex with a virgin cures HIV. Encourage abstinence, sure, but impart the knowledge of what is sexually important for when they are sexually active.

By: Godless Carnival 135 is Up — The Gaytheists

Godless Carnival 135 is Up — The Gaytheists — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:59:16 +0000

[...] I was really intrigued by The Evolving Mind’s article entitled “Being Fair to Abstinence-Only Education”. It’s quite difficult to have a conversation about sex education without someone stomping [...]

By: Carnival of the Godless, No. 135 – Darwintine’s Day Edition « Homologous Legs

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:01:48 +0000

[...] And our final post for the 135th edition of the Carnival of the Godless is from Andrew Bernardin from The Evolving Mind, and he writes about abstinence-only sex education (a relevant topic for Darwintine’s Day – you wouldn’t want your gametes to actually meet, now, would you? Well, perhaps if you wanted to pass on some genetic mutations to the next generation…). But wait, he’s not going all-out against it? It appears… Ooh, there’s some research out suggesting that it could actually be effective. See what Andrew makes of the study at Being Fair to Abstinence-Only Sex Education. [...]