CurryStew » Sex http://www.currystew.org CurryStew Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:14:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 88% still have sex http://www.currystew.org/88-still-have-sex/ http://www.currystew.org/88-still-have-sex/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:44:36 +0000 DC http://www.currystew.org/?p=1254

  purity-ring (this is Lydia Playfoot.  the same thing happened to her in 2007.  Read her story here.) The Jonas Brothers wear them, some High School Musical cast members wear them...but that doesn't say much because Britney Spears used to wear one. It's a purity ring. According to researchers at Yale University, a recent study showed that "88% of purity ring wearers had sex before marriage." A related article on a families.com read:
So would you encourage your child to wear a purity ring? One mother in the UK did, and now she and her daughter are making headlines around the world. Apparently, not everyone is gung-ho about teens sporting the chastity bands. According to news reports, when 12-year-old Kioni Lansbury donned her purity ring to school she was ordered to remove it. Lansbury's school in Ottery St. Mary in the UK has a strict no-jewelry policy. School administrators say rings pose a health hazard in science and physical education classes. However, the school's ban on rings didn't sit well with the Lansbury's who maintain the dress code allows Muslim students to wear banned headscarves, therefore an exception should be made for students who desire to publicly declare their commitment to abstinence by wearing a ring. Kioni told local news reporters that she plans to continue wearing her ring to school, but will remove it in situations where it might be dangerous. Meanwhile, the girl's mother says she stands by her daughter 100%.
Interesting.]]> http://www.currystew.org/88-still-have-sex/feed/ 4 Good Sex 2.0 http://www.currystew.org/good-sex-20/ http://www.currystew.org/good-sex-20/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:30:15 +0000 DC http://www.currystew.org/?p=871

good-sex-20 I'm strongly considering grabbing this for a Journey Class.  I love to hear new ways to walk students through this topic.  We don't use curriuculum very much but this looks awesome!! Go HERE to read more about it. Here's a short description: The need for ongoing dialogue and learning about sexuality and how it connects with faith has never been greater. Trying to help students understand how their sexuality relates to God's plan for their lives is a great challenge in a day when just about anything goes. Today, teenage sexuality includes things that might make some of us blush, like:
  • Hooking up
  • Oral sex (as a "safe" alternative to vaginal intercourse)
  • Friends-with-benefits
  • A greater social acceptability of gay and lesbian relationships and experimentation
In Good Sex 2.0: A Whole-Person Approach to Teenage Sexuality and God, you'll find tools to help you (and parents of teens) involve your students in understanding, enjoying, and taking responsibility for their sexuality—all without lecturing, intimidating, or moralizing.]]> http://www.currystew.org/good-sex-20/feed/ 0