May

We're here. We're sexual. GET USED TO IT.

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In 1937,
studies claimed that nine out of 10 children caught masturbating were

a) severely punished;

b) told they would go insane or blind

c) threatened with having their penises cut off or their vaginas sewn closed; or

d) all of the above.

The answer? d) all of the above

abstinence-only organization Women’s Clinic of Kansas City/Life Guard, which has received almost a million dollars in federal funds for sex education:

“Being able to have sex does not make you any different from a rat in a warehouse. They have sex too. Is that what you want to compare yourself with?”

Over the past year, this surging abstinence-only education movement has finally shown signs of retreat. Numerous studies have proven it to be ineffective, even harmful, and a growing list of states have turned down federal money when it comes with abstinence strings attached

So will the half-hearted sex education that preceded abstinence return in coming years?

anything at all?

failure