Let’s Pledge to Stop Being Stupid About Teen Sex

Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 2nd, 2009 5:38 am by HL

Let’s Pledge to Stop Being Stupid About Teen Sex

“Virginity pledges” are one of the ways that government officials measure whether abstinence-only education is “working.” They count the pledges as proof that teens will abstain. It turns out that this is like counting New Year’s resolutions as proof that you lost 10 pounds.

READ THE WHOLE ITEM

Related Entries

January 1, 2009 Our Cuba Policy: A Failure at 50
January 1, 2009 FDR Prolonged the Depression? Really?
January 1, 2009 Believe It or Not, 2008 Was Relatively Nonviolent
December 31, 2008 Swindler of the Year
December 31, 2008 The 21st Century Is Finally Here, a Bit Behind Schedule

This entry was posted on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 at 5:38 am and is filed under Main Blog (All Posts). You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.