Word: wattleton
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...research firm of Yankelovich, Skelly & White, Inc., 78% of Americans respond yes to the question "Do you favor sex education in the schools, including information about birth control?" And yet, despite the majority opinion, the subject of sex education remains a divisive one. On one side are those like Wattleton of Planned Parenthood who argue that Americans should learn to accept adolescent sexuality and make guidance and birth control more easily available, as it is in parts of Europe. On the other side are those who contend that sex education is up to the parents, not the state, and that...
...explain this skittishness? "We are still very much governed by our puritanical heritage," answers Faye Wattleton, president of the New York-based Planned Parenthood Federation. "While European societies have chosen to recognize sexual development as a normal part of human development, we have chosen to repress it. At the same time, we behave as if we're not repressing it." In studying various cultures, the Guttmacher researchers found that the highest teen-pregnancy rates were in countries with the least open attitudes toward sex. "The ambivalence our society is projecting about sex is costing us a lot," concludes Institute President...
Each year, the BMF presents the “Woman of The Year” award to an exemplary woman of color. Past honorees include Gwendolyn Brooks, Jessica Care Moore, Faye Wattleton and Professor Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham...