“In one ‘Girlfriend’ survey 28 percent of girls who participated had caught sexually transmitted diseases and a staggering 58 percent had regretted their last sexual encounter.” Related articles Contraception and Celibacy (patheos.com) Sex Diseases Cost $16 Billion a Year to… Read More ›
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Anthony B. Robinson in ‘Deceiving Ourselves About Safe Sex’ from ‘Children Having Children: Global Perspectives on Teenage Pregnancy’ edited by Gary E
“Sex is a gift and a mystery, something of which we are not fully in control, and which needs to be approached with some measure of awe and respect.” —Anthony B. Robinson in ‘Deceiving Ourselves About Safe Sex’ from ‘Children… Read More ›
Stefania Siedlecky in ‘Teenage Sexuality and Pregnancy in Australia’ from ‘Children Having Children: Global Perspectives on Teenage Pregnancy’
“Society generally has had punitive and judgmental attitudes towards teenage sexuality and pregnancy – directed mainly at girls. There is reluctance to provide adequate sex education for fear of encouraging promiscuity, a reluctance to make contraception more easily available –… Read More ›
Children Having Children: Global Perspectives on Teenage Pregnancy (Ideas in Conflict Series) by Gary E. McCuen
Opening Sentence:As a society we worship at the altar of sex. Synopsis:From the Contents Page Global Perspectives on Adolescent Pregnancy: U.S. teen pregnancy rates are falling; the rates are rising; adolescent fertility worldwide concerns; adolescent fertility in Nigeria; teenage pregnancy… Read More ›
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