Comments on: Study: 1 In 4 U.S. Teen Girls Has STD

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[erasmus6]

"Parents are relying on the school to raise their kids" "I don''''t think they need *** ed classes..." Posted by mandylou4u

Well I think they need something because the parents obviously aren''t teaching their kids.

The parents jump up and down when the school tries to do something about teaching their kids. They think that it is their place to do it, not the schools, but the parents AREN''T doing it! That is why there is a problem. I don''t know about you people but it most certainly tells me that SOMEBODY needs to do SOMETHING. If the parents aren''t going to do it then I think the school should be able to.

[daniel.harris6]

"About half of the girls acknowledged ever having ***; among them, the rate was 40 percent."

Did I just read this right? 40% of all sexually active girls aged 14 to 19 have an STD? That is an astounding percentage given the limited time these girls have had to aquire sexual partners. Is the percentage that high in adults? I''ve never heard that 40% of adult women have an STD. Makes me wonder if this study''s numbers are off.

[jakmom2]

what do we expect when we allow our children to be desensitized by the permissive behavior that is depicted on television and through music. Not to mention the sensationalism given to the poor and less than moral behavior of our gov''t officials, atheletes and TV and music stars.

[denn034]

You tell kids how to have $ex and you don''t expect them to do it. I mean come on now! $ex and abstinence (telling a kid not to do it amounts to asking them to do it given their rebellious curious nature) ed are the culprit here. There was no $ex or abstinence ed when I went to school from kindergarten to 12th grade and there were only 1-2 pregnancies, 2-3 STDs, and no HIV infections so, this argues even more forcefully against $ex and abstinence ed. Period! $ex and abstinence ed creates a climate of *** in the schools that can only lead to HIV and STD infections. All sexually oriented topics need to be banned in our schools. Period!

[erasmus6]

I think it is going to take more than a change in the government to fix all the problems in the U.S.

[erasmus6]

"Study: 1 In 4 U.S. Teen Girls Has STD"

Wow, that is unbelievable.

Who the hell is raising these kids? Isn''t anybody teaching them anything? Is it possible that there are that many lousy parents out there? Of course the answer to that question is a big YES!

[bobnjersey]

[You don''''t stop the spread of STDs and the killing of the unborn by suggesting more sexual activity among teens is better. Less is better, and that''''s why there is a case for abstinence.]
[Posted by Wango2007 at 02:54 PM : Mar 11, 2008]

who''s suggesting teens should have more?

[Obviously, there is no such thing as "safe ***," -- that is only a myth perpetuated by people with who need excuses to do the wrong thing.]

sounds like a ''black and white'' view to me. so it''s the chastity belt or pumping out babies? is there anything between abstinence and (unprotected) wild uninhibited hanging from the chandelier sax?

[bogusbones]

thank goodness i''m an old married man and not chasing women anymore. we''re killing ourselves slowly but surely. in a thousand years all those microbes, spiders and cockroaches are going to be laughing as the clean our parched and bleached bones.

[gmcnally2]

This is another commercial for the HPV innoculation. Follow the $ here.

[usbrit-2009]

The only guys who believe abstinence teaching works are the ones who were too ugly to get laid in High School.

[questionnews]

Our school got a visit from Slappy The Abstinence Clown. He told us all about STD''s and how you get them from toilets, door handles & holding hands with the opposite s*e*x. He scared us so bad that I think all the kids from that school are still virgins.

[wango2007-2009]

Posted by Iceman_1960
Anyone who thinks Abstinence programs will work, has forgotten all about his or her teenage years.

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This certainly doesn''t have anything to do with the topic. Of course teens have urges, but they can be taught to not act on them, just as they are taught not to lie, steal and cheat.

Some will do wrong anyway, but how about .25%, not 25%. Being permissive about teen sexual activity is the problem, not the solution.

[iceman_1960]

Intelligent s*ex education in the schools is the only answer.

Anyone who thinks Abstinence programs will work, has forgotten all about his or her teenage years.

[wango2007-2009]

Posted by easeup

I read that thanks to the faith based abstinence programs, brought to us with the faith based bribes...

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This is an example of the irrationality of our times. The only guarantee that disease will not be spread is to stop spreading it (abstinence).

The liberal answer is to allow anyone and everyone to spread disease and totally ignore personal responsibility for sexual actions. And why should anyone take personal responsibility when a woman can just kill her unwanted baby.

You don''t stop the spread of STDs and the killing of the unborn by suggesting more sexual activity among teens is better. Less is better, and that''s why there is a case for abstinence.

Obviously, there is no such thing as "safe ***," -- that is only a myth perpetuated by people with who need excuses to do the wrong thing.

[mike71067]

It''s not "abstinence education", and it''s not due to failing contraceptives - it''s called "moral decay". We''re not supposed to talk about it, so many of you probably haven''t heard of it. That is the root cause of this, and many other, problems in our society.

There is no such thing as "safe ***" outside of marriage.

[culturechang]

Govt makes all kinds of estimates like this that turn out to be way over estimated. Take the Human Trafficking situation. They estimated 50,000 per year into the US. In Nov, the State Dept said it has only found 1100 in all 8 years. That 0.25% accurate.

[easeup-2009]

The only conclusion I have reached from this article is that I went to high school 20 years too EARLY!!!!!