Florida survey of young women asks if a man ever poked holes in a condom in effort to make her pregnant

Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2012-11-27 02:39

Article here. Seriously... I mean, for real? They actually asked this? Pardon me, but what planet does one have to be living on to imagine this would happen? It's simply more out-and-out misandry, state-sponsored, too. [Fla. DOH contact info is in the first comment to this story.] Excerpt:

'FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The state of Florida is asking thousands of young women some intimate questions their sex lives and is giving them a $10 gift card in return - but some who received the survey are offended.

The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Sunday ( http://sunsent.nl/10SkSc4) that the Department of Health sent surveys to 4,100 women between 18 and 24, giving participants a CVS gift card.
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The state spent $45,000 on the 46-question survey, which was sent out in September and October, and 782 have been returned. Participants were asked how many men they had sex with over the last year, whether a man ever poked holes in a condom to get them pregnant and how they felt emotionally the last time they had unprotected sex. A November batch weren't mailed after it was found that some of the surveys were sent to girls under 18.'

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http://esetappsdoh.doh.state.fl.us/contactussearch/DOHContacts.aspx

Seems there are lots of email addys, but the one that stands out to me is Administration-at-doh.state.fl.us

Something else here that really pi$$es me off about this too is this: Seems FL was ready to spend upwards of $50k to survey young women re their sexual health and give them $10 gift cards for it-- but not young men. Isn't the health of young men just as important? Or maybe FL really doesn't give a rat's a$$ about them?

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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2012-11-27 02:42

I'd be interested in how many women lied about using birth control in order to convince a man to not use a condom so she can get pregnant--but that's probably too controversial to ask. I'm not sure what motives a man would have to poke holes in a condom to get her pregnant but women do have motives to get pregnant. Some do it to try to hold onto a man or simply to collect welfare and child support. I suppose in the days of "shotgun weddings" men might try to force a woman to marry him, but those days are past.

And if they only ask the woman, the results will be worthless.

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Submitted by el cid on Tue, 2012-11-27 13:15

I think most women have felt pressure at one time or another by their partner to forgo birth control, even if it just the "don't worry, I'll pull out", or a partner wants them to become dependent or connected to them via a child. Men and women both seem to have a biological or emotional need to reproduce. I read somewhere that men with a short life expectancy like black men in the ghetto, men going off to war, and even men facing prison time have a psychological need to know their genes will live on. So in unhealthy relationships I think either gender can have a motive to get pregnant by coercion.

As far as the survey goes, most states have something like this from their state health department that goes unnoticed by most citizens. I think these surveys receive federal funding and most are called something like "youth risk surveys" and are administered thru the public schools in middle school and/or in high school . About 99% of parents I ask have no idea their children are part of the survey. From what I understand parents get a little card in the mail that looks like junk mail that informs them their children's school is participating in a government survey about health, and directs them to a website if they wish to review questions or opt out. Most parents do not recall getting the postcard, or they ignore it. The questions are intrusive (at least in my state) they ask about guns in the house, exposure to second hand smoke, drug use by them or by family members and sexual experiences and situations..

I only know about stuff like this because it is discussed among homeschooling parents as government intrusion is a big deal to us.

I understand this survey in the OP is a little different as it is for women only and over the age of 18, but I suspect it is a similar thing: The department of health collecting data so they can form social programs with tax money to "help everyone". I would never answer such questions and it seems like a total waste of money. The condom question is silly as how would a woman even know if it was done.

nationwide youth risk surveys: http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm The states that don't participate in this national study I believe conduct their own similar studies .

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Submitted by Kris on Wed, 2012-11-28 16:20