- Most young people begin having sex in their mid-to-late teens, about 8 years before they marry; more than half of 17-year-olds have had intercourse.
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Pinch Me News

April 26, 2006
Pinch Me Films relaunches site to bring youth candid, socially-conscious “webisodes”

June 2004
Documentary Chosen by New York International Independent Film and Video Festival

June 20, 2004
National Media Coverage Follows Pinch Me Films Community Outreach Event

June 15, 2004
Pinch Me Films gives teens the power of the media; youth workshop will help produce next installments of successful Silence of Sex series.

May 2004
In May 2004 “Silence Ain’t Sexy”, the first of the four-part series “Silence of Sex”, was featured on the primetime CBS News show Young Love -a report on teenage sexuality.

May 5, 2004
Breaking the Silence of Sex
On May 5, 2004, Pinch Me Films supported the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

In The News

April 5, 2006
U.S. Focus on Abstinence Weakens AIDS Fight, Agency Finds
By CELIA W. DUGGER

Insistence by Republican Congressional leaders that American money to fight the spread of AIDS globally be used to emphasize abstinence and fidelity is undercutting comprehensive and widely accepted aid models details>>

March 24, 2006
Rhode Island Department of Education Bans Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Program from Schools
Advocates for Youth Praises Decision; Calls for Moratorium on Federal Funding

WASHINGTON, DC (March 24, 2006) The Rhode Island Department of Education has banned from public schools an abstinence-only-until-marriage program found to violate students’ rights details>>


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