The week surrounding February 14th is designated as "Sex Week at Yale". Their 2008 schedule included a pornography screening and sex toy giveaways.
Northwestern University sponsored its own Sex Week last spring, entitled "Rock her World." Featured tips for men included how to please their female sex partners.
Despite good intentions for fun and informative sexual health education, many university programs and events lack crucial health information on the emotional and physical harms of casual sex. Health Centers readily distribute condoms as the only real safeguard against STIs (sexually transmitted infections), neglecting to encourage abstinence as a realistic and effective option. Students are not getting the health information they need.
What is more, discussion inside and outside of the classroom has become increasingly one-sided on questions of sex, love, and relationships. The institution of marriage and the important role of the family are no longer esteemed and defended, but are instead forgotten or criticized. Students learn to question "traditional" marriage, family, and sexual norms, without being given the appropriate resources to honestly and intelligently evaluate those questions. They learn how to critique these institutions and principles, unaware that a defense exists as well.
Today's college students are the next generation of leaders and parents. There is a desperate need for them to be well-informed about the lifestyles and behaviors that best enable them to live responsibly, reasonably, healthily and morally. They need an honest education about the effects of the sexual culture around them, and they need resources and support to live out their sexuality in a way that honors the full meaning and integrity of sex and human relationships.
Providing these resources and support is what the Love and Fidelity Network is all about.
Our Mission
Our mission is to EDUCATE, TRAIN, AND EQUIP college students with the ARGUMENTS, RESOURCES, AND DIRECTION they need to uphold the institution of marriage, the unique role of the family, and sexual integrity on their campuses.
We believe today's young men and women will form the nucleus of an articulate and effective new generation of leaders for marriage, family, love and fidelity at universities and in the public square.
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