Westminster Wisdom (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Fragments in Livy are often as interesting as his main tale. For example he tells us that This year the Vestal Minucia first attracted suspicion by her dress, which was more elegant than was proper, and was subsequently charged before the pontiffs on the evidence of a slave. She was ordered by their decree to abstain from performing sacred rites and to retain her household slaves in her power, after...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
This sickly sweet romp through yet another American high school comes up trumps on its dazzling musical numbers I am full of glee. Is this a good thing? This week, the New York Times ran a story on how an hour-long comedy on the Fox TV network "has become a cult favourite among the theatre community in New York." Most days, I like to imagine myself as part of that community, so this morning...
Dialogic (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Documenting and denial: discourses of sexual self-exploitation by Leigh Goldstein Jump Cut In December 2008, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and CosmoGirl.com published a report summarizing the findings of a survey they had commissioned on adolescents, twenty-somethings, technology and sexuality. Entitled, appropriately enough, “Sex and Tech,” the report and...
Causecast - Latest News (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
by CLAIRE GRINTON , Contributing Writer In May, President Obama cut the Title V grant program and all funding for abstinence-only sex education, but the fight for comprehensive sex education isn't over yet. Last month, the Senate Finance Committee accepted an amendment to the health care reform bill sponsored by Senator Orrin Hatch that added $50 million in funding for abstinence-only sex education....
Catholicmomof10militant (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
There have been more recent studies I'm sure. It's quite comical really to see women 'sterilise' themselves 'temporarily' by taking hormones so they can be available for sex all the time. Especially when these hormones reduce their 'libido' so they don't much fancy sex anyway! What excuse do they give since they are semi-infertile..though we know the pill is abortificient also? " Headache??"...
SexGenderBody (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
By Susan Anyangu MOMBASA, Oct 27 (IPS) - Kenyan teenagers are having sex. And they appear to have no clue how to go about it. A report by the Nairobi-based Centre for the Study of Adolescents (CSA) reports that 40 percent of girls and 50 percent of boys reported having had sex before their 19th birthday, a significant minority reported having sex with more than one partner in the previous six months....
Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Ayanna Haskell October 16, 2009 12:48 pm Global abortion rates have gone down tremendously. The reason for this drop is the high number of married women using contraception worldwide. Pregnancy prevention has become better available and more accepted in society. Although this is good, unsafe abortions kill 70,000 women a year due to poor abortion laws. Africans are only 28% of married women who use...
AAEA Hollywood (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
By Holly Wood Filmmakers, producers and writers are looking to the Web to make black shows on their own terms. Sites that focus on publishing black independent Web shows are cropping up as well, including Rowdy Orbit and BBTV (Better Black TV). This month, BET.com will premiere its first original Web series, Buppies , starring Tatyana Ali, directed by up-and-coming director Julian Breece and produced...
LOFT965 (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Dannii Minogue apologizes for sexuality comment Michael Jackson’s new single “This Is It” leaks Chipmunk beats the Saturdays for the #1 spot Hilary Duff guest stars on Gossip Girl Chery Cole gives out album sampler for Three Words ?uestlove offers Eve a broken Grammy award Mariah Carey pregnancy rumors on the rise Joss Stone releases new song with Nas Stephen Gately of Boyzone [...]...
Plainfield Plaintalker (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
On Tuesday, the Board of Education will consider a program that advocates the postponement of sexual activity until marriage. The Work & Study Meeting is at 8 p.m. at the Administration Building, 1200 Myrtle Ave. The board will be asked to approve a contractual agreement between district schools and the Central Jersey Community Development Corporation to conduct the "Teens Abstaining Positioning...
MichiganLiberal (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Planned Parenthood, along with our pro-choice coalition partners, are lobbying on behalf of our Prevention First Agenda, which aims to reduce unintended pregnancy and STDs in Michigan with commonsense health care solutions, like comprehensive sex education in schools and access to birth control and emergency contraception. I work for Planned Parenthood, and as the largest reproductive health care...
Wellbeing Newsline: World (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Situation made worse by continued conflict Edited by Nick Adams: Too few ordinary Afghans benefit from the international aid efforts in their country, recently warned international aid agency Oxfam. Oxfam claims that much of the money given by foreign governments is ineffective, uncoordinated or wasteful, and doesn’t reach the people it is intended for. According to the international aid agency,...
Stand Your Ground (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Reducing Abortions: The Untold Story of America's Pregnancy Resource Centers WASHINGTON, D.C., September 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A groundbreaking report detailing the impact of thousands of pregnancy resource centers across America has been released by the Family Research Council. (Click here to download the .PDF report.) The report, entitled "A Passion to Serve: A Vision for Life"...
Values Voter News (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
The recent study below confirms prior studies and for many common sense. Related: Faith key factor in sex education saving tax payers who knows how many millions in condomns, birth control, abortions, pregnancy costs etc etc.. and see label Abstinence Study: Religiosity and Parental Involvement in Sex-Ed Protect Youth from Risky Behaviors By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., September 24, 2009 ( LifeSiteNews.com...
Philadelphia Freedom Blog (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
First, the good news: On September 29, the Senate Finance Committee approved a $75 million funding stream for comprehensive (i.e., responsible) sex education. According to the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SEICUS) , "$50 million [...] would be geared to evidence-based, medically accurate, age-appropriate programs to educate adolescents about both abstinence...
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