Comments on: Conversations about Safe Sex…. http://perchesinthesoul.com/2007/11/16/conversations-about-safe-sex/ Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:26:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: bliss http://perchesinthesoul.com/2007/11/16/conversations-about-safe-sex/comment-page-1/#comment-265 bliss Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:37:06 +0000 http://perchesinthesoul.com/2007/11/16/conversations-about-safe-sex/#comment-265 Yeah, I agree that the evidence is pretty clear that abstinance only education is much worse for health. I hate to have teenagers paying for poor judgement with their lives or their fertility or their opportunities to get an education before having babies. Yeah, I agree that the evidence is pretty clear that abstinance only education is much worse for health. I hate to have teenagers paying for poor judgement with their lives or their fertility or their opportunities to get an education before having babies.

]]> By: Lindsey http://perchesinthesoul.com/2007/11/16/conversations-about-safe-sex/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Lindsey Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:02:55 +0000 http://perchesinthesoul.com/2007/11/16/conversations-about-safe-sex/#comment-257 As much as I would love it to preach abstinence, I think that it's not the best way to go. Whether we like it or not, kids will have sex. In my opinion, we should try to make it safe as possible. Tell them the ONLY surefire method for prevention of ANYTHING (HIV, STDs, pregnancy . . .) is abstinence, but let them know that safety is important if that is their decision. Do you hand out condoms as a doctor? Maybe the best way is to make them available, but not hand them out like dental floss at the dentists' . . . a fishbowl by the front door perhaps ;-) ? As much as I would love it to preach abstinence, I think that it’s not the best way to go. Whether we like it or not, kids will have sex. In my opinion, we should try to make it safe as possible. Tell them the ONLY surefire method for prevention of ANYTHING (HIV, STDs, pregnancy . . .) is abstinence, but let them know that safety is important if that is their decision.

Do you hand out condoms as a doctor? Maybe the best way is to make them available, but not hand them out like dental floss at the dentists’ . . . a fishbowl by the front door perhaps ;-) ?

]]> By: Patrick http://perchesinthesoul.com/2007/11/16/conversations-about-safe-sex/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Patrick Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:28:51 +0000 http://perchesinthesoul.com/2007/11/16/conversations-about-safe-sex/#comment-256 I did too many HIV tests on too many terrified kids to believe for a second that abstinence only sex ed benefits anyone. The epidemiological evidence is so clear on the superiority of comprehensive sex ed that it's truly sad this is still a political issue. Basically, conservatives are playing games with kid's lives to score political points and it's disgusting. Sorry, this stuff makes me really angry. I did too many HIV tests on too many terrified kids to believe for a second that abstinence only sex ed benefits anyone. The epidemiological evidence is so clear on the superiority of comprehensive sex ed that it’s truly sad this is still a political issue. Basically, conservatives are playing games with kid’s lives to score political points and it’s disgusting.

Sorry, this stuff makes me really angry.

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