Abstinence-Only Education is Stupid and Dangerous

Why are we so scared to talk to our kids about sex?

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In my freshman year of high school, during what should have been my gym period, my class was instead ushered into the auditorium for a special presentation. A woman (whose name I cannot remember) had come to teach us about the importance of “saved sex,” that is, abstaining from any sexual…