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Education Opinion The Fear Of Sex

A colleague of mine phoned me the other day very upset. He had shown a film titled Human and Animal Beginnings to his 3rd grade class. After depicting the birth of various kinds of animals, the film showed a brief shot of a human baby being born. The baby's head was shown emerging from the mother's vagina. Afterward, the children asked: "Did our parents know we were going to see this film? Were we supposed to see that? Was that X-rated?'' What messages had these children picked up about the female genitals? Clearly, they had learned somewhere that the vagina, in and of itself, even in the process of childbirth, was pornographic. What a frightening attitude to instill in young children.

Pamela M. Wilson, April 1, 1992
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Education New Study Links Past Sex Abuse, Teenage Pregnancy
Nearly two-thirds of all teenage girls who become pregnant may have been sexually abused as children, one of the first reports to study the possible relationship between these two problems has found.
Ellen Flax, March 4, 1992
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Education Opinion Sex—the Words and the Music
A colleague of mine phoned me the other day very upset. He had shown a film entitled: "Human and Animal Beginnings" to his 3rd-grade class. After depicting the birth of various kinds of animals, the film showed a brief shot of a human baby being born. The baby's head was shown emerging from the mother's vagina. Afterwards the children asked, "Did our parents know we were going to see this film? Were we supposed to see that? Was that X-rated?" What messages had these children picked up about the female genitals?
Pamela M. Wilson, February 5, 1992
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Education Sex Education Can Delay Sexual Activity, Study Says
Sex-education programs can persuade sexually inexperienced students to postpone sexual activity, the results of a new study suggest.
Ellen Flax, January 15, 1992
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Education Opinion Condom Sense
COMMON SENSE AND CONDOM SENSE seldom accompany each other these days. The mere mention of condom education is enough to raise moral, political, and religious issues guaranteed to get people emotionally charged up and vocal.
Stephen R. Sroka, October 1, 1991
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Education Sullivan Kills Controversial Survey on Teenage Sex
Washington--Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, has axed a controversial survey on the sexual behaviors of teenagers.
Ellen Flax, July 31, 1991
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Education Opinion Common Sense on Condom Education
Common sense and condom sense seldom accompany each other these days. The mere mention of condom education is enough to make otherwise sensible people emotionally charged and vocal about what they think sex education should be or not be. Some argue it is a matter of morals, but whose morals?
Stephen R. Sroka, March 13, 1991
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Education Thompson Would Reward Teenage Parents Who Marry
Gov. Tommy G. Thompson of Wisconsin, who sparked controversy by introducing the first state plan to tie welfare benefits to school attendance, is now proposing to improve benefits for teenage parents who marry, while limiting payments to unwed teenage mothers who have more than one child.
Deborah L. Cohen, February 20, 1991
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Education Teenage Girls' Sexual Activity Said To Rise Sharply
The sexual activity of teenage girls increased greatly throughout the 1980's, especially among white girls from middle- and upper-income families, according to a new study.
Ellen Flax, November 14, 1990
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Education H.H.S. Urged To Proceed With Teenage-Sex Survey
Washington--Twenty-five scientific and academic groups have asked the Health and Human Services Department to proceed with a study on the sexual behavior of adolescents that they say has been held up because of a long-running controversy over a separate study of adults.
Ellen Flax, May 23, 1990
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Education Opinion Pregnant Teen-Agers: New View of Old Solution
Until fairly recently, I thought the best way to deal with the increasing social problems of teen-age pregnancy and teen-age mothers was to set up programs for these students within the framework of regular high schools.
James Buie, April 8, 1987
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Education U.S. Leads Developed Nations in Rate of Teen-Age Pregnancy
The United States leads most developed nations in rates of teen-age pregnancy, abortion, and childbearing and is the only developed country where the rate of teen-age pregnancy has been increasing, according to a new international study.

The U.S. rate of teen-age abortion alone, the study found, is as high or higher than the combined teen-age abortion and birth rates in each of five other of the world's most advanced nations.

March 20, 1985
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Education Opinion Schools Must Ease the Impact of Teen-Age Pregnancy and Parenthood
Pregnant teen-agers and pre-teens are students in our elementary and secondary schools--that is, until they drop out, as so many do.
Margaret C. Dunkle & Susan M. Bailey, October 24, 1984
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Education Opinion Notes on the Saturnalia of Hallway Life
She toyed with her boyfriend's hair, pecked at his lips, and snuggled deeper into his arms, but since she's really a good girl and no rampaging wanton, she lovingly pushed him away when the bell rang and went into the classroom to take her seat.
Edmund Janko, January 12, 1983
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