"vows of abstinence break more easily than latex condom
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:53 pm
Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders is still talking sense to Arkies.
By Jason Wiest
Arkansas News Bureau
LITTLE ROCK - Fired in 1994 for suggesting school-age children be taught about masturbation, former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders said Wednesday a lack of sex education in the nation's public schools has hastened the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and sex crimes against children.
"When we talk about sex education, we all go wild as if that's something we don't talk about. Well, our silence has been deafening and we are paying a very heavy price for not educating our young people," Elders said in a speech to about 200 people at a Community Health Centers of Arkansas summit.
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"The reason why we have so much AIDS and STD's in Southern states is because we are less likely to have sex education and talk about it as part of our schools and a part of our system," Elders said.
Ignoring contraception and instead teaching only abstinence will not solve the problem, she said.
"We walk around and our government says, 'Oh, Dr. Elders, you know condoms will break.' That's right, they will. But I want to assure you that the vows of abstinence break far more easily than those latex condoms," Elders said.
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By Jason Wiest
Arkansas News Bureau
LITTLE ROCK - Fired in 1994 for suggesting school-age children be taught about masturbation, former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders said Wednesday a lack of sex education in the nation's public schools has hastened the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and sex crimes against children.
"When we talk about sex education, we all go wild as if that's something we don't talk about. Well, our silence has been deafening and we are paying a very heavy price for not educating our young people," Elders said in a speech to about 200 people at a Community Health Centers of Arkansas summit.
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"The reason why we have so much AIDS and STD's in Southern states is because we are less likely to have sex education and talk about it as part of our schools and a part of our system," Elders said.
Ignoring contraception and instead teaching only abstinence will not solve the problem, she said.
"We walk around and our government says, 'Oh, Dr. Elders, you know condoms will break.' That's right, they will. But I want to assure you that the vows of abstinence break far more easily than those latex condoms," Elders said.
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