abstinence only (does not) work

It’s rare when a three-minute conversation can reveal so much about our culture. In this clip, a Texas Tribune reporter asks Texas governor and presidential hopeful Rick Perry why the state continues to provide “abstinence education” even while it has the “third-highest teen pregnancy rate in the country.” In response, Perry offers a nonsensical, bumbling defense of current policies. “From my own personal life, abstinence works,” Perry says awkwardly. (TMI, buddy!) 

(Source: femtheory)