On AlterNet: abstinence only

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "abstinence only"

Pornography 101: Why College Kids Need Porn Literacy Training

Shira Tarrant, AlterNet. September 15, 2010.

Mobile technology and abstinence-only guarantee that more young people get their sex ed from pornography. It's time to talk to them about what they're watching.

Holding Hypocrite Congressman Souder's Feet to the Fire on Dangerous Abstinence Education

Shelby Knox, AlterNet. May 19, 2010.

What do Rep. Souder and others like him have to say to the millions of young people whose health was endangered by being told condoms don't work?

The Real Scoop on the (In)Effectiveness of Abstinence-Only Sex Ed

National Sexuality Resource CenterFebruary 8, 2010.

When can abstinence-only sex ed work? When it's not really abstinence-only.

A Pro-Choice To-Do List For the New Decade

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. January 5, 2010.

In the next decade, pro-choicers need to go on the offense, and stop just playing defense.

Orrin Hatch's $50 Million Sex Boondoggle

Oliver Willis, Oliver Willis.com. January 2, 2010.

When will they stop pushing this stupidity?

Unprotected Sex: Abstinence Education's Main Accomplishment

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. July 2, 2009.

Teens are having more condomless sex than they did in the 1990s. It's time for science-based sex ed, not moralizing.

"Slutty Girls Seducing Stupid Boys": Yet Another Absurd, Sexist Fallacy of Abstinence-Only Education

Joe Sonka, Amplify Your Voice. March 10, 2009.

In much abstinence-only literature, young women are told to not show skin, lest they invite dirty lustful thoughts in hapless boys.

Abstinence-Only Clowns?! Your Federal Tax Dollars at Work

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress. January 16, 2009.

Meet Derek Dye: He's got a degree from Barnum Bailey Clown College, and an abstinence educator certification that can be purchased for $50.

What Obama Should Do About Sex Ed

William Smith, RH Reality Check. November 12, 2008.

Obama has the chance to help empower young people to make responsible, smart decisions about sex.

Studies Demonstrate Ab-Only Ineffectiveness ... Again

John Santelli, Leslie Kantor, RH Reality Check. September 26, 2008.

Abstinence-only programs contain medical inaccuracies and fail to help young people to change behavior.

Virgin or Slut: Pick One

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. December 20, 2007.

Why teenagers are so screwed up about sex and their bodies.

The Expensive Failure of Abstinence Education

Amy DePaul, AlterNet. May 31, 2007.

The Bush administration's point man for conservative -- and often morality-driven -- social policy, such as abstinence-only sex education, has resigned. But only time will tell whether his programs remain federal policy.