I... wha????

[kelliem]

Survey: Fla. Teens Believe Drinking Bleach Will Prevent HIV, Some Teens Also Believe Mountain Dew Will Stop Pregnancy

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A recent survey that found some Florida teens believe drinking a cap of bleach will prevent HIV and a shot of Mountain Dew will stop pregnancy has prompted lawmakers to push for an overhaul of sex education in the state. The survey showed that Florida teens also believe that smoking marijuana will prevent a person from getting pregnant. State lawmakers said the myths are spreading because of Florida's abstinence-only sex education. They are proposing a bill that would require a more comprehensive approach, the report said. It would still require teaching abstinence but students would also learn about condoms and other methods of birth control and disease prevention. The bill just passed its first vote in a committee.

I just... have no words. None.

Comments

[grey853.livejournal.com]

Believe me, ignorance is alive and well in the high schools. It's always been rampant, but in the years since this present administration has restricted teaching sex education and access to any kind of planned parenthood information, I'm not the least bit surprised.

[imkalena.livejournal.com]

Even if they put the capful of bleach where it was likely to do the most good . . .

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Wow. Our generation's myth was douching with Coca-Cola; this one sounds a little more dangerous, eh?

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

What's scarier is the kids I've seen who said that the only place they learned anything about sex was fanfic.

[shiningmoon.livejournal.com]

If you'd posted this yesterday, I'd've thought it an April Fool's joke.

This is freaking SCARY.

[cattraine.livejournal.com]

Love how the bible belt maintains its Cloak of Ignorance at the cost of its children.

[stellarmeadow.livejournal.com]

And people continue to fight the idea that abstinence-only doesn't work. *shakes head* (Did you see last week's Eli Stone?)

Then again, this is Florida. They're about to cut the funding for their entire National Board Certification program, and with it the biggest incentives for improvements for teachers, when they need qualified teachers the most.

Oy.

[vsee.livejournal.com]

Ok, seriously, are there any kids anywhere stupid enough to drink bleach to prevent HIV or for any other reason? I mean, come on. I think abstinence only ed is a travesty, but I wonder if someone was pulling the researcher's leg here.

[aukestrel.livejournal.com]

I bet they still teach driver's ed...