How scary is this: Coburn giving sex lectures..in the Capitol basement

[rainbow4321]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/26/AR2005052601747.html?referrer=email

It's not every day that a U.S. senator gives a lecture and slide show about risky sexual activities -- complete with gross pictures of the naughty bits. This was Sen. Tom Coburn's lecture on sexually transmitted diseases, held yesterday for the young congressional staff in the place where such things are talked about: the basement -- in this case, of the Capitol. It is no small thing to ask an intern who is trying his best to mimic a working adult to come to a lecture like this in the middle of a workday, considering the danger of being transported back to the blushing days of high school sex ed.

This is the seventh year that Coburn, who is a family doctor in Muskogee, has presented his slide show; he showed it for six years when he was in the House, and totes it around Oklahoma, and always he begins it the way he did yesterday: "I'm going to try not to give you my opinion," he says. "I'm just going to give you scientific facts." But the combination of Coburn, sex and the U.S. Capitol does not get away without controversy.

During his 40-minute slideshow, Coburn avoided any spiritual overtones and spoke in his usual brisk clinical way. Still, Smith detected bias, taking issue, for example, with Coburn's contention that condoms are only 69 percent effective in preventing HIV; Smith says the latest studies show condoms to be 99 percent effective.

But Smith did give Coburn credit for saying during the question-and-answer portion, "Condoms do reduce the risk of transmission, and they work very well against HIV. If you decide to do any risky sexual behavior, use a condom." Being a family doctor adds a dose of realism to his view; Coburn mentioned that he recently delivered a baby to a 12-year-old.

[MidwestTransplant]

1. Did he address the rampant Lesbianism sweeping OK middle schools?

[Dr.Phool]

2. I want to see him address the rampant lesbianism in the Senate.

Hillary, Boxer, Feinstein, Dole and Santorum!:evilgrin:

[Toots]

3. Showing porn to interns

If a grandmothers picture of a naked six month old grandchild is child porn then we know what he was showing.

[Lilyhoney]

4. Maybe this is just a screening process.

Sometimes in early elementary school a psychologist and assistant will come to the classroom and the DR. will give a lecture on child abuse. Touching on aspects of sexual, mental, and phsycial. As the lecture goes on, the assistant "reads" the children. The childrens body language tells everything the observers want to know. The school counselor is given an assessment of children that might have problems at home.

This routine that Coburn has may developed may just be a screening process to see...

But I want to know who the fuck does he think he is to do this?
If I worked in a non-sex-health enviornment, I would be very upset if my superior gave me a 40 minute sex ed lecture.

[rainbow4321]

5. Imagine if it was a Dem giving the lecture...

Repukes would be outraged, talk of condom use <gasp!>....and referring to "scientific facts" <gotta be a first for a repuke>.

It would be on cable news 24/7..and not in a good way!
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Ths last time Coburn talked about science:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=173&topic_id=1130&mesg_id=1130

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), a new member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was at last week's meeting on a bill restricting class-action suits. "You know," he said, "I immediately thought about silicone breast implants and the legal wrangling and the class-action suits off that. And I thought I would just share with you what science says today about silicone breast implants. If you have them, you're healthier than if you don't. That is what the ultimate science shows...In fact, there's no science that shows that silicone breast implants are detrimental and, in fact, they make you healthier."