tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post5661368736687408192..comments2023-10-07T09:34:47.507-05:00Comments on Aggie Catholics: 1 in 4 Teenage Girls Has an STDMarcelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18121158394600137195noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-78748887543884660672008-03-17T07:31:00.000-05:002008-03-17T07:31:00.000-05:00Thank you for seeking out the details on that stud...Thank you for seeking out the details on that study. So only the really promiscuous sorts were included, hopefully that means there are more groups choosing chastity than that study made it look like.<BR/><BR/>My Faith in our young people is in those who have chosen chastity over promiscuity. Perhaps perfection is not there in their execution of it, but my observation is that there are quite a few young women from all sorts of family and religious backgrounds who have chosen to wait on sex.Dovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320527554392267140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-68613595491514585192008-03-16T19:11:00.000-05:002008-03-16T19:11:00.000-05:00Given I had some time this weekend to do some digg...Given I had some time this weekend to do some digging I dug into the study a bit and I must say, the study itself is a bit unreliable:<BR/><BR/>1. This study was done in public clinics. I would guess these are the kind that young teenage girls use when they're already having sex outside of marriage, and are wary about either being pregnant or having an STD.<BR/><BR/>2. They tested only 838 girls. Just over 210 of the 838 had an STD. Of course, they say that logically, this translates into 3 million teenage girls having STDs! There are an estimated 12 million teenage girls in this country! That means that they tested only .00006% of the population to arrive at that figure.<BR/><BR/>Even these numbers are quite sad, but the reporting of the results just doesn't hold up under a microscope. I have more faith in our young people than this study gives.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04439002018863380927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-40468907118304322852008-03-15T17:36:00.000-05:002008-03-15T17:36:00.000-05:00What makes the reporting even worse is that it is ...What makes the reporting even worse is that it is blatant falsehood. Condoms do NOT stop HPV. Abstinence is the only truly safe option.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, we must teach our children to be "wise as serpents, harmless as doves." It's not enough to say simply, "don't." We must teach our children to conduct themselves in a variety of situations in order to keep them safe. Silence just gives Satan room to work.<BR/><BR/>I have an article about this at Mommy Monsters today. As a survivor of sexual assault, I believe it is important to teach our children to be both chaste ... and savvy.Heidi Hess Saxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791510605285520649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-727166897650886922008-03-13T12:45:00.000-05:002008-03-13T12:45:00.000-05:00"I hope that others find this study disturbing."I'..."I hope that others find this study disturbing."<BR/><BR/>I'll bet Planned Parenthood is happy about it. Their solution to the problem would probably be publicly funded condom key chains (yes they exist). But then again they probably already are publicly funded. I just got done with doing a lot of research on PP, Last year we paid them about $305.3 million. A lot of that money goes into their sex ed programs.Undecidedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10055466376495924146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-34033322281163568772008-03-12T11:49:00.000-05:002008-03-12T11:49:00.000-05:00As mom to teens who choose chastity as the way to ...As mom to teens who choose chastity as the way to go, I so agree with your feelings about how the press blames our way of chastity for the failure of their sex ed programs.<BR/><BR/>I unashamedly loaded my home schoolers up with the latest data on STD's and a good video of a woman giving birth surrounded by her children and husband. We TALKED about relationships and what sex is intended to do in a relationship. So their choosing chastity is the result of an education in reality.<BR/><BR/>The public schools fail to teach REALITY. The reality that if you jump from sexual encounter to sexual encounter you WILL end up with an STD, an accidental pregnancy, and emotional baggage that will effect all future relationships. So kids who get nothing but the condom class will sadly become part of the statistics by design because nobody told them that the BETTER way is chastity and waiting for marriage. If they did, more kids would choose the better way.Dovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320527554392267140noreply@blogger.com