Minorities, Abstinence, & STDs:
What You Need To Know

Abstinence only education for minorities is crucial to curtailing the rising tide of STDs in their communities. The ideal place for this to occur is in the home.

African American women (64%) are hit hardest by this disease.

Followed by Hispanic women (15%), Asian or Pacific Islander (1%), and Native American women (less than 1%).

On the opposite end of the spectrum, sex education supporters often use any excuse to justify pushing condoms on teens or anyone else who will take them.

Sex ed proponents touting the advantages of comprehensive sex education are committing a disservice to the public - and especially to those with the least amount of resources.

The running commentary is condoms are 90% effective in preventing sexually transmitted diseases (true), but not "doing it" is only 80% effective (false).

According to critics, people making vows to remain pure often break them. They argue this dilemma makes it difficult to gauge its effectiveness, soooo...

If they can't gauge the effectiveness of sexual purity, how did they come up with the statistic? Hmmmm...

When I read the above stats and the reasoning behind them I thought they were hilarious.

Just because someone pledging sexual purity breaks that pledge by engaging in risky behavior, doesn’t mean it does not work.

It means that particular person chose to break the promise they made to themselves.

Remaining innocent won’t work for anyone set on engaging in promiscuity.

Nor will it won’t work for people who are too weak to control their urges.

In those cases, it's certainly not easy to gather concrete data.

The critics are partially correct in this regard, but they are dead wrong regarding sexual purity as only 80% effective in preventing STDs.

The fact is, if you’re not having sex you can’t contract a disease. Abstinence is 100% effective and is the only sure-fire way to accomplish this feat.

Minorities who have the highest rate of infection need to heed this message again and again.

Sources:
Proknowledge.org
Guttmacher Institute
HIV/AIDS Among Women/Centers for Disease Control

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