One in four teenage US girls have a sexually transmitted disease according to the CDC. A major problem in our country is a failure to be open and honest concerning such social taboos as STD's and HIV. The diseases are here, they're infecting the population, and they're shortening life spans. The time of just ignoring the problem or thinking that they will magically go away if we only teach children and teenagers abstinence only sex education is over. We must have a frank discussion about what is acceptable, what is not, and what is just a straight up reality when it comes to this issue.
As a side note, does anyone else think it is a little odd that I found this first on the BBC and not on an American news source's website? Another telling sign of the social pressures preventing these issues from being completely dealt with.
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