I grew up in a Christian household, BUT I was also told the truth about sex, STDs, pregnancy. I was discouraged from having premarital sex BUT also taught how to always use a condom. I was taught that sex was between two people who were in love and to never ever let a boy pressure me into having sex BUT sex (and masturbation) were for pleasure as well.

I cannot tell you how many times I had to refute bogus info my peers had about sex. Absintence only breeds misinformation and confusion. Darn near every chick who had some bullshit like “anal sex isn’t sex” or “you can’t get pregnant standing up” ended up preggers by a sophomor in college. Or how about “you can only spread herpes if you are having an outbreak”? They only way to prevent the spread of disease and unwanted children is education, education, education.

You can teach both.