Posts Tagged ‘sex ed’
By Kay Steiger - Nov 3rd, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Today the Washington Post wrote about a study released that shows a correlation between unintended pregnancies and watching television shows that portray “flirting, necking, discussion…
Tags: Gossip Girl, sex, sex ed
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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…
Tags: abstinence, sex, sex ed, TV
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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…
Tags: abstinence, sex ed
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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…
Tags: abstinence, Megan McArdle, sex ed
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By Jesse Singal - Sep 2nd, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Everyone is arguing over whether the pregnancy Sarah Palin’s daughter, Bristol, is a valid campaign issue, or whether it should be left alone. The issue…
Tags: 2008 presidential election, Bristol Palin, feminism, gender equality, politics, reproductive rights, Sarah Palin, sex, sex ed
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By Matt Zeitlin - Aug 29th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
A while back, there was some debate among Kay and Haley about why some parents were uneasy about their children receiving the HPV vaccine Gardasil,…
Tags: feminism, Gardasil, health, sex, sex ed
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By Kay Steiger - Aug 20th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Over at Campus Progress, Stephanie Gross, who works on women’s health issues at the Center for American Progress, runs down everything you need to know…
Tags: Campus Progress, reproductive rights, sex ed
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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:…
Tags: abstinence, Laura Sessions Stepp, sex, sex ed, Tracy Clark-Flory
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By Jesse Singal - Jul 16th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
The Economist has up an informative piece on population control. The gist: Decades after people realized that runaway population growth could have disastrous global consequences,…
Tags: Africa, health, inequality, poverty, reproductive rights, sex ed, The Economist
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By Rashi Kesarwani - Jul 14th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Last week, McCain stumbled and stuttered aboard the Straight Talk Express when a reporter asked about his position on health insurance companies that cover Viagra…
Tags: 2008 presidential election, feminism, gender equality, John McCain, politics, reproductive rights, sex, sex ed, video
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By Haley Swenson - Jul 11th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
While I agree with Kay (and feministe) that the recent reports about the potential unsafe nature of the HPV vaccine Gardasil are actually greatly unfounded…
Tags: feminism, Feministing, Gardasil, health, sex ed
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By Kay Steiger - Jul 10th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I take issue with Loryn’s post on the possible side effects of the Gardasil vaccine, which cites a CNN story that says 7,802 girls got…
Tags: feminism, Gardasil, health, sex, sex ed
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By Loryn Wilson - Jul 10th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
When Gardasil was first introduced as the HPV vaccine, I remember getting a call from my mother almost every other month, asking me if I…
Tags: feminism, Gardasil, gender equality, health, sex, sex ed
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By Kay Steiger - Jul 1st, 2008 at 3:41 pm
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports today that abortions are down slightly in Minnesota. But that’s pretty much all the article says, making it little more…
Tags: feminism, health, healthcare, Minnesota, Minnesota Family Council, Planned Parenthood, reproductive rights, RFLSE, sex, sex ed
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By L. Russell Allen - Jun 24th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
The Gloucester Baby Pact continues to make news despite the revelation that the pact may never have even existed.
The latest bunch of crazy comes…
Tags: City Journal, education, feminism, high school, journalism, Kay S. Hymowitz, media, reproductive rights, sex, sex ed
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