Sex Education and Abstinence

Over ninety percent of parents want teens to abstain from sexual activity until they have at least finished high school. Teens who abstain from sexual activity have substantially improved life outcomes. For example, teen who abstinent in high school are almost twice as likely to attend and graduate from college when compared sexually active teens from identical social backgrounds.

Modern society has popular culture promoting promiscuity and casual sex. Abstinence education programs are on of the few alternative voices. Abstinence education programs are effective in reducing sexual activity against enormous pop culture pressure.

Survey: Nearly Half of Students Sexually Harassed in School

48% of surveyed middle and high school students said they were sexually harassed at least once, typically be their peers, during 2010-2012 school year, according to a report released Monday AAUW, a group that advocates  for gender equality in schools.

Girls were more likely to experience harassment than boys. 56% of girls said they were sexually harassed at least once in the past school year, compared to 40% of boys. 44% of students were harassed in person, while 30% of students said they were harassed digitally, either through Facebook, text messaging, or E-mail.

Student respondents said girls whose "bodies are really developed, more than other girls" are most likely to be sexually harassed, followed by girls who are either very petty or considered not pretty. Boys who are "not very masculine" and overweight students are also at high risk for being harassed in according to the report.

What is a Healthy Relationship

A healthy relationship is when two people develop a connection based on mutual respect, trust, honesty, support, good communication, etc... All of these take work. Each relationship is most likely a combination of both healthy and unhealthy characteristics. Relationships need to maintained and healthy relationships take work. This applies to all relationship; work relationships, friendships, family, and romantic relationships. A healthy relationship should bring more happiness than stress into your life. Every relationship will have stress at times, but you want to prevent prolonged mental stress on either member of the relationship.

Do Animals have Sex for Pleasure?

Not all animals have sex for pleasure. But there are a few species of animals like humans, Bonobo monkeys and dolphins that have been known to mate for pleasure, not just to make offspring. However most animals mate out of the primal need to produce offspring and increase the genetic pool before they die. Females are primarily the ones that encourage mating and rutting to occur because they become receptive to males during a particular time of year or during a particular time period. Males feel the need to breed as many females as possible to spread his genetics as much as possible.

Brian Mapping Reveals How Genes Organize the Surface of the Brain

The first atlas of the surface of the human brain based upon genetic information has been produced by a national team of scientist, led by researchers a the University of California. The atlas reveals that the cerebral cortex-the sheet of neutral issue enveloping he brain - is roughly divided into genetic divisions that differ from other brain maps based on physiology or function. The genetic atlas provides scientists with new tool for studying and explaining how the brain works, particularly the involvement of genes.