If you have or know a teen girl….
The Goal
Empower Teen Girls and Save One, Ten, or Ten Thousand From Rape or Abduction
The Film
In what some describe as The Coolest High School Project Ever, two of Portland’s St. Mary’s Academy high school girls expect to put predators and date rapists out of business nationwide when their new film Just Yell Fire released on September 28th. Just Yell Fire is free to any teen girl either as a DVD or download from the website.
Dallas Jessup (14) and Catherine Wehage (15) saw the actual abduction of a teenage girl caught on a surveillance video camera on the television news. The abducted girl was soon found dead; her killer had a history of violence. Over the next weeks in two separate incidents there were attempted abductions of teen girls in Portland. They did some research on crime statistics and found that 1 in 4 girls presently in middle school or high school will be date-raped before they graduate college. The news is filled with brutal things happening to teenage girls. They knew that none of this had to happen and set out to find a solution.
I have not watched the film yet, as it is a huge download, but I intend to watch it and if appropriate, show it to my 3 girls. It apparently has 10 techniques for defense, has a dating bill of rights and talks about date rape. I happened to see a piece on it today on the news. Anything we can do to educate and empower our girls…
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Jamie,
I’m down w/ empowering our girls in a world of predators…but what about predatorial liberalism disguised as public service announcements? I’m talking about the recent “PSA” styled commercials for the cervical cancer “vaccine…” “One less” and all that jazz. As you and I both know, the “vaccine” is actually a treatment for HPV…a sexually transmitted disease. What a deceitful use of words…”cancer vaccine!” So, do we give in to the “aminal urges” of our teens (and pre-teens!) sexuality and treat them for what Biblical morality can prevent? After all, sex is what teens do…hooking up, casual sex, no commitments…sex is the drug of choice for today’s generations and since they are going to do it regardless of your beliefs you may as well play it safe…right?
Just wondering what a mom of three girls has to say.
Grace and Peace,
Willie
Oh, I have a lot to say about that…..just ask me. Oh wait, you did! First, HPV CAN cause cervical cancer so in a sense by preventing HPV, it can prevent cancer, but I don’t like the fact that we are pushing this drug AND some states are wanting to make it a mandatory vaccine, like polio etc. How do you like them apples. To make it even worse, guess what? Some studies have shown that the vaccine would actually be more effective in preventing HPV if given to MALES. But no, we’re not advocating doing that, are we?
So, what do YOU think? What if you knew your daughter (perhaps college age or older) were having sex? Would you suggest she get it the vaccine? What do you think of government mandated vaccines like this one, and even the Hepatitis Vaccine…..?
J
Just in case you, or anyone else continues reading this response thread…
Gonna spout off, hope it makes sense!
First off, infections caused by HPV can lead to cervical cancer, this is true. However, the point is this…if you don’t contract SEXUALLY transmitted HPV, you don’t have to worry about that cause of cervical cancer. BUT…there are other causes for cervical cancer that this drug CANNOT prevent or treat. The simplest, most statistically sound prevention of HPV will always be abstinence…works 100% of the time!!!
Now to your line of questioning…
A wise seminary prof (Dr. Harold O. J. Brown, co-founder of the Christian Action Council and the modern pro-life movement) once said “Hard cases make bad law.” And I would add that such cases lead to fallacious reasoning and faulty advice. But here is the point…if I found out my daughter were sexually active that would be the quintessential “hard case” in this argument…do you agree? Another aspect to consider…I don’t have children, so my thoughts are hypothetical, but hopefully Biblical. Now to my answers…
I would allow my daughter to live w/ the consequences of her actions, whatever they may be. I would counsel her and plead w/ her to turn to Jesus in repentance and to change her lifestyle in accordance w/ what I would pray was an earlier profession of faith. Barring that, I would leave it to her to seek the medical attention for what are the obvious fruits of her rebellion. Rebellion against me and her mother, but more than that rebellion against her Creator and Redeemer.
If that fruit turned out to be cervical cancer, I would stand by my daughter w/ all of the love and compassion I could muster, comforting her in her distress and all the while leading her to the foot of the cross for forgiveness and healing.
But what about prior to that? That is the real question. What about my teaching and leading, discipling and modelling the Christian life for her prior to her coming to a point in life where she makes a decision to become sexually active, or not. Does she see a LIVING SAVIOR? Does she see a Mom and Dad who are utterly committed to Him in every aspect of life, seeking him diligently in prayer for guidance and thanking him for his salvation, no matter the circumstances? Does she see a Dad who is utterly broken and humbled before the Lord, depending on Him even in personal failure? Bottom line, does she see a vibrant and living relationship?
Or is my Christianity a Sunday Morning religion? Would it make a difference? Don’t know…but it is my first and best opportunity to “vaccinate” my daughter against sexual promiscuity, sexually transmitted diseases and cervical cancer.
And I am totally against big government madating anything. I tend to believe that the health of my children is my responsibility and if I don’t want to have them vaccinated, I won’t. And I certainly don’t want the government legitimizing sexual promiscuity whether it’s through condom distribution or HPV drugs.
My thoughts, for what they are worth.
W
Willie-
I love that your first concern is “living the life”. In many cases, that will be the deciding factor in our kid’s decisions. However, we all stumble, even those of us that are diligently trying to follow Him. That does not mandate getting the HPV vaccine, though.
Have you read my post Where’s Liberty’s Chastity Belt?
I am all for chastity for my 3 daughters, but (and I’m being gut level honest here), I have this sense that we have made purity for girls the panacea of spirituality and Jesus following.
I’m not getting (or encouraging) any of my girls to get the HPV vaccine. Read the above post, as I think it outlines my thoughts on purity, the church etc etc….
Let me know what you think…
Great conversation!
Jamie
I’m a High school student and i along with my 4 sisters say get vactionated!!! I mean think about it you can save you daughters from having a fatell cancer. And as a daughter arent my parents and other girls parents suppost to protect them. And by getting the vacceen your telling your daughters that you trust them enough to not have sex befor marriege. Oh and one of my freands got raped a few years ago and gust fond out she has cirvical cancer.She is a good christan women, she never slrpt around, never had sex when she was younger nothing excep she was raped and now may never have childern. She wants everyone to get this shot and not have to go through what she is going through right now. So far your childes own good get the shot.
As a mom of three girls, I have wrestled with this vaccine and finally did what I always do when struggling with a moral decision. I went looking for information. This vaccine only prevents a few types of HPV and may actually leave a woman MORE vulnerable to the more fatal types of HPV. Not much help if that’s the case. I talked the issue over with my 16 year old daughter. Granted, she hates needles. But she told me that she would be uncomfortable taking the vaccine if it was offered in an oral form that didn’t involve getting a shot. And for those that a medication must be great if doctor’s are recommending, I would remind us all of the drug that was used to cure American soldiers of their addiction to opium. At the time, it was seen as such a salvation that they gave it a nickname that seemed to fit it’s heroic actions - heroin.
love is not Monster Beats By Dr. Dre studio envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. TLHH