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1 News to Me: Sex Ed Makes Teens Smarter About Sex
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2 What's Up With Sex Ed?
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3 Why Are STDs Now Called STIs?
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4 Who Taught You About Sex?
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5 A Do or a Don't: Planned Parenthood Gift Certificates
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6 Meghan McCain: Republicans Need Some Sex Ed
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7 China's Sex Theme Park — Vulgar or Valuable?
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8 Would You Go to an Adult Sex Ed Class?
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9 Sex-Ed Pamphlets: An Orgasm a Day Keeps Doctor Away
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10 What's Next For Abstinence-Only Sex-Ed Programs?
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11 US STD Rate Highest of Developed Countries — and Rising!
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12 How Did You First Learn About Sex?
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13 Sarah Palin Helps Define Sides in Reproductive Rights Debate
Want to know where a woman stands on issues like abortion, birth control, and sex ed? Forget asking her if she's pro-life or pro-choice; instead, find out if she's pro-Palin or anti-Palin. A new survey by Planned Parenthood set out to determine how many people agree with Palin's stance on high-profile women's health issues. Palin opposes abortion except to save the life of a mother and has said Read more
Parents may have discussed the birds and the bees with their kids, but when should schools enter the conversation? Teen pregnancy is a national issue, but if sex ed starts too late, tweens and high schoolers may already be active. Forty-five percent of LilSugar readers said it was never too early to chat with their children. In an age appropriate way, when do you think the topic should first Read more
Where do babies come from? I bet each of us remembers the day we learned the answer to that question. In Britain, where the teen pregnancy rate is one of the highest in Europe, one heath agency wants sex ed to start as early as kindergarten. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence isn't calling for graphic curriculum. Rather, they'd like to see sex ed for five year olds that Read more
Straight from the FitSugar Community group A Better You is this fun birth control quiz from reader Monique Marie. The human species survives by reproducing, which is accomplished by sexual intercourse between a man and a woman. However, not every sexual encounter has to end in a baby, thanks to the phenomenon of birth control. If you're sexually active, but not ready to be a mother or a father, Read more
Let's talk about sex . . . or else! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reluctance to talk about sex is keeping STD infection rates on the rise in the US, especially among teens. After practically being eradicated, syphilis is resurgent, and chlamydia and gonorrhea are also at "unacceptably high levels." Thanks to our prudishness, the US has the highest rate of STDs of Read more
When Obama decided not to renew the Title V grant program that funds abstinence-only sex education programs in his 2010 budget, places like McLennan County in Texas found their coffers, already depleted when their $800,000 grant ran out in 2007, dwindle from $1 million to zero. Since 1997, $1.9 billion in government funding ($1.5 billion of it federal money) has gone to abstinence-only Read more
Sex ed in the UK isn't all about STDs and birth control. A leaflet being handed out in schools by Britain's National Health Service hopes to educate students on the pleasures of sex. With the slogan "an orgasm a day keeps the doctor away," the material reads: Health promotion experts advocate five portions of fruit and veg a day and 30 minutes physical activity three times a week. What about sex Read more
Some religious people may object to sex education for kids, but churches around the country are increasingly offering such courses for adults. In fact, a specific group of churches puts sexuality at the heart of their mission. Over 40,000 children and adults have taken at least one of the group's "Our Whole Lives" courses, which emphasize the important role sex plays in our lives. A spokesperson Read more
China's Love Land had big dreams. The sex theme park was going to offer sex technique workshops, safe-sex seminars, a museum on the history of sex, and some giant genitalia for good measure. The owners hoped to further the spread of good sex, while stopping the spread of sexually transmitted disease. Unfortunately, the topic of sex is extremely taboo in China, so the larger-than-life naked Read more
It's McCain vs. Palin, round two! Meghan McCain and Bristol Palin, that is. In response to the young Palin's somewhat confusing new role as an ambassador for teen abstinence, McCain has responded with a column arguing that the Republican Party is out of touch when it comes to sex and sexual education. McCain acknowledges that Palin is her own person and not necessarily representative of her Read more
