According to a report on AOL News, the rates of sexually transmitted diseases?

Question

in America have hit an all-time high. Is this the result of six years of abstinence-only sex education?

Answer 1

Actually, I don't think it is.

There was a major change in the screening recommendations for chlamydia and gonorrhea. Now clinicians are asking women ages 15 to 25 if they want to have a chlamydia and gonorrhea swab done in tandem with their Pap smear. Most women will say yes when asked. As a result, many cases that would otherwise have gone unnoticed are being detected and reported. This is good because more women are getting treated. So it only looks as if there is an apparent increase in cases, but I don't think rates have gone up over all; we're just seeing things more clearly.

As for syphilis, public health authorities have known that was climbing for a few years now. The increase started in 2000 among men who engage in homosexual activity. It was due to high risk sexual practices with multiple partners. Problem is, many men who engage in these risky sexual activities also don't publicly identify as gay. Many have wives or girlfriends as primary partners, and as a result of the men's negligence, these women get infected and sometimes give birth to infected babies. The age group in this case would not have been affected by abstinence-only education.

Answer 2

I don't think the abstinence only education has much to do with it. I think kids today do more unprotected stuff with oral and other outercourse stuff that they think is "safe" and save the condoms only for vaginal/anal sex. It also seems that viral STDs (HIV/Herpes Simplexes/Hep C/HPV) have become more prevelant today and are easier to pass because you can never really get rid of them