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Friday, August 29, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Conceiving of Abstinence Only Sex Ed
As we continue to hear stories, statistics, personal experiences, and research on the ineffectiveness of Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Sex education, it is harder and harder for me to comprehend how so many staunch advocates of this harmful type of education are still pushing. Therefore, many like me are still having to "push back", meaning advocating medically accurate sex education. I was doing just that on Friday, sitting behind a table at a public event, promoting safer sex and sex education, when the funniest thing happened...
A young girl (college aged) walks up to the table. I say hello to greet her and notice her T-Shirt. It wasn't a flashy shirt, but the text caught my eye. In large letters it read "I Stop at Third Base" with smaller type under indicating the t-shirt came from a particular "1987 Abstinence Conference." My first thought was that I really wanted this t-shirt, for the irony, and had a little laugh to myself. my second thought was, I remember 1987 quite well, but I doubt this young girl does, or was she even born yet? Assuming her clothing choice was made out of irony, I decided to strike up a conversation.
I said, nodding to her shirt, "So, you don't look old enough to have attended a 1987 conference."
She looked at me, never cracking a smile and said, without any intonation in her voice, "No, I was conceived there."
Seriously. Never laughed so hard in my life! This, my friends is yet one more testiment to the ineffectiveness of Abstinence Only Sex Education.
A young girl (college aged) walks up to the table. I say hello to greet her and notice her T-Shirt. It wasn't a flashy shirt, but the text caught my eye. In large letters it read "I Stop at Third Base" with smaller type under indicating the t-shirt came from a particular "1987 Abstinence Conference." My first thought was that I really wanted this t-shirt, for the irony, and had a little laugh to myself. my second thought was, I remember 1987 quite well, but I doubt this young girl does, or was she even born yet? Assuming her clothing choice was made out of irony, I decided to strike up a conversation.
I said, nodding to her shirt, "So, you don't look old enough to have attended a 1987 conference."
She looked at me, never cracking a smile and said, without any intonation in her voice, "No, I was conceived there."
Seriously. Never laughed so hard in my life! This, my friends is yet one more testiment to the ineffectiveness of Abstinence Only Sex Education.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Save The Date
Join Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma in celebrating the anniversary of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, by attending a reception and film screening of “Iron Jawed Angels”*.
"Votes for Women" Event!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
Oklahoma City Community Foundation
1300 N. Broadway, OKC, OK 73103
Admission: $5.00 per person
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
Oklahoma City Community Foundation
1300 N. Broadway, OKC, OK 73103
Admission: $5.00 per person
*Iron Jawed Angels is a film about the struggle of suffragists who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment. Focusing on two defiant women, Alice Paul (Hilary Swank) and Lucy Burns (Frances O'Connor), the film shows how these activists pushed the boundaries of political protest to secure women's voting rights in 1920.
For more information, contact adrienne.brune@ppfa.org. If you would like to help distribute flyers, a copy can be emailed to you by requesting one from the above email address.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Weekend Humor!
Sarah Haskins takes on birth control, and how it is marketed around your period, not around preventing unintended pregnancy with yet another hilarious "Target Women" spot.
To see more Sarah Haskins, visit info mania. And, just like every other feminist who has ever seen her videos, I have a huge crush on this funny woman!
To see more Sarah Haskins, visit info mania. And, just like every other feminist who has ever seen her videos, I have a huge crush on this funny woman!
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