i'm thinking of getting a degree in Public Health next year, so when i saw this, it caught my eye.
But i hadn't even read half the article about a meeting of the American Public Health Association in Boston before i saw:
"The association notes that while abstinence from sexual intercourse is theoretically fully protective against pregnancy and disease, in actual practice, abstinence often fails, leaving students unequipped to prevent unintended pregnancies and protect themselves from sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and other consequences," the group said.
Now i just have to wonder... "theoretically fully protective?" Come on guys. And then they hit us again: "abstinence often fails." Really? Is it abstinence that fails or is that people fail to be abstinent?
i'm a little dissapointed in my new profession's professionals already.
i think i see what they want to say-- that abstinence should be taught alongside of contraceptive use and whatnot-- but when you are APHA, reportedly the largest body of Public Health professionals in the world, and you are blaming "abstinence" for "leaving students unequipped to prevent unintended pregnancies and protect themselves from sexually transmitted infections," then you sound quite ridiculous.
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I have to say Jared that I appreciate you showing me this article but I have to say something against one thing you said: "i think i see what they want to say--" It's not important what they "wanted" to say, it's important what they said. If they wanted to say that people failed to be abstinent that is what they would have said. I am reminded of a news story about a stabbing and as they were announcing it they showed a picture of a gun and behind it "murder" was written. People in public positions typically don't make mistakes like that, they wanted the less clearly thinking American populous to think that it is actually abstinence that fails. This is why we should be so much more upset about bias in our media.
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