Comments on: About that Abstinence-Only Study… http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/2010/02/03/about-that-abstinence-only-study/ All the etcetera that's fit to read. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:31:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: arensb http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/2010/02/03/about-that-abstinence-only-study/comment-page-1/#comment-186959 arensb Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:29:14 +0000 http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/?p=1302#comment-186959 menes777: <blockquote>Also there is a blur in the distinction as to what is considered sex.</blockquote> If you want to become less certain than ever about the distinction between sex and non-sex, you should read Greta Christina's <cite><a href="http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2006/09/are_we_having_s_1.html" rel="nofollow">Are We Having Sex Now or What?</a></cite> and <cite><a href="http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2010/01/are-we-having-sex-now-and-why-should-we-care.html" rel="nofollow">Are We Having Sex Now... And Why Should We Care?</a></cite>. menes777:

Also there is a blur in the distinction as to what is considered sex.

If you want to become less certain than ever about the distinction between sex and non-sex, you should read Greta Christina’s Are We Having Sex Now or What? and Are We Having Sex Now… And Why Should We Care?.

]]> By: menes777 http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/2010/02/03/about-that-abstinence-only-study/comment-page-1/#comment-186952 menes777 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:37:40 +0000 http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/?p=1302#comment-186952 I think one of the big mistakes with views on the pressure to have sex are put in the same categories as the pressure to drink or the pressure to smoke. While there is peer pressure to have sex, it's more like the peer pressure to eat at a certain place (say McDonalds). The drive to eat is there the same as the drive to have sex is there. It's easy to forget as you get older what it was like to be a hormone filled teenager who could care less what their friends thought about them and more about just getting off. I these studies underscore the real situations around which modern teen sexuality is based. While on the surface it could appear that teens are having sex due to peer pressure; with further investigation the true roots of teen sexuality are much deeper and more complex than some want to admit. One only need to take a look at the Palin family to realize that. The human drive to copulate doesn't come from peer pressure it comes from hormones. The reason why teens overcome (or fail to) those drives varies, and that is where sex education should focus. Also there is a blur in the distinction as to what is considered sex. Someone might say it's not sex because we used our hands to get each other off. Or that oral sex isn't really sex. Some even consider anal sex (male-female) to not be sex as it keeps the female virginity intact. Therefore answering the question of have you had sex could be answered no as the person answering might not consider their activity to be "sex". I think one of the big mistakes with views on the pressure to have sex are put in the same categories as the pressure to drink or the pressure to smoke. While there is peer pressure to have sex, it’s more like the peer pressure to eat at a certain place (say McDonalds). The drive to eat is there the same as the drive to have sex is there. It’s easy to forget as you get older what it was like to be a hormone filled teenager who could care less what their friends thought about them and more about just getting off. I these studies underscore the real situations around which modern teen sexuality is based. While on the surface it could appear that teens are having sex due to peer pressure; with further investigation the true roots of teen sexuality are much deeper and more complex than some want to admit. One only need to take a look at the Palin family to realize that. The human drive to copulate doesn’t come from peer pressure it comes from hormones. The reason why teens overcome (or fail to) those drives varies, and that is where sex education should focus.

Also there is a blur in the distinction as to what is considered sex. Someone might say it’s not sex because we used our hands to get each other off. Or that oral sex isn’t really sex. Some even consider anal sex (male-female) to not be sex as it keeps the female virginity intact. Therefore answering the question of have you had sex could be answered no as the person answering might not consider their activity to be “sex”.

]]> By: =^skeptic cat^= http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/2010/02/03/about-that-abstinence-only-study/comment-page-1/#comment-186815 =^skeptic cat^= Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:19:12 +0000 http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/?p=1302#comment-186815 <a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-april-29-2008/the-global-war-in-your-pants" rel="nofollow"><b>The Daily Show: The Global War in Your Pants</b></a> The Daily Show: The Global War in Your Pants

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