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When I was invited to talk to a group of teenagers about AIDS, I had no idea that it would turn into a disaster. The organization that invited me to come talk was a very conservative, church affiliated, Community-Based-Abstinence-Only grant holder, so I immediately knew it was going to be rough when I didn’t censor my message to say that condoms don’t ever work and that sex leads to death. As I began my presentation I saw that the teens were very attentive and I could tell they were surprised about some of the truths I was laying out to them. Then all of a sudden the head of the organization stands up and begins a rant about how AIDS can grow under your arms and when referring to STIs- that when things grow down there as she points to her “area” they also grow in here (she points to her mouth) and under here (she points at her underarms). But that wasn’t all. I wasn’t the only speaker that night. Here are some of the other “facts” :
-romance novels are pornography
-masturbation leads to homosexuality
-if you don’t plan on having sex, then why do you need a boyfriend. (by the way this speaker said that he did not even kiss his wife until the day they were married)
I had no idea that these 19th century thoughts were still in existence. When I turned around and looked behind me I noticed a young girl who was pregnant and I thought to myself, "had she known the truth, would she have made the same choices?"
GarrettMize
| 3/10/09 02:42 AM
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