abstinence

Here is Part One in my series of posts on the beliefs of major political parties. This blog focuses on the Republican Platform on Education, as taken from the official GOP website.

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Why is it that Americans only teach abstinence to teens?  Read More »

Okay...so this is probably something I wouldn't normally talk about, and you might not think its progressive, but I find it debatable. Also, I'm really sorry if I get too personal, or if this is offensive...feel free to stop reading is all I can say.  Read More »

From the age of 14 and a half to fifteen and a half, I was on birth control pills – Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo, to be exact. I went off it at fifteen, and recently decided, once again, to put myself on it. It wasn’t too hard to do, because my periods are awful (quite often, I have cramps that basically paralyze me from the abdomen down.  Read More »

Odd title huh? Well this week in my sociology class, we learned that race is a social creation in the sense that genetically human beings aren't different races, instead we are just different looking. Dont take this idea too seriously, it's just the thought that prejiduce comes from classifying a nationality as different from you and than saying that they are different race.  Read More »

I am sorry to say that abstinence-only sexual education was taught in my middle school when I was a child.  Read More »

This post started out as a response to a post about teen sex.  Read More »

I recently took a poll on abstinence and waiting until marriage. A lot of the voters say that they didn't wait for sex until marriage, which is just dandy. I on the other hand, am waiting for sex, but not until marriage. I don't believe in the marriage for 1. I don't know exactly what I am waiting for. I laid in my bed last night and seriously contemplated what my reasonings were.  Read More »