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There are Contraception Options

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Art by Sacha Irick Pepperdine's Student Health Center uses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s definition of contraception when considering students options, according to Student Health Center Director Nancy Safinick. The CDC's definition of contraception is “the deliberate use of artificial methods or other techniques to prevent pregnancy as a consequence of … [Read more...] about There are Contraception Options

The Pressure: Race & Sex

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As a black man, I can't be abstinent. Well, at least it seems that way. There is pressure to have sex. When I turn on music to get me through the day or get me from class to class, that fresh R&B crooner or hip-hop heavyweight — who looks like me or sounds like me or dresses like me — seemingly takes every opportunity to lace their lyrics with sexual connotations and … [Read more...] about The Pressure: Race & Sex

The Case against Abstinence

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I still have it, my signed piece of paper pledging my pure body to God and my future husband. I even still have a brick — yes, a five-pound burnt-red brick — that reads ”Promise Kept” with a sloppy signature of an 11-year-old accompanying it. However, neither of those items represents anything more than a wall decoration and door weight now. Christian practices focus on … [Read more...] about The Case against Abstinence