Hurricane I

This morning, the Washington Post has a shocking, shocking revelation that federally funded absitenece only sex-ed programs fed misinformation to the students involved. Shocking. Among the misinformation spread by these groups:

• A 43-day-old fetus is a "thinking person."

• HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, can be spread via sweat and tears.

• Condoms fail to prevent HIV transmission as often as 31 percent of the time in heterosexual intercourse.

My favorite is the sweat and tears part, because you know that when the groups actually presented this to teenagers, the phrase "Blood, Sweat and Tears" was used. Also:

Some course materials cited in Waxman's report [the Congressman who discovered this and who is more than a little pissed about it] present as scientific fact notions about a man's need for "admiration" and "sexual fulfillment" compared with a woman's need for "financial support." One book in the "Choosing Best" series tells the story of a knight who married a village maiden instead of the princess because the princess offered so many tips on slaying the local dragon. "Moral of the story," notes the popular text: "Occasional suggestions and assistance may be alright, but too much of it will lessen a man's confidence or even turn him away from his princess."

Paging Marabel Morgan?