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By Cara McCarthy
How, when and where did
you first learn about sex?
Were you comfortable
enough to discuss it openly? Did
you feel you were given accurate,
realistic information? Did you feel
that you had been given the re
sponsibility to make whatever
choices felt right for you?
These are the main questions of
the “Rights, Respect, Responsibility”
(RRR) Initiative, founded byAdvo
cates for Youth and currently being
adopted by organizations, from
church groups to grade schools,
across the nation.The idea behind
the campaign is this: provide afford
able, confidential family planning
services; establish sustained, realis
tic media campaigns; educate peo
ple with information based on sci
entific research; and create an open
dialogue between parents, youth
and educators.This is a radically dif
ferent way of addressing sexuality
in our culture but has proven to be
a very successful approach in other
countries.
For the past 5 years, Advocates
for Youth has sent a team of educa
tors, health care workers and youth
to Western Europe to study the me
dia, public health policy and philos
ophy regarding sex in those coun
tries.What they have seen on their
study tours to Germany, France and
the Netherlands is that sexuality in
these countries is viewed as a natu
ral and healthy part of being hu
man. People are encouraged to talk
openly with parents, educators and
clergy members and are given ac
curate and realistic information so
they are able to make their own, ed
ucated decisions about sex. Sexual
ity is addressed repeatedly in the
media in a normal, positive and of
ten humorous light. Family plan
ning services are accessible and af
fordable. And, instead of being
urged to abstain completely from
sex, people are encouraged to delay
sex until they are emotionally, phys
ically and socially ready. In these
countries the message about sex is
simple and repeated time and time
again by parents, educators and the
media: safe, responsible sex or no
sex.
What results from this ap
proach is teens in these countries
wait an average of 11/2 years
longer than U.S. teens to have sex
for the first time and a decrease in
rates of unintended pregnancies,
abortions and sexually transmitted
infections (STIs) among people of
all reproductive ages. RRR is work
ing to bring this European model of
sexuality education home to the
United States.
Since 1997, $500 million United
States dollars have been set aside
for use in “abstinence-only until
marriage” education, although no
research has proven this to be an ef
fective strategy.The driving force
behind RRR is the realization of a
society where people are valued to
make their own choices about their
sexuality and public health policy is
grounded in scientific research.
This would be a society where en
couraging healthy sexual attitudes
and behaviors is regarded as a com
munity responsibility.
Access to free or low cost
health care is one of the core values
of the RRR campaign and the Uni
versity Health Center is a great
place to get information on contra
ception, STI’s and other sexual
health issues. Call for an appoint
ment or stop by to see if you qualify
for free family planning supplies
and services under the FPEP grant.
For more information about
“Rights, Respect, Responsibility” go
to www.wecandobetter.org or
www.advocatesforyouth.org.
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A New Men s Center on Campus continued
Men’s Top Barriers to Obtaining Health Care
• Need to conceal vulnerability and be independent
• Lack of knowledge/misinformation about services
• Lack of time/not feeling susceptible to health concerns
(tie)
Men in the UO study offered numerous suggestions for
how the university could help guys attain better health,
one of which was the development of a Men ’s Center.
What will a Men’s Center do?
The goal of the Men’s Center is to help men develop
health promoting habits by increasing utilization of sup
port services like those at the Health and Counseling
Centers. Ideally, the Men’s Center will eventually be
housed in a centrally located area such as the EMU. Ser
vices envisioned include a health library with informa
tion about campus resources, discussions, activities and
mentoring opportunities aimed at health outreach with
campus men.
How is it being received?
In order to demonstrate to the ASUO that students sup
port the idea of a Men’s Center, a diverse group of students
(n=260) was surveyed last spring. 93% were in support of
Men’s Center, 89% felt men would benefit from a Men’s
Center,86% believe that women would benefit from a
Center,and 86% would refer a friend to the Men’s Center.
Getting Involved
George Hanawahine,doctoral student in Family and
Marriage Counseling, is currently the director of the Men ’s
Center. He observes,“Men are socialized from the time
they are bom to be strong and tough. This often results in
men attempting to solve most of their problems on their
own. In society it is evident that men are privileged at
many different levels, therefore some believe men don’t
need services that help or benefit them. Statistics clearly
show that men have serious social, health and emotional
needs, therefore the mere existence and success of the
Men’s Center would help legitimize this need.”
Like the ASUO Women’s Center, the Men’s Center is
governed with by-laws, a diverse advisory board and of
ficers that provide guidance and decision making for
the Center. The Men’s Center web site
(http://www.geocities.com/rpscotty/UOMC.htm) of
fers more on the philosophy and answers to frequently
asked questions about the Center. To become involved
or learn more about the Men’s Center, contact George at
aghanawah@darkwing.uoregon.edu.
■ ...here at UO,
men make up
about 80% of the
student conduct
cases but are the
minority at the
Health and
Counseling Cen
ters.The Men’s
Center hopes to
change that.
Winter 2003
Contributing Writers
and Peer Health Educators