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Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!gatech!rutgers!igor.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jenk@microsoft.com (Jen Kilmer) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: sex education Message-ID: Date: 6 Apr 93 03:31:33 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Microsoft Corporation Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article swansond@nextnet.ccs.csus.edu (Dennis Swanson) writes: >In article heath@athena.cs.uga.edu (Terrance Heath) writes: >>[...] >>When I do programs, I spend >>about half the time talking about absitinence [...] >>I find that most people who object >>to sex education actually object to the teaching *anything* other than >>abstinencne, and that IMO is just as irresponsible as only talking >>about comdom use. > >I'm under the impression that most sex ed instructors and/or policy makers >actually object to making any more than a passing reference to abstinence, >wishing to spend time only on the "realistic" choices. In the "sex ed" portion of the high school "health" course I took in 1984, it was impressed that the only 100% positive way to *not* get pregnant was to *not* have sex. Other methods of contraception were discussed, in the framework of a chart which showed both the _expected_ failure rate (theoretical, assumes no mistakes) and the _actual_ failure rate (based on research). Top of the chart was something like this: Method Expected Actual ------ Failure Rate Failure Rate Abstinence 0% 0% And NFP (Natural Family Planning) was on the bottom. The teacher even said, "I've had some students tell me that they can't use anything for birth control because they're Catholic. Well, if you're not married and you're a practicing Catholic, the *top* of the list is your slot, not the *bottom*. Even if you're not religious, the top of the list is safest." Yes, this was a public school and after Dr Koop's "failing abstinence, use a condom" statement on the prevention of AIDS. -jen -- #include // jenk@microsoft.com // msdos testing
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