A Comment About
Bristol Palin Proves It: Abstinence Education Is Unrealistic
February 25, 2009 - 12:01 am
David S
2009-02-28 08:05:32
@78. Chuck Pelto:
RE: Abstinence Only….
…is the ONLY system that works.
I guess that depends on your definition of “works”.
The problem is that people like Bristol have more gonads than brains.
I assume you also have two gonads and one brain, unless you have been surgically altered. Most of us come equipped with more gonads than brains – evolution provides redundancy where it most contributes to reproductive success.
Abstinence education is doomed to failure because the biological imperative is a far more powerful motivation. Mediating this imperative by providing education on prophylactics seems to me a more responsible choice than pretending sex is “bad”.
Peace.
DS
