Giving teenagers birth-control= Encouraging them to have sex?

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Anonymous wrote:I am 35 and I don't think I grew up in a particularly progressive town (some would argue it was the opposite of progressive) but we started having sex ed in the 6th grade. I switched to a very well renowned private school in 7th grade and we had sex ed every year. And pretty intense sex ed in high school, like talking about everything from date rape and domestic violence to learning how to put on a condom. And I remember learning about my period and what happens every month, the reproductive system, etc., much earlier in Girl Scouts, in maybe 4th grade. But I don't recall us talking about condoms or birth control.

I had sex when I fell in love for the first time when I was 18, the summer after I graduated from high school. And it was super safe sex too. I don't think education prompts kids to have early sex, I think it's a self esteem thing, at least for girls. I have two (very young) daughters and it's hard to say how I'll feel, but I suspect I'll want them educated pretty early on about their options, while encouraging them to wait. I agree with a PP, the Bush Administration proved that abstinence doesn't work.

Wtf is "super safe sex?"

Haha. I'm the poster who waited until 19. I made him wear a condom, used spermicide AND he had to pull out. HA! Can't believe he had sex with me.

Oh, please. Boys/young men will phuck a tree stump.