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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] this way, and especially not young girls. Two-thirds of teenage girls who have sex in high school go on to regret it. Teenagers who have sex are much more likely to be depressed or suicidal. 1/4 of sexually active [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] this way, and especially not young girls. Two-thirds of teenage girls who have sex in high school go on to regret it. Teenagers who have sex are much more likely to be depressed or suicidal. 1/4 of sexually active [...]</p>
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		<title>By: 8 Ways Fascist Feminists Are Ruining America’s Women &#171; Cliftonchadwick&#39;s Blog</title>
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		<dc:creator>8 Ways Fascist Feminists Are Ruining America’s Women &#171; Cliftonchadwick&#39;s Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] way, and especially not young girls.   Two-thirds of teenage girls who have sex in high school go on to regret it.  Teenagers who have sex are much more likely to be depressed or suicidal. 1/4 of sexually active [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] way, and especially not young girls.   Two-thirds of teenage girls who have sex in high school go on to regret it.  Teenagers who have sex are much more likely to be depressed or suicidal. 1/4 of sexually active [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Cassy Fiano &#187; 8 Ways Fascist Feminists Are Ruining America&#8217;s Women</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cassy Fiano &#187; 8 Ways Fascist Feminists Are Ruining America&#8217;s Women</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] this way, and especially not young girls. Two-thirds of teenage girls who have sex in high school go on to regret it. Teenagers who have sex are much more likely to be depressed or suicidal. 1/4 of sexually active [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] this way, and especially not young girls. Two-thirds of teenage girls who have sex in high school go on to regret it. Teenagers who have sex are much more likely to be depressed or suicidal. 1/4 of sexually active [...]</p>
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		<title>By: RogerCfromSD</title>
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		<dc:creator>RogerCfromSD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jessica Valenti&#039;s argument that we can &quot;teach women to value themselves without focusing on their sexuality&quot; is one of the most contradictory views around.

In a hypersexualized society, where liberals push sex on to children, it is impossible to divorce one&#039;s sense of self from their sexuality.

Men are men and women are women. They are different. From puberty on, all men think about is sex. From the Sixties on, all women have been told is, &quot;Screw around as much as men to prove you are equal and just as in control of your life. In fact, to hell with fetuses, it&#039;s YOUR body and your choice!&quot;

Men are physically-stronger than women. In some cases many times so. Is control over men by using the vagina a way to compensate or rebel against this fact of nature? It seems to be, by the way women like Ms. Valenti take sides on issues.

I don&#039;t feel the need to start a site called, &quot;Masculisting&quot; because I am secure in who I am as a man and human being.

Feminists who argue against abstinence only sex ed programs should be happy there are even any sex ed programs for children at all.

As far as I&#039;m concerned, those are private, personal discussions to be held between pre-teens/teens and their parents.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jessica Valenti&#8217;s argument that we can &#8220;teach women to value themselves without focusing on their sexuality&#8221; is one of the most contradictory views around.</p>
<p>In a hypersexualized society, where liberals push sex on to children, it is impossible to divorce one&#8217;s sense of self from their sexuality.</p>
<p>Men are men and women are women. They are different. From puberty on, all men think about is sex. From the Sixties on, all women have been told is, &#8220;Screw around as much as men to prove you are equal and just as in control of your life. In fact, to hell with fetuses, it&#8217;s YOUR body and your choice!&#8221;</p>
<p>Men are physically-stronger than women. In some cases many times so. Is control over men by using the vagina a way to compensate or rebel against this fact of nature? It seems to be, by the way women like Ms. Valenti take sides on issues.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t feel the need to start a site called, &#8220;Masculisting&#8221; because I am secure in who I am as a man and human being.</p>
<p>Feminists who argue against abstinence only sex ed programs should be happy there are even any sex ed programs for children at all.</p>
<p>As far as I&#8217;m concerned, those are private, personal discussions to be held between pre-teens/teens and their parents.</p>
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		<title>By: Cassy Fiano &#187; Feminist to teen virgin: just have sex, who cares?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cassy Fiano &#187; Feminist to teen virgin: just have sex, who cares?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] emotion repercussions of young teenagers having sex. Time and time again, studies have shown that most teenagers who have sex at a young age go on to regret it. They also go on to have higher rates of depression and more suicidal tendencies. If a girl gets [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] emotion repercussions of young teenagers having sex. Time and time again, studies have shown that most teenagers who have sex at a young age go on to regret it. They also go on to have higher rates of depression and more suicidal tendencies. If a girl gets [...]</p>
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		<title>By: JJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>JJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 18:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jessica Valenti is not saying that people should have sex with as many people as possible; she is merely saying that we should not judge women upon whether or not they have had sex. If we trust them to know what is right for them, they would feel less pressure to either have sex or to not have sex. Jessica doesn&#039;t want to promote promiscuous OR chaste standards for women; she wants them to be able to decide for themselves what is right without anyone saying that their decision reflects upon their character. Ridicule is a common reaction no matter what they choose: Lakita was made fun of for being a virgin, and Jessica was ridiculed for having sex with her boyfriend. Both are grossly unfair.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jessica Valenti is not saying that people should have sex with as many people as possible; she is merely saying that we should not judge women upon whether or not they have had sex. If we trust them to know what is right for them, they would feel less pressure to either have sex or to not have sex. Jessica doesn&#8217;t want to promote promiscuous OR chaste standards for women; she wants them to be able to decide for themselves what is right without anyone saying that their decision reflects upon their character. Ridicule is a common reaction no matter what they choose: Lakita was made fun of for being a virgin, and Jessica was ridiculed for having sex with her boyfriend. Both are grossly unfair.</p>
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		<title>By: Tessa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tessa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;LOL. That’s 17 year-old sperm dumpster logic alright. Heard it a million times before. Let me tell you something missy. You wanna have sex? Go ahead. Sex is awesome. But I’m pretty selective in the girls I bang and you fall well short of making the cut, even if you’re a 10.&quot;

