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There is no talk of what is the responsibility of the man. that -- i hope thats part of abstinence only. but i think it important that we not just shame women. we see this now women getting shamed all the way, all through the ages. and it starts really early here. >> it is a pattern that our society maps on to the lives of women all through their education, through college. it would be great to see some gender equity and gender balance in the ways around instruction. but i would suggest that we ...

Article was part of the initial and only state approved plot pilot three years ago. weve been teaching an entirely different curriculum in the last two years. okay. but that does not change the fact that someone actually thought it would be a good idea to pass around a dirty chocolate to demonstrate abstinence, nor does it change the fact that according to the latest cdc numbers, mississippi ranks third in the nation in teen birth rates. joan james and viviana are back joining us. communities di...

Around sexual assault that grows out of the absence of education in some of these high school classrooms. >> i actually worked with teenage girls. it was my first job out of college. the idea that abstinence was going to -- it is just so unrealistic. right? literally some of these girls -- this is sort of backed up by a cdc study. many of these girls were pregnant and they didnt know about birth control. then this cdc study this week that says essentially teen pregnancy is down but we need to ha...

Out. okay. so thats first and foremost. so you going out taking your baby, staying out all night, you needed some "me" time. i got news about that, when you decide to have a baby, there is no more me time t. me time goes out the window when you decide to have a baby and i agree with your mother, you cant be bringing a boy into the house, you are just going to get pregnant again, which leads me to my next point, do you use birth control? >> i get the shot. >> i try, i took her. its not good for m...

Would have to go to abstinence. sit an effective treatment, it does save lives. >> before we go. i want to introduce you to a woman, a former heroin user named tracy. heres how she described the continued craving for heroin, even though shes been clean for 15 years. >> i think the cravings set in, something happens. theres a stimulus in your life and cravings set in and you feel like youre trapped and theres no other way, theres no other solution. when i think about heroin, its that instant sens...

The additives of other things, they dont know that theyre getting and if you could control the distribution legally, that might be safer. i have a real problem with that but i understand the arguments on all sides. what about doing more research on how to treat addiction? because we dont have enough real medical knowledge about how to wean people from these addictions. >> there is work that goes on. and i hear that there are some promising new drugs and new treatments. nothing has been found tha...

>> im in a satanic group here. there are only about four of us. its a real small community. the church of satan is about enjoying life. its about doing what you want to do. we believe in indulgence rather than abstinence. we believe in doing what makes us happy and what improves the quality of our life. >> such an attitude may have been what led wolfkill to a life sentence without the possibility of parole for murdering his grandmother over a $300 tax refund check. but he told us he has found a ...

Contextual classroom instruction, whatever that means. i dont know what that is. >> i dont know what that is either. again, they said it was on abstinence and tried to justify it a number of times. >> mark, thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. coming up, the video we cant stop watching. whats our political panel think of richard simmons performance in the obamacare marathon? theyll be here to tell you next. ?

>> what was the purpose of the class, the science class, if its not a health class? >> as far as we know, what weve heard is it was supposed to be a sexual education class, but was supposed to be on abstinence. >> they give a menu of choices. it sounds like an options class, not abstinence. >> thats exactly what i thought, too. >> the school, the school district has said theyve suspended the use of this apparently, so apparently youve had some impact. it says theyve suspended the use of the maki...

Hair of the dog on the wound. if youre really feeling daring or desperate, you may want to try the prairie oyster. a raw egg with a dash of worcesterhire sauce, hot sauce and a ground pep every. fred? >> abstinence would not be any fun. hey, what about a big ole glass of water? all right, thanks so much. teens who want to hit the tanning bed in illinois, well, they better hurry up. im going to explain why. and a dog thats right here has been named miracle after which she lived through the da...