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Sex ed bill goes against philosophy of Utah code: Be prepared

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 10:37pm

Be prepared. While this motto works for Scouts, the law enforces preparedness by requiring classes and education that must take place in order to access various legal remedies and privileges.

House Bill 363, which is awaiting Gov. Gary Herbert’s signature (or veto), would prohibit local school boards from educating our students on the full spectrum of reproductive health, harshly limiting the discussion of sex to abstinence and within marriage. (Note: Herbert vetoed the sex ed bill late Friday night, after this column was written and posted.)

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In this Dec. 2, 2011 photo, Dr. Norman Spack poses in his office at Children's Hospital Boston. Spack is author of one of the reports in the journal Pediatrics about teens and children who insist they were born the wrong sex and are requesting body-altering treatments. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, Suzanne Kreiter/Globe)

Sex-change treatment for children on the rise

Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 20, 2012 - 11:29am

CHICAGO -- A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments, according to reports in the medical journal Pediatrics.

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University scholars say bigger sex archive is better

Jeff Gammage The Philadelphia Inquirer

Last updated Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 9:27am

PHILADELPHIA -- The Widener University scholars who are amassing a growing archive of materials on human sexuality have an ambitious goal: Bigger than Kinsey's.

Pun intended.

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Racy lingerie billboard angers Plain City woman

Amber Weston Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, September 12, 2011 - 11:04pm

WEST HAVEN -- A Plain City woman says a lingerie billboard between the 12th and 21st street exits on Interstate 15 is inappropriate for public viewing and should be changed.

The billboard, which features a woman lying in a seductive pose and wearing a skimpy outfit, advertises for Dr. John's Lingerie, a sexually oriented business with stores across the country, including one in Roy.

Plain City resident Martha Bodily thinks the sign is inappropriate and is trying to rally support to get the billboard removed.

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What men drive may reveal sexual motives

Minneapolis Star Tribune, Paul Walsh

Last updated Sunday, June 19, 2011 - 9:59am

The racier the car, the racier the hormones.

That's what research results say about some men when it comes to conspicuous spending and their desire for sexual dalliances.

The series of studies, "Peacocks, Porsches and Thorstein Veblen: Conspicuous Consumption as a Sexual Signaling System," was conducted with nearly 1,000 test subjects and published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Veblen, an American economist and sociologist, popularized the term "conspicuous consumption" of the leisure class more than 100 years ago and pooh-poohed its contributi

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In this Nov. 24, 2010 photo, Katherine Miller, a former cadet at the U.S. Military Academy who quit over the "don't ask, don't tell policy, poses for a photo in her hometown of Findlay, Ohio. Miller got pretty good at hiding her sexuality in high school, brushing off questions about her weekend plans and referring to her girlfriend, Kristin, as "Kris." She figured she could pull it off at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, too. After all, "don't ask, don't tell" sounded a lot like how she had gotten through her teen years.

Lesbian cadet who quit seeks return to West Point

John Sewer, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 26, 2010 - 4:19pm

FINDLAY, Ohio -- Katherine Miller got pretty good at hiding her sexuality in high school, brushing off questions about her weekend plans and referring to her girlfriend, Kristin, as "Kris."

She figured she could pull it off at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, too. After all, "don't ask, don't tell" sounded a lot like how she had gotten through her teen years.

But something changed when she arrived at West Point two years ago. She felt the sting of guilt with every lie that violated the academy's honor code. Then, near the end of her first year, she found herself in a classroom discussion about gays in the military, listening to friends say gays disgusted them.

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Colleges debate asking applicants about sexuality, gender

Richard Morgan, The Commercial Appeal

Last updated Friday, November 26, 2010 - 11:49am

More than 400 of the nation's 3,000 colleges use the Common Application to help high school students who want to apply to many schools at once.

This year, the application added an option for students to detail their religious beliefs. Now, Common Application members are debating the addition of questions about sexuality and gender expression.

The Common Application is a 35-year-old, nonprofit organization that provides a college admission application -- online and in print -- that students may submit to any of its 415 members. According to the organization's website, last year almost 2 million applications were submitted to Common App Online.

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