On AlterNet: abstinence
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "abstinence"
Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. February 9, 2010.
The religious right is rallying around a study that supposedly proves their legitimacy. In reality, the findings just demonstrate how important comprehensive sexual education is.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 29, 2009.
Bush and Cheney spent around $150 million on abstinence programs that failed miserably. So why do anti-sex advocates insist on throwing money down the hole?
Ellen Friedrichs, AlterNet. December 17, 2009.
Many cling to the notion that casual sex must be damaging. Recent research -- and a little historical perspective and common sense -- shows otherwise.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. November 23, 2009.
Christian side hugs for everyone!
Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check. November 12, 2009.
It's bad enough the media teaches my daughter harmful gender stereotypes. Does she have to get it at school, too?
Lara Riscol, McGraw-Hill. September 3, 2009.
America, "Land of the Free", continues to swing between smut and sanctimony.
Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. July 18, 2009.
Will abstinence-only programs continue to get funding to misinform kids about sex?
Jessica Valenti, The Nation. June 23, 2009.
Progressives have to fight to ensure that abstinence groups don't regain their cultural footing.
Matt Taibbi, True/Slant. May 27, 2009.
Palin knew her daughter was having sex in her own house. What does it take to get discredited as a right-wing "family values" merchant these days?
Carmen D. Siering, Ms. Magazine. May 19, 2009.
Adults have an obligation to start a conversation concerning the darker themes and anti-feminist rhetoric in the extremely popular Twilight series.
Michael Rowe, Huffington Post. May 8, 2009.
Clearly she's proof that it doesn't work.
Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. May 4, 2009.
The message of the film is clear -- only bad people use condoms to have sex for pleasure.
Anna Clark, RH Reality Check. April 10, 2009.
Rejecting abstinence-only funding is only one part of the movement to empower young people. There's much more to do.
Dr. Marty Klein, Sexual Intelligence. April 2, 2009.
A new book tries to scare young people out of having sex.
Steve Yoder, In These Times. March 14, 2009.
Since Democrats took control in 2006, Congress has yet to cut even a dollar of abstinence education funding. Let's hope change is on the way.
Pam Chamberlain, The Public Eye. March 3, 2009.
Abstinence-only sex ed is a tool of ideological management that is deeply entrenched in American culture and social policy.
Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium. February 18, 2009.
A look at reactions to Bristol Palin's statement on Fox News that abstinence doesn't work.
Ali Frick, Think Progress AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. February 17, 2009.
In her first public interview, Bristol told Fox News' that abstinence is "not realistic at all."
Lara Riscol, RH Reality Check. February 10, 2009.
We've spend years being bludgeoned by zealots wielding sex as a weapon to divide America. Is it time for a new sexual revolution?
Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. January 28, 2009.
Hostility to women perceived as "sexually loose" cripples efforts to protect women's rights and health.
Natalie Dylan, The Daily Beast. January 27, 2009.
The idealization of virginity is a tool to keep women in their place. So what's to stop me from profiting?
Chelsea Ricker, RH Reality Check. January 17, 2009.
Yet more evidence that abstinence-only programs, many of which include virginity pledges, do not work.
Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. December 30, 2008.
The U.S. government has spent more than $1.5 billion on abstinence programs. What a terrible waste.
Lorraine Kenny, RH Reality Check. December 4, 2008.
Sex ed advocates have unwittingly undermined their message by adopting the language of abstinence-only groups.
Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check. October 24, 2008.
The Alaska Governor seemingly reverses her stance on sex education.
