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Jennifer123
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I found this link in another thread and though this may derail our eariler discussion, I thought what it had to say about abstinence education was interesting:
catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0002.html
From, “Contraception, why not?”
"The abstinence message is not enough. It seems to be the advice just to refrain — largely because of either unpleasant consequences or some sexually transmitted diseases — which, of course, should not be underestimated. Certainly there is the death dealing AIDS, but also some thirty-five other strains now, of sexually transmitted diseases which are extremely damaging. The huge increase in the amount of infertility is mostly traceable to these sexually transmitted diseases. Women are having sex with more than one partner, getting these diseases, having scarring in their fallopian tubes, etc. All these things young people should know. They definitely should know all these things.
But teaching about chastity is much more than teaching young people to abstain. Chastity really is understanding what the sexual powers are for and, in a certain sense, ordering one’s life in such a way that those sexual powers will be reserved to the time when it’s appropriate. This is something that Natural Family Planning, I think, really helps with. "
catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0002.html
From, “Contraception, why not?”
"The abstinence message is not enough. It seems to be the advice just to refrain — largely because of either unpleasant consequences or some sexually transmitted diseases — which, of course, should not be underestimated. Certainly there is the death dealing AIDS, but also some thirty-five other strains now, of sexually transmitted diseases which are extremely damaging. The huge increase in the amount of infertility is mostly traceable to these sexually transmitted diseases. Women are having sex with more than one partner, getting these diseases, having scarring in their fallopian tubes, etc. All these things young people should know. They definitely should know all these things.
But teaching about chastity is much more than teaching young people to abstain. Chastity really is understanding what the sexual powers are for and, in a certain sense, ordering one’s life in such a way that those sexual powers will be reserved to the time when it’s appropriate. This is something that Natural Family Planning, I think, really helps with. "