Human trafficking is prevalent worldwide, even in more developed countries such as the United States. Around 4 million people are trafficked each year—with 50% of trafficking victims being children—taken for forced labor or sexual exploitation. Areas that have recently suffered a natural disaster are especially vulnerable to human traffickers, and this hidden aftermath caught the […]
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The other day, a couple of my friends and I were talking about the state of our country, which has been a popular topic of conversation at breakfast since last November and especially since January 21st. Who can blame us? We’re young, “educated” students at a liberal arts college, and we’re worried. We’re real damn […]
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Pregnancy. It’s “supposed” to be the most blissful nine months of your life. However, it may be marred by crippling morning sickness, horrific back pain, heartburn, and various other maladies. Of course, there are those blissful first moments — like the first time you hear your baby’s heartbeat, their first kick, and that glorious moment […]
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I was a virgin until I got married last summer at the age of 25. Throughout my life, I received tons of “advice” and heard so many messages about what to expect. While some of these messages came from friends who had had sex, a great deal of what I heard came from the media. […]
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The campaign regarding sex and the word “no” is one of the biggest messages being delivered to young adults today. You are allowed to say “no.” People should respect each other’s right to say “no.” Remember that “no” means “no.” “No” seems to always be the correct answer regarding sex. I will be the first […]
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America has a serious epidemic that’s infected our college campuses, and it’s not an illness; it’s the amount of unresolved and unreported cases of campus rape. In a report recently released by Senator Claire McCaskill (D) of Missouri, it was found that most colleges don’t provide students with any sort of sexual assault training. This means that neither […]
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What if I told you over half a million teenagers between the ages of 15-19 became pregnant in the United States a year? Would you believe it? In 2010, 614,000 girls in the U.S. became pregnant, and that is a dramatic decrease from the highest teen pregnancy rate in the 1990s. It’s a shocking number. […]
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STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) are shockingly taboo considering how common they have become. In our culture, it is implied that someone who has an STD is bad or dirty, but that is a huge misconception. Sometimes people don’t even know that they have the disease (or virus) because they have no symptoms. Some can lay latent […]
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Hello, lovely Germs! Prepare to educate yourself. Today, we’re going to be talking about Planned Parenthood. Now, I realize that there are a lot of misconceptions that go along with this topic, so let’s get the biggest one out of the way. Planned Parenthood is not an abortion clinic. That’s not to say that they […]
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