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    RingTailedLemur: Ah yes... flashbacks to having to give my (at the time) 15 year old neighbor the FACTS about sex. I've blocked out the more ridiculous things they tol... more »
    Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC: I wonder if they'll still show "The Movie"? When the girls are separated from the boys to hear about all the hidden debauchery our vaginas engage in. more »
    LadySoprano is a Fat-Fighting Superwoman: I saw this headline on Yahoo when I logged in a few minutes ago and thought, "I bet Hortense has posted this." Sure enough! I certainly hope that abst... more »
    pax: My mom is a nurse and worked in an ER when I was at the birds-and-bees age. When I asked her to tell me about sex, she promptly unloaded EVERYTHING: n... more »
    Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.: I went to an all-girls high school, and although it was private and Catholic, it was still pretty progressive in terms of its policies. No girl who go... more »
    graceful_gamine: I am VERY pro-sex education. But, I also wanted to point out that I think it's important to mention to teens that it's ok to wait to have sex too, if... more »
    mayfly: If you have sex, YOU WILL DIE. All you need to know, kids! more »
    ellaesther: Ok, I've been struggling with the shameless self-promotion thing, but I wrote about teen pregnancy in the fall, and as it amounted to my last hurrah a... more »
    the_decider: more »
    LucilleMcGillicuddy: I believe the accompanying photo pretty much says it all. more »
    badmutha: I have to say, my health teacher was an older lady, probably in her 60's, but she told it to us straight and never had a problem. She never married, a... more »
    badmutha: I say yes to this sense. Common sense - the comeback tour '09! more »
    Fridge Hussy : Is finally heading back to uni!: I went to a less-than-prestigious gov't school. The other class in my year got sex-ed and the banana demo, but mine didn't. It came down to staffing d... more »
    apocalypse-nowish: This is wonderful news. I started sex-ed in fifth grade and am SO SO SO thankful that I was lucky enough to be in a school district that promoted it. ... more »
    casi nadie (loves MCC forever): I say let's have a competition for who had the worst sex education experience. I'll start. My high school health teacher, when it came time for the di... more »
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    Is This The End For Abstinence-Only Education?

    The end of the Bush era may signal the end of the "abstinence-only" approach to sex education programs. Rep. Louise Slaughter of New York hopes to end the failing programs with the "Prevention First Act." More »
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