"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:19:06 -0500, boater wrote:

Or they get the wrong information at home and at school.

When I was in the seventh grade, about 1960 everyone was sufficiently
knowledgable about sex. Everyone knew how to screw and what a condom
was for. Sex education by parents and schools was immaterial. By that
time everyone had been clued in by the older kids.

Casady


Of course, the risks were much lower in those days. Unless you somehow
managed to NOT be treated for syphilis, you were unlikely to die from an
STD.