Pele
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Written by: Pele
Some how it has come out that while "hanging" out they were have intimate relations with a 24yo and a 32yo firemen. Consentually, but in this state 16 is still illegal if you are 18 or over.
Written by: Pele
Do you think that due to media exposure kids are able to make decisions such as who to be intimate with younger?
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Written by: FireTom
The US "abstinence only programme" is highly questionable, as it backfired and leaves more young adults with HIV than before.
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Written by: Washington Post
A long-awaited national study has concluded that abstinence-only sex education, a cornerstone of the Bush administration's social agenda, does not keep teenagers from having sex. Neither does it increase or decrease the likelihood that if they do have sex, they will use a condom. (...)
By the end of the study, when the average child was just shy of 17, half of both groups had remained abstinent. The sexually active teenagers had sex the first time at about age 15. Less than a quarter of them, in both groups, reported using a condom every time they had sex. More than a third of both groups had two or more partners. (...)
The federal government spends $176 million a year on abstinence-only education, and millions more are spent every year in state and local matching grants. Harry Wilson, a top official in the Department of Health and Human Services, said yesterday that the administration has no intention of changing funding priorities in light of the results.
"This study isn't rigorous enough to show whether or not [abstinence-only] education works," Wilson said. (...)
One thing they also learned, Trenholm said, was that kids receiving abstinence instruction did not use condoms less often than other kids, a possibility that critics occasionally raise. They also showed slightly better knowledge about the prevention of sexually transmitted disease.
Kids in both groups were knowledgeable about the risks of having sex without using a condom or other form of protection. Knowing that did not mean they put on a condom every time, however. Condom use was not high in either group; of those who had sex, almost half said they used condoms only "sometimes" or "never."
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Written by: Pele
Okay.
So, the backstory but the non-issue for this is that two teenage (16yo) girls were part of a youth fireman training program. Evidentally they would hang out at the firestation once their youth program meetings had ended, and other times as well.
Some how it has come out that while "hanging" out they were have intimate relations with a 24yo and a 32yo firemen. Consentually, but in this state 16 is still illegal if you are 18 or over.
Now, yes, there is the myriad of "Where were the parents" "What were they thinking" "Maybe they are simply being horrible accusatory girls" yadda,yadda,yadda
However, this has brought a different thought to mind.
Concidering the self-perceived maturity of kids, concidering the exposure they now have to things of a mature and/or questionable nature do you think the legal age of consent should be lowered?
Back in the 40's and 50's my mother said she could not conceive of many of the things she sees on MTV now-a-days.
Do you think that due to media exposure kids are able to make decisions such as who to be intimate with younger?
I have my opinions on this, which currently slant towards the negative but I am interested to hear your thoughts.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Written by: FireTom
OWD - I was admittedly lumping both (the inter/national) effects of the US funded programme together with steadily raising HIV infections in both, the US and for say Uganda (where the US government funds national "abstinence only" programmes and gets advised by Human Rights Watch to replace these programmes)... excuse that my words have not been chosen more explicit.
Washington Post articleWritten by: Washington Post
A long-awaited national study has concluded that abstinence-only sex education, a cornerstone of the Bush administration's social agenda, does not keep teenagers from having sex. Neither does it increase or decrease the likelihood that if they do have sex, they will use a condom. (...)
By the end of the study, when the average child was just shy of 17, half of both groups had remained abstinent. The sexually active teenagers had sex the first time at about age 15. Less than a quarter of them, in both groups, reported using a condom every time they had sex. More than a third of both groups had two or more partners. (...)
The federal government spends $176 million a year on abstinence-only education, and millions more are spent every year in state and local matching grants. Harry Wilson, a top official in the Department of Health and Human Services, said yesterday that the administration has no intention of changing funding priorities in light of the results.
"This study isn't rigorous enough to show whether or not [abstinence-only] education works," Wilson said. (...)
One thing they also learned, Trenholm said, was that kids receiving abstinence instruction did not use condoms less often than other kids, a possibility that critics occasionally raise. They also showed slightly better knowledge about the prevention of sexually transmitted disease.
Kids in both groups were knowledgeable about the risks of having sex without using a condom or other form of protection. Knowing that did not mean they put on a condom every time, however. Condom use was not high in either group; of those who had sex, almost half said they used condoms only "sometimes" or "never."
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
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Written by: jo_rhymes
What I don't understand is why these men find someone their own age?
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
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There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
(G.W. Dahlquist)
Owner of Dragosani's left half
.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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