*gasp!* You mean the government doesn't provide the populace with accurate health information?!
Especially WOMEN?! Especially regarding reproductive health?!?!?!?!
Arright, sarcasm aside... well, no, sarcasm fully in place. What the hell took Glamour so long? What makes them think this is NEWS?! Schmucks. Too little, too late. Shoulda written about it twenty years ago when all the data was already in place and it might have had some frikkin impact.
Well, are you arguing that 20 years ago, in 1986, the government was in fact disseminating misinformation? I'm not sure of the answer to that - maybe they were...but the point of this article is that the doctor in the beginning initially was comfortable giving out government-sponsored information, and now is not, because things have changed recently. Meaning that even if they were bad before, now it's much worse.
So I don't think it's too little, too late - the point is that issues in front of us now, like the morning-after pill, are being sabotaged by the government spreading misinformation. The morning-after pill wasn't an issue 20 years ago. And the Waxman report (which investigated the misinformation spread by government-sponsored abstinence-only programs) is only a year old. Most of the stuff mentioned is not data we had 20 years ago. And even so, there are recent reports of FDA and CDC webpages being changed - to deemphasize the effectiveness of condoms, for example.
Abtinence-only education was in issue 20 years ago, as was AIDS education. This particular doctor just figured out that the government isn't a reliable source for health information, and Glamour decided to publish it just now. It seems silly for them to be all righteous with their "hard hitting news" NOW. And, yes, I would argue that the government has never valued providing accurate health information--especially to women.
Well, I guess it's fair to object to the presentation of "this is brand new!" However, just because something is institutionalized and suck-tastic, rather than brand-new and sucktastic, doesn't mean you should report on it, and then try to change it. Right? ;)
So the important thing to me was that it got said, not that it got said too late. After all, it needs to keep being said until it changes!
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WHY DON' THEY JUST PUT THE BURQAS ON US AND BE DONE WITH IT.
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Especially WOMEN?! Especially regarding reproductive health?!?!?!?!
Arright, sarcasm aside... well, no, sarcasm fully in place. What the hell took Glamour so long? What makes them think this is NEWS?! Schmucks. Too little, too late. Shoulda written about it twenty years ago when all the data was already in place and it might have had some frikkin impact.
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So I don't think it's too little, too late - the point is that issues in front of us now, like the morning-after pill, are being sabotaged by the government spreading misinformation. The morning-after pill wasn't an issue 20 years ago. And the Waxman report (which investigated the misinformation spread by government-sponsored abstinence-only programs) is only a year old. Most of the stuff mentioned is not data we had 20 years ago. And even so, there are recent reports of FDA and CDC webpages being changed - to deemphasize the effectiveness of condoms, for example.
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So the important thing to me was that it got said, not that it got said too late. After all, it needs to keep being said until it changes!