An OMG moment if ever there was one…
I just read about a recent UK study by market research company Opinion Health found that alarmingly inaccurate myths about contraception may be very common.
1,000 women aged 18 to 50 were surveyed in the Bayer Schering Pharma sponsored study and 1/5th of women surveyed said they had heard of kitchen items such as bread, chicken skin and cling film being used as alternatives to the proper barrier methods. Shockingly others indicated that they had heard that food such as crisps, coke and even kababs could substitute for oral contraceptives.
What is truly terrifying though is that some people believed the pill could protect them against HIV!
I’m going to do some looking later and find some links to some good quality sex ed sites and post them here in case anyone finds this post while looking for proper information. Until then – always use a condom 
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QUICK UPDATE:
Here are the promised links for what (at a quick looks) seems to be factual advice aimed at teenagers in regards to sex and contraception.
Whilst my blog is NOT aimed at teens I wanted to provide these links for any one who came across this blog post looking for information – I hope it helps!
http://www.scarleteen.com/blog
http://www.sexetc.org/
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Can you guess who has the highest unintended pregnancy rate in Europe?
And lets not get smug – its not just the British – according to a report on http://www.newsmax.com the annual rate of AIDS diagnoses for boys aged 15 to 19 years has nearly doubled in the past 10 years, and rates of syphilis are also up.Obviously US teens need better sex ed too!
Teaching just abstinence is totally INSANE in my mind.
Certainly strongly recommend it to your teens if that’s your belief – but for goodness sake remember you are dealing with TEENAGERS and at least give them the information required to educate themselves on how to protect themselves should they need to. An unwanted pregnancy is probably one of the milder side effects of unprotected sex – after all it only changes your life forever – it doesn’t usually kill you!
What is the strangest thing YOU have heard that is used as a contraceptive?