Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Western Sexual Attitudes Invade the East

In Japan nearly half of all 17-year-old girls have had sex. That's even higher than their male counterparts of that age! And, as might be expected, STDs and abortions are way up and climbing.

Similar to the article I posted yesterday from Russia, this Reuters piece tells how these statistics have alarmed Japanese health and education officials to the extent that they are considering...gasp!...abstinence-based sex education programs.