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Subject: 1 in 4 girls

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Danielle Murphy

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Date Posted: 15:06:26 03/16/08 Sun

After this weekend's class, I still find that 1 in 4 girls has an STD to be shocking. Even more stocking was the statistic that nearly 50% of African American girls has at least one STD. Something has definately got to change in the way we are teaching our youth about sexual activity. For one thing, the fact that cervical cancer caused by STDs can now be prevented with a vaccination is huge. This needs to be made available to more teen girls. Also, as was brought up in class, sexuality needs to be talked about more openly with our youth instead of being such a closed and taboo topic. Making sex bad and evil is not working when it comes to teaching abstinence. If students are presented with facts and encouraged to engage in open discussion, maybe they will be better equipped to make decisions about having sex and about how to do it safely.

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Re: 1 in 4 girls	Kendall	21:46:29 03/16/08 Sun