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Tera Myers Drama: Should Her Porn Past Wreck a Teaching Career? [POLL]

Maybe she should have been teaching sex ed. Tera Myers has just had to leave her second high school teaching job in five years because of her porn past. Myers worked as an adult film star under the name Rikki Andersin in the mid-'90s. In 2006, then using the name Tericka Dye, she was at a Kentucky high school, teaching...

Tea Party-Backed Candidate Christine O'Donnell's War on Masturbation

(Sept. 3) -- Delaware Republican Christine O'Donnell has become a tea party favorite. The Senate candidate says that Rep. Mike Castle, also a Republican, is no different from the Democratic aspirant, New Castle County Executive Chris Coons. And on one issue at least, O'Donnell, really does distinguish herself from her...

Study: Med Students Need More Sex (And More Sex Ed)

(July 29) -- Medical school students aren't adequately prepared to talk to patients about sex -- because they're not leaving college well-versed in carnal matters. And yes, that goes for the bedroom and the classroom. A survey published in the August issue of Academic Medicine polled 2,261 medical students in an effort...

Survey: Teens Aren't Getting Any Smarter About Sex

(June 2) -- Attitudes among American teens about birth control, sexual activity and pregnancy have remained largely unchanged since 2002, according to a new federal report. Stalled progress is bad enough, but some subtle changes also have experts concerned. Most notably, more teens than ever are using the "rhythm method"...

Background on sex ed

Sex education is instruction on issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, sexual reproduction, sexual intercourse, reproductive health, emotional relations, reproductive rights and responsibilities, abstinence, birth control, and other aspects of human sexual behavior.

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