Reply #6: A person who shall remain unamed, highly respected in this area, once

[1monster]

gave a seminar to seventh and eighth grade students on the prevention of STDs when I was present. This person told the students that condoms were effective less than half the time, and implied that the rate was even less than that. The person pretty much suggested not using condoms at all.

This person was pushing abstinence as the only way to prevent unwanted pregnancies and STDs.

Too bad that the people pushing the abstinence program can't seem to be honest with the kids. I see no reason why the kids cannot be told the truth along with the very real truth that kids under (and many over) age eighteen are not physically, mentally, or psychically ready for sexual relationships.