Planned Parenthood's idea of "abstinence"

WARNING: Semi-explicit material on sex ahead. Proceed cautiously.

I just gotta keep going back to Dawn Eden because she's so darn smart and can slash through the bull droppings that PP leaves in its path. In her latest scoop, Dawn takes PP to task for promoting the new definition of "abstinence" that includes things like cybersex, anal sex, oral sex and masturbation (both the solo and mutual kinds). None of those things are considered sex, even though three of them contain the word "sex." Go figure. I guess we have Bill "I did not have sexual relations" Clinton for that.

What really boils my blood is PP's non-chalant attitude towards mutual masturbation on their Teenwire website. On this page, PP has this to say:

Hours of kissing sounds nice, huh? How about a little mutual masturbation that ends with orgasm? Get creative — talk to each other (before, during, and after you fool around)! Things can get pretty steamy even without having sex, as long as you keep in mind that you will not, no matter how tempted you are, have intercourse.

Now, I have no idea where PP gets the idea that mutual masturbation will never lead to intercourse "no matter how tempted you are." What a load of garbage! I simply cannot believe they are seriously spreading this as healthy advice. As Dawn so eloquently puts it, "which is harder—never beginning that 'Bolero' dance, or getting all the way to the fourth movement before suddenly turning on the red lights?"

But wait! Just when you think it can't get any worse, it gets much, much worse:

If this is the route you choose, watch it with direct genital contact. Sperm are hardy little guys — and they can swim up into the vagina even if the semen only gets on the vulva. That can cause pregnancy and infect you with STIs, so be careful.

This "advice" is so completely and unbelievably dangerous that I am just stunned. "Watch it with direct genital contact." "Watch it?" "Watch it?" Is that supposed to be PP's idea of a warning to teens? Or how about this: "so be careful?" Please, spare me. In general, teens aren't known for consistantly being careful. This becomes even more true when they are having (non-sexual) fun. When it comes to sexual activity, the last thing on teens' minds in the heat of passion is going to be the words "watch it" and "be careful."

And, of course, no mention of using any sort of contraception is made. Not that using contraception would make PP's ridiculous "advice" any more acceptible. I just thought it was interesting that they left out what they supposedly support.