CHRIS: "The way they taught it was, the only way that you can definitely not get pregnant and not get an STD is to be abstinent. They also told you how to have -- quote, unquote -- safe sex."
In other words, Chris feels he got conflicting messages. Students were taught that they could avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases by avoiding sex. But at the same time they were also taught how to have so-called safe sex, like using condoms.
JUNE SIMMS: Different states have different requirements for offering sex education or "family life education" in public schools. Lisa grew up in a relatively conservative city in Colorado. Her teachers were not required to discuss contraception. Instead, she says they talked a lot about the importance of not having sex until marriage.
But Lisa says in popular culture, girls are often told they should go on birth control pills for reasons other than preventing pregnancy.
LISA: "'Birth control's the answer to everything.' You have a pimple? You get birth control. You have a bad cramp? You get birth control. It's the answer to a lot of things for girls. You're just annoyed and someone's like, 'Oh, just go get birth control.'"
Patty still remembers being shown images of untreated diseases when she was learning in school about the risks of having sex.
PATTY: "I remember we had to watch a lot of videos in my health class and -- ugh!"
BOB DOUGHTY: But teenagers appear to be paying attention to those warnings about STDs and lessons about sex education.
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