abstinence only education

Even Christians Admit That Abstinence Pledges Don't Work

We liberal athiests can talk all we want about the fact that virginity pledges and purity rings don't really work, but even with statistics, it's just us against them. But when Christian bloggers start writing about it, we have to ask: I can haz sex education?

Posted Mar 24 2009, 12:07 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments

Filed under: masturbation, teenagers, sex, christians, sex education, humping, boobies, abstinence only education, dry humping, abstinence pledges, broom, broom sticks

Because We'd Rather be Watching C-SPAN

Hey, at least it's better than lolcats, right?

Posted Jan 20 2009, 02:05 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments

My Obama, My Choice

Thursday will be Barack Obama's second full day in office. It is also the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the United States. And according to "three Democratic sources" Obama is not going to let the day pass quietly.

Posted Jan 20 2009, 01:01 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments

Michigan Backs Teen Pregnancy and the Spread of STDs with $1.4M Grant

Michigan, Michigan, Michigan. What the hell is up? You went blue in the election (of course Missouri went red while electing a Democratic governor, so what does that really tell us?). You're pretty cool with Detroit and all. But what the fuck is up with the Michigan Department of Community Health giving out $1.4 million dollars in grants to fund abstinence-only education? Don't you have, like, homeless people to feed? Or school music programs to keep alive? Do you know how many condoms you could buy with that money? Oh, right. Silly us. Who needs condoms when you will be totally successful in keeping kids from having sex before marriage?

Posted Jan 09 2009, 11:41 AM by Emily Farris with | with no comments

FOXNews Claims Jesus Will Guard Your Daughter's Vagina

Forget everything you heard in 2008!!! It turns out hanging with that hepcat Jesus really does contribute to keeping America's youth free from sin.

According to Janet Rosenbaum, a post doctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, young people with strong religious backgrounds become sexually active about three years later than their non-religious peers. (It should be noted that her numbers are based on data collected from middle and high school students in 1995 and 1996, way back when even we were religious and not having sex.) But don't be fooled by those pesky virginity pledges or purity rings, she says.

Posted Jan 05 2009, 11:55 AM by Emily Farris with | with 3 comment(s)

When "You May Kiss the Bride" Is the First Kiss Ever It's Apparently "Magical"

Claudaniel Fabien and Melody La Luz practice what they preach. You see, they are "abstinence educators" in Chicago (you know, in the public schools) and they have been all kinds of abstinent.

The couple married on Saturday. And had their first kiss right about the time the preacher said "You may kiss the bride," because they didn't want to get too close to temptation.

So, what was it like to finally lock lips?

Posted Dec 01 2008, 02:47 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments

Top 3 Reasons "Twilight" Isn't Cool…or Sexy... or Worth Your $10

1. Mormons
2. Abstinence
3. There’s a better vampire movie you should be watching

Reason #1: Never let devout religious people teach or describe sex to you. It’s like having George Bush explain his foreign policy (a bunch of cautionary bullshit and no results). Stephanie Meyer is a Mormon. Yes, those guys who helped spearhead the anti-gay “Yes on Prop 8” campaign… and by the way, who the hell are they to talk about marriage?

How Mormon is she?

Posted Nov 24 2008, 05:13 PM by Scanner Matt with | with 3 comment(s)

Porn Star Lunch Lady Scares Parents

Louisa C. Tuck, formerly known as Crystal Gunns, has incensed a number of sanctimonious parents who are demanding she be fired from her current job as their elementary school’s part-time cafeteria worker and playground monitor due to her porn star past.

Posted Nov 24 2008, 04:44 PM by Scanner Matt with | with 1 comment(s)

NPR Talks Sex With Sue Johanson

We have proclaimed our love for Canadian sexpert Sue Johanson long and loud, and in the wake of pregnant Bristol Palin--more evidence that abstinence education doesn't work--NPR talks with Sue about what your daughter is doing, where she's doing it, and the only thing that frightens the sex-ed legend.

Some highlights from the interview below:

Posted Sep 12 2008, 02:57 PM by Nicole Pasulka with | with 3 comment(s)

Filed under: sex education, npr, abstinence only education, bristol palin, sue johanson

Voice of Reason: Jason Bateman Says 'Juno' is Not to Blame for Teenage Pregnancy

Juno is not to blame for the 17 teen pregnancies at a high school in Gloucester, Massachusetts, says Jason Bateman:

Posted Jun 26 2008, 01:29 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments

Filed under: teen pregnancy, Juno, pregnancy, abstinence only education, juno effect, jason bateman, voice of reason

File Under The Worst Idea Ever: Teen Pregnancy Pacts

Oh, how we wish this was the plot to a bad after-school special.

After officials at a Massachusetts high school noticed a spike in student pregnancies (17 in one year), they learned that many of the girls had made a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together.

But it gets worse.

Posted Jun 19 2008, 03:43 PM by Emily Farris with | with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: high school, teen pregnancy, pregnancy, abstinence only education, abstience, pregnancy pacts, worst ideas ever, teenageers, pacts

Today in WTF: Virginity Pledges Actually Work?

According to a new study (that we're thinking might have been funded by neocons?), virginity pledges could be an effective way of keeping teenagers celibate until marriage. If you consider engaging in "sexual behaviors that fall short of full intercourse" staying true to one's pledge.

Posted Jun 11 2008, 11:11 AM by Emily Farris with | with no comments

Filed under: virginity, neocons, abstinence, abstinence only education, virginity pledges

Hey George Bush, See What Your Abstinence-Only Education Has Done to America's Youth?

They're having more sex and using fewer condoms.

Is there any generation you haven't screwed in your eight long years as president?

Posted Jun 05 2008, 12:01 PM by Emily Farris with | with no comments

Filed under: halloween, teenagers, George Bush, condoms, abstinence only education, abstience

Abstinence-Only Tip Of The Week: A cup of Bleach A Day Keeps The AIDS Away

Thanks to abstinence only education, teens in Florida now know that all you need is one cupful of bleach to treat your AIDS. See how it works after the jump.

Posted Apr 07 2008, 02:10 PM by Katie Halper with | with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: sex ed, sex education, florida, aids, abstinence, bleach, drink bleach for AIDS, abstinence only education, HIV, T Cells

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