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4. K&R. Pet peeve of mine: the expression "teaching abstinence" - what they REALLY

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Wed May 4, 2016, 02:49 PM

May 2016

mean by "teaching abstinence" is this:

Demanding suppression of a basic human instinct which drives them to copulate with consenting partners, thus inducing mental illness and unprotected intercourse when human will fails.

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U.S. Wasted $1.4 Billion To Stop HIV In Africa By Promoting Abstinence. [View all] HuckleB May 2016 OP

In the republican sense it was not wasted. Turbineguy May 2016 #1

True enough. HuckleB May 2016 #2

You can thank George Bush for that. Nitram May 2016 #3

K&R. Pet peeve of mine: the expression "teaching abstinence" - what they REALLY closeupready May 2016 #4