http://collegemediamatters.com/2008/11/11/abstinence-sells/
Abstinence Sells
November 11, 2008 by Dan Reimold
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A chaste scoop has prompted major buzz around The Quadrangle student newspaper at Manhattan College. According to The New York Times, a recent front-page piece outlining the school president’s support for a student abstinence organization received three times the normal traffic on the paper’s Web site and briefly became the talk of the campus.
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[JR: Amazing that it was picked up. I'd say it is not that "abstinence sells", but that folks are looking for reassurances that traditional values help steer a "safe course". Morality aside, for those who don't believe in such "tribal stories", the "abstinence ethic" prevents one from catching some very bad STDs. And, some of those bugs will kill you. Never mind all those "self worth" issues that girls, and boys, face from immoral behavior. Some might say my "wizdumb" is from not being able to find that "free love" of the Sixties. I'm sure if I was supposed to find it my Mom, and later my Wife, would have directed me to it. Abstinence is part of finding your soul mate,imho. Thirty Eight Wedded years later, I see this whole issue a lot differently. Time for folks to stand up for what's "right". I'll stop now. Any more and I'll have to move it to be an "editorial" endnote.
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