Letters: Jul. 6, 1998

WHEN SEX IS KID STUFF

"If youngsters are as promiscuous as you indicate, then we are in for some serious problems associated with divorce and broken homes." JESS BROWN Sugar City, Idaho

Your report on teen sex and what kids know was prizewinning material [SOCIETY, June 15]. I live in the buckle of the Bible Belt. The subject of sex is taboo, yet that doesn't keep my hometown from having its fair share of teen pregnancies. Many of the people here with sexually transmitted diseases are teenagers. I know a guy who got a girl pregnant and hasn't yet told his...

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