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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
Well... I AM Nigerian (Igbo, to be exact) so I've got a pretty good understanding of the history/culture 
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Fascinating. I'd love to discuss this with you, but another time, in another thread.
Anyways, back to the topic at hand. My daughter lives with her mother in a state that is on the abstinence-only cheerleading team. When my daughter came of age and we started discussing sex with her, I was truly alarmed to learn what she was being taught in her sex education classes.
Basically, the abstinence-only program she underwent used fear as the main teaching tool. My daughter had been told that it was a certainty she could get pregnant in the following situations: swimming in a pool with a boy with an erection, dry humping while clothed, any sexual contact whatsoever. It worked to an extent in that she was terrified that she could get pregnant because she used the pool at the local Y. We sought to dispel the bullshit she had been taught with information and truth.
The thing about teenagers is this: They tend to believe an educated person on the basis that they are educated. That is, until they find out they were lied to. Once they realize this, they will doubt everything else you've told them. The irony is there is enough scary shit in the truth, but the zealots who wish to impose a Victorian morality wouldn't dare discuss those truths because it would require them to discuss sex in an open and honest way. Openness and honesty are the enemies of zealots. Fear and misinformation are their allies.
Oh, and, my daughter is now having sex, making the effectiveness of abstinence-only programs moot. It's wasted money in an effort for zealots to attempt yet another avenue to introduce their indoctrination into schools.