Here's some good news about teens and sex: Many more young men and women between the ages of 15-24 aren't doing the do.
Now, here's the bad news: they aren't from North Carolina.
A study by the Center for Disease Control said teens and young adults are having less sex, but North Carolina may be an exception to the findings.
"Surveys display what they want you to see. In the state of North Carolina, if you work in the Department of Health and Human Services, you will see that's not the case," said Michele Martin, the women and youth education coordinator for the Western North Carolina AIDS Project.The survey interviewed 5,300 teens and young adults between the ages of 15 and 24 across the U.S. and asked them questions about their sex life. The results showed between 2002 and 2009, 28 percent reported never having any sexual contact, including vaginal, oral or anal sex, which is an increase in abstinence from the 2002 result of 22 percent.
Martin said the results from the national survey did not match up with other statistics specifically about the sexual activity of young people in North Carolina.
"If you look at 2009 statistics, you'll see that there were 15,000 cases between the ages of 15 and 19 of chlamydia and there were 16,000 between 20 and 24. Those numbers only went up in 2010. Two-thirds of all chlamydia cases were between the ages of 15 and 24," Martin said.
North Carolina has the ninth highest teen pregnancy rate in the U.S., according to statistics by the Healthy Youth Act, as well as having 67 percent of all sexual transmitted diseases reported in North Carolina were between the ages of 15 and 24.
The Healthy Youth Act was approved by Congress in 2009 and went into effect for the 2010-11 school year. The act requires students in grades 7-9 receive an education on abstinence, as well as a comprehensive sexuality education, unless their parents personally remove them from the program.
Still think that abstinence-only education works?
According to Martin, if people try to be more honest, open and communicate with each other about sex, preventing teen pregnancy and the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases will be easier and more effective.
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, March 31, 2011 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
$25 VIP dances at The Gentleman's Club
$6 Jim Beam at Uptown Cabaret
Champagne Thursday at Club Onyx
Spoiled Rotten Thursday at Coyote Joe's
Rounds 4 Hounds at Jackalope Jacks
Want to get laid, but you don't want to pester your Facebook friends, go to the club or the local bar? After all, you're a broke college student. Well, there's a website for you and your wanton desires. (Should you decided to use it, however, you should probably remember what happened on Craigslist.)
But eduHookups has joined the World Wide Web to make sure students get laid. Looking through the website, it has the potential to blow up and become the Facebook of sex ... or fade away and become just another dating site.
NBC's The Today Show did a segment on the site, laying out the pros and cons:
After sifting through some of these listings, TODAY's Matt Lauer talked about eduHookups with Robi Ludwig, a psychotherapist, and Jeff Gardere, a psychologist, in an attempt to better understand how a site like that could affect young adults.Ludwig plainly explained that "we don't know the short-term or long-term effects of a site like this."
Instead she focused on the fact that college students are seeking out a website in order to have sex in the first place. "It's not that hard to lose your virginity," she remarks. She doesn't think "we need a site like this to help college students have sex with each other."
What's worse than the fact that students are using a website like this, as Gardere explained, is that "when kids are in college, their identities are still forming. They don't necessarily know what they want." These kids might seek out casual sex because they believe that's what they want and need, but the reality might be entirely different.
He added on that he suspects that many will log on to eduHookups not just for the sex, but instead to see if they "can find a relationship or whatever is missing in their lives."
There are no North Carolina colleges on the site ... yet. But after Karen Owen's Duke Sex List, I'm sure that university will get the invite to the site soon.
