tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post114616268202526555..comments2024-01-17T15:05:50.120-06:00Comments on AngryBlackBitch: Not everyone can wear yellow...Shark-Fuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1146349717806815502006-04-29T17:28:00.000-05:002006-04-29T17:28:00.000-05:00I had a 20 year old student with a 7 year old.I had a 20 year old student with a 7 year old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1146185560006892222006-04-27T19:52:00.000-05:002006-04-27T19:52:00.000-05:00Shark-fu, I have on thing to mention to you: Scarl...Shark-fu, I have on thing to mention to you: <A HREF="http://www.scarleteen.com" REL="nofollow">Scarleteen</A>.<BR/><BR/>It's my favorite resourse for comprehensive sex-ed for teens (and adults too!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1146182281939471762006-04-27T18:58:00.000-05:002006-04-27T18:58:00.000-05:00A close friend of mine who grew up in Kentucky use...A close friend of mine who grew up in Kentucky used to be a paramedic there. He told me that a couple of times the paramedics were called out to homes for "emergencies". The emergencies turned out to be cases where girls were having their first period and the caregiver (mom or grandmother) did not want to tell the girls about menstruation (because they were too embarrassed I guess). So my friend and his fellow paramedics had to tell the girls what menstruation was.<BR/>So, this idea that certain people have that parents will talk to their children about sex (so schools don't have to)...some parents do and other parents, obviously, do not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1146167787314258532006-04-27T14:56:00.000-05:002006-04-27T14:56:00.000-05:00Ok, I know that others have said this, but DAMN, y...Ok, I know that others have said this, but DAMN, you have a way with an analogy that just rocks.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04620378015203625284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1146167582092795862006-04-27T14:53:00.000-05:002006-04-27T14:53:00.000-05:00The Blame the Victim mentality that claims that ev...The Blame the Victim mentality that claims that everybody should take responsibility for their own choices while withholding information that would inform those choices is pervasive precisely because it is so central to the rationalization of selfishness that is the heart and soul of modern conservatism. Thus, poor people are poor because they're too lazy and shiftless to work (not because the plant closed and moved to China to drive up the value of the company's stock) and teenage pregnancy is epidemic among the poor because they can't keep it in their pants (not because they are being denied even rudimentary sex education and health care services.) <BR/><BR/>It is also self-reinforcing because it is so chock-full of self-fullfilling prophesies. When the bogus solutions offered for these problems (and abstinence-only education is a prize-winning example of this) result in <I> even more</I> teen pregnancies, the conservative response will undoubtably be "See, I told you it was no use trying to help those people. They can't control themselves."<BR/><BR/>About the only means of addressing the problems created by systemic poverty (itself exacerbated by conservative economic programs) that conservatives <B>do</B> support is the criminal justice system, because incarcerating the poor fits in perfectly with the Blame the Victim worldview.<BR/><BR/>The question remains: How does one go about breaking down this self-defeating cycle? The appeal of Blaming the Victim is so strong, especially when the alternative means accepting a share of the responsibility for such massive and depressing problems. Wouldn't most people prefer to feel good about themselves?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1146165891849224302006-04-27T14:24:00.000-05:002006-04-27T14:24:00.000-05:00I used to work in social services. Those type of s...I used to work in social services. Those type of sleepless nights are the very reason I got the hell out. Its just too damned scary AND depressing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1146165738857137342006-04-27T14:22:00.000-05:002006-04-27T14:22:00.000-05:00If you haven't already, check out the link to the ...If you haven't already, check out the link to the Glamour article that BitchPHD posted the other day. It talks about just this subject and the fact that, thanks to the religious right, even government published pamphlets give wrong information now. It's sickening.BarefootCajunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13960018125640941576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1146165000270351292006-04-27T14:10:00.000-05:002006-04-27T14:10:00.000-05:00Awesome post ABB.The thing that really get's me is...Awesome post ABB.<BR/><BR/>The thing that really get's me is the abstinence-only education. I'm so sick of dumbasses hiding the REAL truth about shit so they can make sure people aren't empowered. Ugh.<BR/><BR/>The same shit goes down with religion...using taboos to protect ideas...You can't discuss religion....that's taboo...you can't discuss sex...that's taboo...you can't discuss cutting a bitch....that's taboo...fuck it...no more protecting things with taboos.<BR/><BR/>Grrrrr. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for taking the time to make STL a better place!<BR/><BR/>HammerHammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158589483955706818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1146164735356830482006-04-27T14:05:00.000-05:002006-04-27T14:05:00.000-05:00No, only those that "deserve" not to be left behin...No, only those that "deserve" not to be left behind. Grrr; I really detest the current regime in power.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05330711752873654328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1146164518934634712006-04-27T14:01:00.000-05:002006-04-27T14:01:00.000-05:00Yikes. There's such a great divide between the exp...Yikes. There's such a great divide between the experiences of kids who get good, reliable (sometimes irritatingly constant) sex ed info and those who get none at all. A <A HREF="http://gymno.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">friend of mine</A> used to do statistical analysis of the results of sex surveys of jr. high and high school kids in downtown Cleveland. Some of them knew more about sex than most grown ups, and others seemed not really sure what the difference between boys and girls is. More or less sex ed? No, but more equal distribution would be a start. <BR/><BR/>Please tell me there are thousands and thousands of people like you finding these girls and giving them an ear and advice!A White Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378226135352153241noreply@blogger.com