The Very Personal Another perspective—a poignant one at that—about the shortcomings of Abstinence–Only comes from Elizabeth Smart‚ the young woman who made headlines after being abducted for nine months at age 14. At a Johns Hopkins University forum on human trafficking‚ Smart (who was raped repeatedly by her abductors) spoke out against the abstinence-only education she received as a child‚ suggesting that it deterred her from escaping her captors. She said that abstinence-only education makes
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RUNNING HEAD: Research Proposal Research Project Proposal Peter Clarkson Barton College Table of Contents PG. 3 – Lit Review PG. 6 – Abstract PG. 6 – Methodology PG.7 – Results PG. 9 – Discussion PG.10 – Reference List PG. 13 – Appendix A PG. 15 – Appendix B How do college students react to sexual freedom and are they practicing safe sex? Literature Review The articles reviewed for the study covered the following topics: AID’s‚ sexual behavior of college students‚ heterosexual
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Chelsea McMillen’s Persuasive Speech Outline General Purpose: To persuade my audience Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience into being in favor of distributing contraceptives (condoms‚ birth control pills‚ spermicides‚ etc.) in high schools. Thesis statement: In order to explain why contraceptives are becoming such a necessity in schools today‚ I will share how teen parenthood is being glorified‚ reasons for such an increase in teenage pregnancies‚ and how effective distributing
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September 24‚ 2012 Summary of Jessica Reaves’s “What the Rest of Africa Could Learn about AIDS” In her essay “What the Rest of Africa Could Learn about AIDS” Jessica Reaves suggest that “comprehensive sex education—including information about condoms and how to use them—is one of the most important weapons in the fight against AIDS.” According to Reaves‚ countries in Africa with high infection rates could significantly reduce the outbreak of AIDS by simply promoting safe sex. Reaves concludes
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hearing that‚ “Eighty to ninety percent of college students are sexually active.” (Fleming 187) In society today‚ premarital sex‚ and college hook-ups have become part of the norm. Out of these sexually active students many participate in inconsistent condom use and have sexual encounters with multiple partners. After hearing that‚ is it surprising that “people under age 25 account for almost half of the 19 million sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that are diagnosed each year”? (Fleming 187) In
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were reportedly denied antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). Aside from the more obvious human rights issues involved in such cases‚ critics of the trafficking law argue that the criminalization of sex work has had a negative impact on the policy of 100% condom use‚ signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on 14 October 1999. In response to the law‚ a UN theme group on Donor and Civil Society in Cambodia issued a statement on 5 May titled‚ ‘Protecting Cambodia’s HIV/AIDS Gains: The Public Health Effects of the
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infected significantly at a younger age than men. Young girls in their teens and women in early twenties are becoming infected than women in any other age-group. Cultural norms favoring early marriages and early pregnancies or discouraging the use of condoms make women more vulnerable. Rape‚ sexual abuse and coercion‚ exchange of sex with older men for favours‚ sexual exploitation by teachers increasingly make women more vulnerable to HIV/SIDS. Among women alcohol and drugs are often linked to the exchange
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mother-to-child transmission of HIV10. How is HIV transmitted in Nigeria? Some 80% of HIV infections in Nigeria are transmitted through heterosexual sex. Factors contributing to this include a lack of information about sexual health and HIV‚ low levels of condom use and high levels of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as chlamydia and gonorrhoea‚ which make it easier for
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Comprehensive Sexual Education What has happened to today’s society that we are opposed to condoms because they might entice sex? When has allowing our youth to practice unsafe sex over safe sex been okay? We often think because we supply kids with condoms‚ birth control‚ and talks‚ that we are giving them permission to have sex‚ when in fact we are merely trying to protect them from STDs and pregnancy. We do not need to scare kids‚ but we do need to provide them with information about safe sex
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people are well informed of HIV risks and prevention strategies‚ they are changing their behaviour in ways that reduces their vulnerability. For example‚ in several countries‚ targeted education has led to delayed sexual debut and increased use of condoms resulting in a decrease in HIV prevalence in young people. Yet efforts to increase HIV knowledge among young people remain inadequate. Diverse lives‚ varied interventions Young people are diverse. Interventions must be tailored to meet their individual
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