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They Use Clowns to Teach Abstinence. That Really Says Something About Abstinence

By Kay Steiger - Jan 16th, 2009 at 3:45 pm

Via the illustrious Pam Spaulding at Pandagon, a middle school in Ohio hired Derek Dye to dress up as a clown and teach messages of…

Watching Sexy TV Gets You Pregnant!

By Matt Zeitlin - Nov 3rd, 2008 at 3:38 pm

Or at least that’s what a study conducted by the RAND Institution claims. Here’s the Washington Post’s summary:
The study, which tracked more than 700…

Demanding Comprehensive Sex Ed

By Kay Steiger - Oct 1st, 2008 at 1:58 pm

Apparently high school and college students in Alaska are sick and tired of not getting proper sex education. After Amber Sawyer saw her too many…

Megan McArdle’s Confusing Take on Sex Ed

By Jesse Singal - Sep 3rd, 2008 at 1:39 pm

Megan McArdle, listing possible reasons why the Bristol Palin pregnancy might matter and her rebuttal to each:
Because social conservatives are against sex education emphasizing…

Defending Casual Sex Against the Abstinence Brigade

By Rashi Kesarwani - Aug 4th, 2008 at 10:02 am

Tracy Clark-Flory of Salon hits a home run in her well-reasoned essay on heterosexual mating rituals. She strikes at the heart of the pro-abstinence argument:…