http://dir.salon.com/topics/sex_education/?source=rss&aim=sex_education en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT By Katherine Ozment Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/05/katherine_ozment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/05/katherine_ozment/index.html?source=rss One minute I'm cleaning up Legos with my 3-year-old daughter. The next minute I'm conducting an impromptu anatomy lesson and desperately hoping not to flub it. By Rebecca Traister Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/04/07/levi_tyra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/04/07/levi_tyra/index.html?source=rss Bristol Palin's ex talked about sex and family on "The Tyra Banks Show." It infuriated Sarah Palin -- and made me want to watch. By Katie Rolnick Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/04/01/rossellini/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/04/01/rossellini/index.html?source=rss The actress discusses "Green Porno," the online series in which she has sex (yes, sex) with bugs and barnacles. By Nancy Goldstein Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/03/19/teen_birthrate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/03/19/teen_birthrate/index.html?source=rss If you think the answer involves "abstinence-only education," you're on to something. By Rebecca Traister Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/18/bristol_palin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/18/bristol_palin/index.html?source=rss In a Fox interview, the new teen mother makes an almost unwitting argument for reproductive choice before Mom barges in and twists her words. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/10/16/savage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/10/16/savage/index.html?source=rss "I'd like to be your gay friend!" By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/09/beverly_parade/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/09/beverly_parade/index.html?source=rss This family-friendly event features teenagers with fake bellies and signs reading, "Sluts missed sex ed." By Amy Benfer Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/27/pregnancy_pact/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/27/pregnancy_pact/index.html?source=rss The media is apoplectic about the knocked-up Gloucester girls, but as a former teen mother, I think there was some wisdom in their plan. By Alex Koppelman Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/04/24/qotd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/04/24/qotd/index.html?source=rss Hey, you know what's elitist? Scientific training and research, apparently. By Joe Conason Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/04/11/mccain_abortion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/04/11/mccain_abortion/index.html?source=rss On issues like abortion and sex education, the candidate is neither as moderate nor as principled as some might think. By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/18/abstinence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/18/abstinence/index.html?source=rss As Congress considers boosting budget for abstinence-only education, a record number of states are rejecting funds. By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/25/jenna_bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/25/jenna_bush/index.html?source=rss Does the first daughter's position on safe sex conflict with her dad's abstinence-only views? By Julia Dahl Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/18/abstinence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/18/abstinence/index.html?source=rss Hint: It isn't abstinence-only education. By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/16/india/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/16/india/index.html?source=rss The federal government pushes for sex ed while conservatives oppose it. By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/14/abstinence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/14/abstinence/index.html?source=rss A new bill could give a multimillion-dollar boost to abstinence-only education. By Carol Lloyd Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/05/17/abstinence_only/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/05/17/abstinence_only/index.html?source=rss Lawmakers plan to bid farewell to the Title V program because it has proved ineffective in reducing teen pregnancies. By Catherine Price Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/05/08/sex_ed_immigrants/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/05/08/sex_ed_immigrants/index.html?source=rss Or do all Americans, regardless of where they came from, need to address their issues with sex ed? By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/08/17/Ohio/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/08/17/Ohio/index.html?source=rss School board reconsiders effectiveness of high school's sex-ed program. By Lori Leibovich Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/26/unintended_pregnancy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/26/unintended_pregnancy/index.html?source=rss A new study finds that unintended pregnanicies are rising among low-income women. By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/21/sexed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/21/sexed/index.html?source=rss Seventh-grade girls petition for comprehensive sex ed at their school in the South Bronx, N.Y. By Lynn Harris Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/07/unwanted_sex/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/07/unwanted_sex/index.html?source=rss Yet another survey shows that teens need real-life sex ed. By Sarah Karnasiewicz Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/05/11/fessler_qa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/05/11/fessler_qa/index.html?source=rss In the decades between World War II and Roe v. Wade, 1.5 million young women were secretly sent to homes for unwed mothers and coerced into giving their babies up for adoption. Now their stories are finally being told. By Cary Tennis Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/04/26/inappropriate_teacher/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/04/26/inappropriate_teacher/index.html?source=rss Our church group teaches the facts of life to 13-year-olds. One of us goes way over the line. By H.H. Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2006/02/03/boysgirls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2006/02/03/boysgirls/index.html?source=rss The Ministry of Unknown Science explains the differences between boys and girls. By Michelle Goldberg Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/24/abstinence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/24/abstinence/index.html?source=rss The White House is pouring money into programs that tell teens to just say no to sex. Most experts say the programs don't work -- except to enrich the religious right.