Are you seriously calling a girl you don&#039;t know a &quot;sperm dumpster&quot;? How incredibly rude and thoughtless. You obviously think you&#039;re awesome because you only &quot;bang&quot; hot girls -- clearly sex is an important moral, emotional commitment for you -- yet this girl is worthless because she&#039;s had sex with someone she cares about? 17 IS an adult. I&#039;m sure you had legitimate feelings and desires when you were 17! A lot of people under 17 might not feel comfortable having sex; a lot of people OVER 17 might not feel comfortable having sex. Nothing magical happens at the arbitrary age of 18. It&#039;s a personal choice to have sex, and Jessica Valenti&#039;s whole point is not &quot;Go out and have lots of unprotected sex!&quot;, it&#039;s &quot;If you feel comfortable having sex with someone, you shouldn&#039;t be judged for it.&quot;

Shaniquequa, I support you 110%. The sexism and racism in these comments is disheartening.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;LOL. That’s 17 year-old sperm dumpster logic alright. Heard it a million times before. Let me tell you something missy. You wanna have sex? Go ahead. Sex is awesome. But I’m pretty selective in the girls I bang and you fall well short of making the cut, even if you’re a 10.&#8221;</p>
<p>Are you seriously calling a girl you don&#8217;t know a &#8220;sperm dumpster&#8221;? How incredibly rude and thoughtless. You obviously think you&#8217;re awesome because you only &#8220;bang&#8221; hot girls &#8212; clearly sex is an important moral, emotional commitment for you &#8212; yet this girl is worthless because she&#8217;s had sex with someone she cares about? 17 IS an adult. I&#8217;m sure you had legitimate feelings and desires when you were 17! A lot of people under 17 might not feel comfortable having sex; a lot of people OVER 17 might not feel comfortable having sex. Nothing magical happens at the arbitrary age of 18. It&#8217;s a personal choice to have sex, and Jessica Valenti&#8217;s whole point is not &#8220;Go out and have lots of unprotected sex!&#8221;, it&#8217;s &#8220;If you feel comfortable having sex with someone, you shouldn&#8217;t be judged for it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Shaniquequa, I support you 110%. The sexism and racism in these comments is disheartening.</p>
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		<title>By: Shaniquequa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shaniquequa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not saying my mind will think the same way. I&#039;m just not going to regret anything when I&#039;m 30 because my logic in life is to live without regrets. If you do than you&#039;re just dwelling on the past which you should never do. I only know this because life is about making mistakes and learning from them. And I&#039;m selective too with who I have sex with. I don&#039;t go out and bang any person I see. Ask anyone I&#039;m extremely strict and I can judge a person in 5 minutes and see if I want to deal with them and trust me, it&#039;s no most of the time, even if they are the hottest person I&#039;ve seen in my lifetime I can already answer that I wouldn&#039;t want that person. And really Randy, why would it be necessary that I couldn&#039;t bang you? Like I truly give a fuck, now I can&#039;t live.....

