Answer in the News Archive

2007

Are You Sure You're Still a Virgin? August 2007. Seventeen magazine. A Sexetc.org and Seventeen magazine survey that is part of an ongoing teen sexual health survey partnership between Answer's Sexetc.org Web site and Seventeen magazine.

This gURL’s Life: Teen Editor Chelsea Biemiller, by gURL.com, June 13, 2007. A profile of Sex, Etc. teen editor Chelsea Biemiller and her work on Answer’s Sex, Etc. national magazine and Web site.

Teenage Birth Rate Drops to a 65-Year Low, by Jennifer Liss. WireTap Magazine. May 8, 2007. A feature story on the teen birth rate decline that quotes Sex, Etc. teen editors Sharanya Durvasula and Karen Choucrallah.

Study: More Kids Exposed to Online Porn, by Lindsay Tanner. The Associated Press. February 5, 2007. A report on a study of young people’s exposure to online pornography that quotes Sex, Etc. teen editor Emily Duhovny.

Online Smut: More Young People Getting an Eyeful, by Mike Nizza. “The Lede” blog, The New York Times. February 5, 2007. A New York Times blog commentary featuring Sex, Etc. teen editor Emily Duhovny.

2006

Sexual Lyrics Prompt Teens to Have Sex, by Lindsey Tanner. Associated Press, August 7, 2006. This AP story on hip-hop lyrics and its effect on teen sexual behavior quotes Sex, Etc. teen editor Natasha Ramsey.

Facts of Life, by Laurie Granieri. Home News Tribune (New Jersey), March 26, 2006. A feature story on sex education that examines how parents and teens can comfortably have “the talk” about sex and quotes two Sex, Etc. teen editors and Nora Gelperin, M.Ed., director of training and education at Answer.

2005

Just Don’t Do It! by Katy Kelly. U.S. News & World Report, October 17, 2005. A cover story on the national sexuality education debate that includes quotes and photos of Sex, Etc. teen editors.

The 411: Teens & Sex: A Katie Couric NBC Special, January 26, 2005. Sex, Etc. teen editor Kameron Collins discusses comprehensive sexuality education and teen sexual health and behavior in this hour-long primetime special, which highlights his work on Sex, Etc.

Sex Ed Without Birds, Bees or Even Storks, by Chris Hedges. The New York Times, January 20, 2005. A “Public Lives” profile of Susan N. Wilson, former executive coordinator of Answer (formerly the Network for Family Life Education).

2004

Risky Business, by Kara Jesella. Teen Vogue, May 2004. The Sex, Etc. Web site, magazine and teen staff are featured in this story on "the fierce battle over sex education in the classroom."

1997

Publishing Straight Talk about Sex, By Teenagers, for Teenagers, by Debra Galant. The New York Times, May 4, 1997. An "Education" section feature on Sex, Etc.