Thank You, Captain Obvious
April 16th, 2007 at 1:27 pm by Chad (Chad's Blog)
A recent study shows that Abstinence-Only Sex Education programs do not change the likelihood of participants having sex. Don’t take my word for it. Check these credible news sources. Wow! Telling teenagers NOT to do something their bodies DEMAND from them isn’t working?! I’m not even a parent and I know that crap doesn’t work. Remember when you were a teenager? Did your parents tell you to not have sex? If so, when the moment/moments came to make your choice, was their opinion foremost in your mind?
I hope, for your sake, that the answer was “No.” Now imagine that the GOVERNMENT RECOMMENDED that you not do it (remember, you’re a teenager!) … How does THAT factor in to your decision making process? Right. Not at all. The US Government has spent over $1 billion dollars on these ineffective programs just in the last 6 years. I could stay at home and telepathically tell teens not to have sex for only $500 million for the next ten years and have the same effect. And save our country money. Write your congressperson.
Tags:politics,rant