"The most widely taught [abstinence-only] course is called “Sex Respect,” which has been purchased by approximately two thousand school districts nationwide. The text states that “There’s no way to have premarital sex without hurting someone,” and in an accompanying video a student asks, “What if I want to have sex before I get married?” The instructor replies, “Well, I guess you’ll just have to be prepared to die. And you’ll probably take with you your spouse and one or more of your children.” Abortion is referred to only as “killing the baby.” In the narratives presented in “Sex Respect,” premarital sex always leads to pregnancy or disease; there is no mention of contraceptives or abortion. Even in the best-case scenario, the curriculum says, premarital sex will cause severe emotional pain (“There’s no condom strong enough to protect my heart”). Other abstinence-only curricula exaggerate the failure rate of condoms and suggest that after sex when a condom is used, the genitals should be washed with Lysol."
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Excerpted from “Slut!” by Leora Tanenbaum (2000). Reading this book has depressed the hell out of me. (via magneticwave)
Certain portions of my anatomy just clenched up in distress.
(via mysinmysoul)
It’s smart of them really—they’re raising a generation of people who don’t know jackshit about sexuality, or rights related to it, and just hoping to kill off all the non-nutso-abstinence-Christian folk.
(via 14kgoldnyc)
the genitals should be washed with Lysol
the genitals should be washed with Lysol
the genitals should be washed with Lysol
the genitals should be washed with Lysol
