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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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Pregnant with Possibility

In a recent op-ed piece  in the Los Angeles Times and on his own online site, YouthFacts.org, contrarian sociologist Mike Males takes the media to task for their unquestioning embrace of the Gloucester (Massachusetts) High School pregnancy pact story, which - after having been disseminated around the world and dissected for its greater sociological…

The Lessons of Gloucester, or It's About Gender, Stupid

A "pregnancy pact" among high school sophomores suggests conventional sex education has some explaining to do. An international consultant on adolescent sexual health offers direction for where changes should be heading.