Sexuality education varies considerably from abstinence-only to comprehensive sex education and can influence knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about sexuality. We examined the relations among types of sex education, sex-positive and purity culture attitudes, and sexual and reproductive health knowledge ...
Secondary abstinence refers to the process in which one abstains from sex for a period of time after already havingsex for the first time.5Secondary abstinence can happen by choice or by circumstance. For example, one can choose to remain abstinent after ending a long-term relationship so th...
Regardless of intentions, abstinence only sex education is a lie of omission. A denial of relevant facts in defense of ideals suggests to me that, for some people, their belief is more important than the well-being of any young person whose suffering could be avoided by access to… Read ...
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However, little is understood about chronic voluntary alcohol drinking and its long-term effects on behavior. Here, we sought to characterize sex differences in chronic binge drinking and the effects of protracted alcohol abstinence on anxiety- and affective-related behaviors in males and females. ...
In addition, our results add to previous literature comparing abstinence-only education and comprehensive sex education by comparing the recalled content, rather than intent, of sex education and its effects on contraceptive use and showing that comprehensive sex education has an effect on the ...
no one can demand physical proof of your abstinence. A tampon, physical exercise, or any other activity that may stretch your hymen will not jeopardize your status as a virgin. You get to determine what your virginity means to you; if you practice safe sex, your health or value will not...
Adults casually smoke marijuana in this book; Katherine's grandmother is very open and encouraging about sex. It's no surprise, then, that given the current abstinence-only rhetoric of most schools and school libraries, consequence-free sex and drug use in books remains controversial. This may ...
The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is an important region in motivation and reward. Glutamatergic inputs from the infralimbic cortex (ILC) to the shell region of the NAc (NAcSh) have been implicated in driving the motivation to seek reward through repeated acti
Acquisition (Phase 1a) involved eight intermittent social operant conditioning sessions lasting 70 min in duration, where rats were trained on a fixed ratio (FR) 1 reinforcement schedule (Fig.1A). Ten minutes after rats were placed in the operant chamber, the houselight was illuminated (remaining...