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, March 30, 2011 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
Wednesday Fabulous Feast at The Men's Club
#Winning at Suite
Bask in The Cause
No Cover Wednesday at Club Onyx
Wet Wednesday at Leather and Lace South End
Over the last month, there's been a swirl of controversy surrounding fast food restaurant Chick-fil-A. Why? Because the chicken peddler has been making questionable donations to anti-gay rights groups, which has put its relationship with North Carolina colleges in limbo.
he homophobic narrative around Chick-fil-A -- most notably the company's ties to anti-gay organizations like Focus on the Family, the National Organization for Marriage, the Ruth Institute, and the Pennsylvania Family Institute -- continues to define the popular chicken chain as 2011 rolls along.Last week, a gay rights organization in Missouri successfully got a local chamber of commerce to dis-invite Chick-fil-A's President, Dan Cathy, from speaking at an event due to the restaurant's political and financial support of leading anti-LGBT organizations. Now arrives word, thanks to QNotes, that several North Carolina colleges might be reconsidering whether to support the presence of Chick-fil-A on campus.In the article, QNotes points out that Duke University is in the process of "reviewing their relationship with Chick-fil-A." Earlier this year, a few days after the Chick-fil-A story started to get traction, Duke's student newspaper featured a scathing editorial that suggested Chick-fil-A didn't belong on campus.
"At a place like Duke, where we have a history of activism and a culture that strives to accept others and be agents of change, Chick-fil-A is no longer in keeping with the institution and the values of the people here. In short, this is where its lack of corporate social responsibility deservedly should come back to haunt them," the article said.
The other school mentioned in the QNotes piece is N.C. State University. Justine Hollingshead, director for N.C. State Universitys GLBT Programs and Services, told QNotes that students on campus are talking about what position to take on Chick-fil-A, and that she believes students ought to be the deciding factor in what vendors are available on campus.
Meanwhile, Dan Cathy once again said this week that his company isn't anti-gay, just adhering to biblical principles.
Chick-fil-A has stood on principals since opening, forgoing additional profits by closing on Sundays. But has the company crossed the line with these donations?
He added that while he and his company (via franchise donations and/or support through Chick-fil-A's charitable arm, the WinShape Foundation) will continue to support organizations like Focus on the Family, the National Organization for Marriage, and others opposed to LGBT equality, gay people are always welcome to buy chicken sandwiches from his restaurants."We're a restaurant that has a hospitality that says we're here to embrace everyone who wants to come and be part of Chick-fil-A," Cathy said, after his speaking gig in St. Louis was nixed. "So to be identified with some sort of hate group that has a political agenda -- that is not Chick-fil-A at all."But actually, that is Chick-fil-A. At least until Chick-fil-A stops giving donations to or holding retreats for some of the most leading anti-LGBT organizations in the country.
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, March 29, 2011 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
Boots & Bikini Contest at Whisky River
$2 Tuesday at Club Onyx
$2 Taco Tuesday at The Men's Club
Rock It Tuesday at The Saloon
$2 Tuesday at The Gold Club
You can be a sexy dancer too. The next time you're hanging out at the EpiCentre, dance. But don't do that same old two-step and booty pop do what they're doing in this video:
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, March 28, 2011 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
Chubby's Karaoke at Dixie's Tavern
Manic Monday at Dillworth Billiards
March Madness at The Pub
SIN Night at Club Onyx
Steak and Shrimp Monday at The Men's Club
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, March 25, 2011 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
Shadow Box Thrills at The Estate
50 cent Friday at The Pub
Whisky Friday Night at Whisky River
After Hours Breakfast Buffet at The Men's Club
Couple's Welcome at The Gentleman's Club
If you've been with your partner for a while, your sex life is probably, surely boring. Want to spice things up, but you don't know where to start? Sex 365: Dare You To... is the guide for you.
It's a small and simple book that is more about the pictures than some opus about sexuality and things of that nature. If you're already an outgoing sex-olympic participant, beware: There's no BDSM just a little light and flirty role play best designed for couples who are in a rut.
The book is written in a "him and her" style: the "her" side. for example, instructs the man on what he should do to get her off and vice versa. The book ends with a list of websites where you can buy some of the things suggested in the book as well as a "dare selector."
The dare selector is one of the more interesting things in the book because you close your eyes, pick a number and then do those things that night. This book is great conversation starter and bedside companion.