Abstinence Education: Some Teens Believe Mountain Dew Will Stop Pregnancy
Who needs to teach kids anything useful when you can teach them garbage instead? That’s right kids, drinking bleach will prevent HIV, because it’ll kill you before the HIV sets in.
Survey: Fla. Teens Believe Drinking Bleach Will Prevent HIV
ORLANDO, Fla. — A recent survey that found some Florida teens believe drinking a cap of bleach will prevent HIV and a shot of Mountain Dew will stop pregnancy has prompted lawmakers to push for an overhaul of sex education in the state.
The survey showed that Florida teens also believe that smoking marijuana will prevent a person from getting pregnant.
State lawmakers said the myths are spreading because of Florida’s abstinence-only sex education, Local 6 reported. They are proposing a bill that would require a more comprehensive approach, the report said.It would still require teaching abstinence but students would also learn about condoms and other methods of birth control and disease prevention.
I this would be funny if it wasn’t so damn depressing.
Yeah, that myth was around when I was in college 15 years ago. It’s especially scary as college kids are supposed to represent our best and brightest.
haha. what? really? hilarity ensues.
but seriously, it’s a really bad idea to not have (prohibit?) sexual education. Young people will have sex whether it’s appreciated by adults or not, so why not make sure there aren’t any more… serious consequences?