The Wisdom of Youth

<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My plan to tell you about a cool website that I found has been derailed.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was reviewing some feedback from my students and two comments are just too important and insightful to go unshared.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We watched a film last week (or parts of one) that showed footage from the "sexual revolution."  It discussed sex and objectification of women among other things. These two comments refer to different things.  The second comment was made by several students in similar fashion.  These are college aged adults.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1) beauty is not earned <span style="font-size: small;">(this may be one of the most profound statements I have ever heard)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2) sex doesn't always result in disease or children - sometimes it just feels really great and leads to  an orgasm.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(note that the people who said this also gave foot notes about using protection and contraception - because they are smart!) </span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am really going to miss teaching next semester. </span></span>

The Wisdom of Youth

My plan to tell you about a cool website that I found has been derailed. I was reviewing some feedback from my students and two comments are...

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Birth Control VS STD Control

<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today the Institute of Medicine recommended that birth control (prescription types) be made available without a copay. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I can understand why many people support this.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I do not use prescription birth control - in my whole adult life, I may have used the pill for a week.  I do not like drugs - really.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">That being said, I am in no way against birth control.  When I heard this on the news today,  I had a aha moment.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">With the exception of condoms, women are fully responsible for the purchase of birth control and if they do not have the money - they must rely on the man to accept wearing a condom or use the rhythm method, to prevent pregnancy.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So this is good news BUT:</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> There is a very important point that needs to be made - birth control does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases.  Condoms are not 100% effective for birth control  OR disease prevention, but they are certainly the way to engage in <u>Safer Sex</u> - </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>

Birth Control VS STD Control

Today the Institute of Medicine recommended that birth control (prescription types) be made available without a copay. I can understand why ...

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