High Birth Control Costs Add to College Concerns

Tony056 »

Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:36 am Agree: 4   Disagree: 2

Offering a choice about birth control is not teaching college kids anything. College have kids have what Jean Piaget called "formal operational thought" which mean they can cognitvely hold two opposing tensions and make their own choice in an adult way.

Jr. High kids don't have this ability, some high school kids do not. But offering a choice about birth control is not teaching them a view point at this point in their cognitive developemnt. By the same token, not offering a choice does not teach them anything either.

Many people want to take away choices of younger people and hope they will "learn" to make the right choice. (the only available one) This simply is not true.

Survey: How 50+ Americans View Afterlife

Tony056 »

Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:06 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

The negative correlation between religious belief fear of death seems to confirm the idea that the purpose of religion is to stave off the fear of death. I'm sure others have differing opinions though.

Toxic Environment

Tony056 »

Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:04 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

"At her own clinic, Grossman says, she routinely treats women who are suffering the consequences of casual hookups. They suffer from eating disorders, depression, self-mutilation, a multitude of STDs, and post-abortion syndrome".

The idea that sexual promiscuity causes depression is ignorant. Correlation does not indicate a cause and effect relationship. Sounds like Chuck Colson needs to take a research class.

If a patient says to their psychiatrist, "I'm depressed, I have low self-esteem, and I have a friend with benefits" it would be unethical to assume promiscuity is the cause of all this person's problems.

What if the patient said, "I think I'm depressed because I'm promiscuous, but I can't stop having sex because it gives a temporary reprieve from my low self esteem." Should the psychiatrist focus on the sexual behavior? Apparently Colson would. Good thing he's not a mental health professional.