Amanda Rocks At Pandagon
Brilliant post about "Abstinence Only Education" from Amanda Marcotte at Pandagon. Here is an excerpt:
"If you want further reading on how these virginity pledges and abstinence-only education classes are nothing more than a way to make kids, especially girls, feel like they are dirty sinners for wanting The Sex, read this article from last fall's Ms Magazine. Under the guise of "education," girls are being told that if they sex they are all used up and no one will ever love them again."
"Your body is a wrapped lollipop. When you have sex with a man, he unwraps your lollipop and sucks on it. It may feel great at the time, but, unfortunately, when he’s done with you, all you have left for your next partner is a poorly wrapped, saliva-fouled sucker."
"These words were actually uttered by Darren Washington, an abstinence educator, at the Eighth Annual Abstinence Clearinghouse Conference, an informational three-day trade show for abstinence educators, anti-abortion pregnancy care centers and medical professionals.
"I have also seen toothbrush references, where girls are told that they are like toothbrushes and sex is like being unwrapped and used, and no one likes to borrow someone else's toothbrush. References like this are not only gross, they also reinforce the belief that once you have sex with a guy, he has ownership rights over you, because unwrapping and putting a toothbrush or lollipop in your mouth is laying claim to it."
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