Protecting Our Natural Rights Through Abstinence And Faithfulness In Marriage
I am not a Catholic but when a man voices an opinion that sounds right to my ears then I am glad to salute him or her. Pope Benedict XVI did just that when he rebuked Western societies for rejecting Christianity and adopting science and technology instead. His argument relied on the known fact that abstinence and faithfulness in marriage are more effective as combating the spread of HIV/Aids than condoms.
Considering that condoms fail to prevent pregnancies 15% of the time with typical usage and not using anything fails 85% of the time he has a point. That means anyone engaging in premarital or extramarital sex has 1/5.67th the chance of contacting HIV/Aids than a person not using anything. This is true of any sexually transmitted disease(STD) are fully effective in resisting the transfer of.
Some people say abstinence is impossible. The statement itself is an admittance of sexual addiction which needs to be addressed and not encouraged. The sad thing is that our cultural seems to be designed to encourage sexual addiction. The best way to prevent sexual addiction is to stop it before it starts and the abstinence only program advocated by Bush will fulfill that very want.
The questions is how effective are abstinence only programs at reinforcing students against peer and cultural pressure and are the programs taught early enough to catch children before they give in to the cultural pressure to have sex. A preliminary examination of a Texas study say that the classes are given too late and that their effect does not last after the course. Another study found that regular religious attendance during teen years was linked to a higher level of abstinence and a lower level of alcohol consumption among Americans of African decent. The believe is that the churches involved preached conservative ethics where these practices were forbidden. From these two studies I conclude that constant reinforcement of the abstinence message is necessary. It most likely helps if the child is not introduced to sex before the abstinence education starts.
Source 1 is Pope’s speech supporting abstinence and faithfulness in marriage.
Source 2 is Study of Texas teens
Source 3 is Study of Americans of African decent.
Considering that condoms fail to prevent pregnancies 15% of the time with typical usage and not using anything fails 85% of the time he has a point. That means anyone engaging in premarital or extramarital sex has 1/5.67th the chance of contacting HIV/Aids than a person not using anything. This is true of any sexually transmitted disease(STD) are fully effective in resisting the transfer of.
Some people say abstinence is impossible. The statement itself is an admittance of sexual addiction which needs to be addressed and not encouraged. The sad thing is that our cultural seems to be designed to encourage sexual addiction. The best way to prevent sexual addiction is to stop it before it starts and the abstinence only program advocated by Bush will fulfill that very want.
The questions is how effective are abstinence only programs at reinforcing students against peer and cultural pressure and are the programs taught early enough to catch children before they give in to the cultural pressure to have sex. A preliminary examination of a Texas study say that the classes are given too late and that their effect does not last after the course. Another study found that regular religious attendance during teen years was linked to a higher level of abstinence and a lower level of alcohol consumption among Americans of African decent. The believe is that the churches involved preached conservative ethics where these practices were forbidden. From these two studies I conclude that constant reinforcement of the abstinence message is necessary. It most likely helps if the child is not introduced to sex before the abstinence education starts.
Source 1 is Pope’s speech supporting abstinence and faithfulness in marriage.
Source 2 is Study of Texas teens
Source 3 is Study of Americans of African decent.
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