USA: “Sexually Unhealthy Nation”

Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former US Surgeon General, gave America a strong dose of reality while opposing Dr. James Holsinger appointment as next Surgeon General. She called us a “sexually unhealthy nation.” She mentioned the skyrocketing numbers of single mothers, pregnant teenagers and Americans living with AIDS and STDs. Below are quotes from Dr. Elders

“…when 56 percent of the young black gay men in our nation’s capital are HIV positive, that’s higher than in sub-Saharan Africa,” she said. “How can we say that we’re a sexually healthy nation?”

“I’m against Abstinence programs because I really consider ‘Abstinence-Only’ [to be] child abuse.”

“Condoms will break, but I can assure you that the vows of abstinence will break more easily than condoms.”

Elders said “sex should not be controversial.”
“You know, what you do in your bedroom is none of my business,” she said. “We need to understand that sex is about what I call the three Ps: procreation, protection of yourself and everybody else, and pleasure. And 99.9 percent of sex that goes on in the world is for pleasure.

“Masturbation has never given anybody an STD, never gotten any girl pregnant… and you always know that you’re having sex with somebody you love.”

“We know that more than 70-80% of women masturbate, 90% of men masturbate, and the rest lie.”

“If I had to do it again, I would do it exactly the same way. I have no regrets… In fact, I absolutely did this job as I felt it should be done.”

~ by b. on June 20, 2007.