And who are you to say my boyfriend and I won&#039;t last because I can&#039;t appreciate him? I agree to an extent. We probably won&#039;t last because most high school relationships don&#039;t but I have hope in us because I love him so much. He&#039;s the only person I truly care about. I would take a bullet for him (even though he says he wouldn&#039;t let me). I cry at the thought of not being without him (and I&#039;m usually independent and feel I don&#039;t need a man). And yes I appreciate every single thing he does for me. And who are you to say at my age, you can&#039;t appreciate someone. I know women in their 30&#039;s that can&#039;t appreciate a man so age to an extent is just a number. On top of that majority of the women my age haven&#039;t been through what I&#039;ve been through. I&#039;ve been through one person treating me badly to the next which probably can explain why I don&#039;t trust people when I first see them and stick to it. But it does teach me to be appreciative towards something if it&#039;s a good thing for me which is my boyfriend who has literally saved my life one too many times for me not to realize he&#039;s perfect.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not saying my mind will think the same way. I&#8217;m just not going to regret anything when I&#8217;m 30 because my logic in life is to live without regrets. If you do than you&#8217;re just dwelling on the past which you should never do. I only know this because life is about making mistakes and learning from them. And I&#8217;m selective too with who I have sex with. I don&#8217;t go out and bang any person I see. Ask anyone I&#8217;m extremely strict and I can judge a person in 5 minutes and see if I want to deal with them and trust me, it&#8217;s no most of the time, even if they are the hottest person I&#8217;ve seen in my lifetime I can already answer that I wouldn&#8217;t want that person. And really Randy, why would it be necessary that I couldn&#8217;t bang you? Like I truly give a fuck, now I can&#8217;t live&#8230;..</p>
<p>And who are you to say my boyfriend and I won&#8217;t last because I can&#8217;t appreciate him? I agree to an extent. We probably won&#8217;t last because most high school relationships don&#8217;t but I have hope in us because I love him so much. He&#8217;s the only person I truly care about. I would take a bullet for him (even though he says he wouldn&#8217;t let me). I cry at the thought of not being without him (and I&#8217;m usually independent and feel I don&#8217;t need a man). And yes I appreciate every single thing he does for me. And who are you to say at my age, you can&#8217;t appreciate someone. I know women in their 30&#8242;s that can&#8217;t appreciate a man so age to an extent is just a number. On top of that majority of the women my age haven&#8217;t been through what I&#8217;ve been through. I&#8217;ve been through one person treating me badly to the next which probably can explain why I don&#8217;t trust people when I first see them and stick to it. But it does teach me to be appreciative towards something if it&#8217;s a good thing for me which is my boyfriend who has literally saved my life one too many times for me not to realize he&#8217;s perfect.</p>
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		<title>By: MagicalPat</title>
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		<dc:creator>MagicalPat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To add to Jay&#039;s brilliant point above...

The education system spends an awful lot of time warning kids about the dangers of smoking. You might even say that their policy is &#039;abstinence only&#039; towards tobacco. And yet, each year, thousands of kids start smoking anyway. It seems to me that &#039;abstinence only&#039; is a complete failure. Better education must be the answer!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To add to Jay&#8217;s brilliant point above&#8230;</p>
<p>The education system spends an awful lot of time warning kids about the dangers of smoking. You might even say that their policy is &#8216;abstinence only&#8217; towards tobacco. And yet, each year, thousands of kids start smoking anyway. It seems to me that &#8216;abstinence only&#8217; is a complete failure. Better education must be the answer!</p>
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		<title>By: Shaniquequa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shaniquequa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And I&#039;m curious to know why this is only being targetted towards girls? You know someone is having sex with them (if you strictly look at heterosexual culture). So why are we not pointing out sexually active boys too? And why do we care so much about what teenagers are doing all of a sudden. Kids have been having sex in high school when you guys were in high school and even when you&#039;re grandparents were in high school. Why now make it a political issue? Sex in high school is life, it happens, and we need to get over it and move on. Sexually active teens is really the least of our problems (even though teen pregnancy is but we can still teach them how to avoid pregnancy by sex ed and not abstinence since being in high school, I know a kid will only be abstinent if it&#039;s already on their mind).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And I&#8217;m curious to know why this is only being targetted towards girls? You know someone is having sex with them (if you strictly look at heterosexual culture). So why are we not pointing out sexually active boys too? And why do we care so much about what teenagers are doing all of a sudden. Kids have been having sex in high school when you guys were in high school and even when you&#8217;re grandparents were in high school. Why now make it a political issue? Sex in high school is life, it happens, and we need to get over it and move on. Sexually active teens is really the least of our problems (even though teen pregnancy is but we can still teach them how to avoid pregnancy by sex ed and not abstinence since being in high school, I know a kid will only be abstinent if it&#8217;s already on their mind).</p>
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