In reponse to the comment by anonymous on 4-28, who is somewhat defending the abstinence policy in the US-
The history of this policy and it's backers make it clear that in no way, shape of form was it intended to keep young girls from becoming pregnant, or to encourage them to go on to higher learning and a better life. Starting in 1981 with the AFLA, it was designed to keep young girls from having sex, destroy abortion rights, make sure every sperm produced entered a fertile womb, and spread Christianity, none of which have anything to do with reducing the TBR.
Struck down by the courts for lack of seperation between church and state, it has been carefully crafted and re-tweaked over the years to continue on this path, ignoring all the social circumstance which force young girls to choose pregnancy- the economy, educational failure, sex abuse, poverty, male abandonment, adult males impregnanting teens and so on. It is indefensible, really, since everything adults tell the young to abstain from will be allowed to them as an adult. It's a sad, cruel joke, a waste of time, used by lazy, indifferent adults who ignore the truth and the reality of the problem.
As far as the "lasting consequences" of sex, a young person has far more to fear from auto accidents (59%) drowning (12%)fire (9%)cancer (13%) and firearms (5%), just to name a few. The TBR for the US, the highest in the industrialized world, is 4%. We really should be talking about abstaining from driving, swimming, matches, eating fast food, and keeping guns.
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In reponse to the comment by anonymous on 4-28, who is somewhat defending the abstinence policy in the US-
The history of this policy and it's backers make it clear that in no way, shape of form was it intended to keep young girls from becoming pregnant, or to encourage them to go on to higher learning and a better life. Starting in 1981 with the AFLA, it was designed to keep young girls from having sex, destroy abortion rights, make sure every sperm produced entered a fertile womb, and spread Christianity, none of which have anything to do with reducing the TBR.
Struck down by the courts for lack of seperation between church and state, it has been carefully crafted and re-tweaked over the years to continue on this path, ignoring all the social circumstance which force young girls to choose pregnancy- the economy, educational failure, sex abuse, poverty, male abandonment, adult males impregnanting teens and so on. It is indefensible, really, since everything adults tell the young to abstain from will be allowed to them as an adult. It's a sad, cruel joke, a waste of time, used by lazy, indifferent adults who ignore the truth and the reality of the problem.
As far as the "lasting consequences" of sex, a young person has far more to fear from auto accidents (59%) drowning (12%)fire (9%)cancer (13%) and firearms (5%), just to name a few. The TBR for the US, the highest in the industrialized world, is 4%. We really should be talking about abstaining from driving, swimming, matches, eating fast food, and keeping guns.
April 30, 2009 - 8:16amThis Comment
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