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I am currently a college student at New College of Florida. I went to high school in Florida as well, which, as some of you may know, is an abstinence-only state.
The only sex ed I ever got was in 7th grade, and basically involved people coming to my science class and telling us that if we had sex, we would get STIs. Nothing about condoms, or anything of the like.
Fast forward: in high school, the nurses were not allowed to pass out condoms, due to the state's abstinence only position.
One day, in class, my friend and I heard that the clinic did have condoms, so we decided to go check it out.
When we got there, my friend (another girl) and myself asked the sweet old nurse for condoms. At this point, the nurse quickly ushered us into the office, closed and locked the door, and then asked if we had boyfriends, and if they knew how to use condoms.
After we said yes, she dug a box out from the depths of the supply closet, opened it up, and put a few condoms in a paper bag for us to take. All the while, she was whispering, and she told us that she wasn't allowed to do this, but that she felt it was important for kids to get condoms somewhere.
Has anyone else had a similar experience in their high school?
If you are a high school student, try to get condoms from your school clinic, and see what happens.
love-and-organizing
| 3/19/09 08:54 PM
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