Promoting Abstinence "proven to work"

[Kasz216]

Rath said:

Kasz216 said:

The heck... in like the span of 2 seconds, 50 more posts appeared for me. Must be a site bug?

 

Anyway, anyone who doesn't think Absistence education doesn't work, is as dumb as people who WANT abistence ONLY education.

Absitence education is the most successful education.  It's just not perfect.  Hence why you want to teach ways to safeguard vs those still stupid enough to go through with it at a young age.

I disagree that abstinence education is the most succesful. The most succesful thing in bringing down STD rates and pregnancy rates surely has to be condoms and education about them?

But in any case, abstinence education should definitely be included as part of a wider sexual education. It's just abstinence only education that doesn't work.

The study above seemed to suggest otherwise, but what your missing is that abstinience education is the base that starts off keeping things down.

To use another, sillier example.  Absitence education is like telling people that snakes are dangererous.  While condom education is snake handling lessons.  That snakes are dangerous are enough to dissuade most people from handling snakes... while snake handling lessons helps more people... and nothing really helps others.