WTF

791 readers

1 users here now

The average c/WTF enjoyer

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

812

She thought what?? (lemmy.wtf)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

59 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact, this is precisely why the first suicide hotline was implemented in the US.

A young girl killed herself because she got her first period and thought she had gotten an STD. She had no one to talk to and took her own life.

It’s story like this that make me viscerally angry at people who preach abstinence only sex education. You can’t just tell young people to ignore the changes happening to their bodies, it only leads to confusion, mistakes, and fear.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Actually, a small correction: the suicide hotline connected to the story is from the UK, not the USA.

It was actually one of the first crisis hotlines not just in the UK, but also in the world. It was founded in 1953 and the organization's name is the Samaritans. It was also founded by a priest!

You can look this info up on Wikipedia.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’ve met that kind of priest. Good folks, they understand that their job is mostly just to help people and that the religious part is window dressing to that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A good person can be a priest, but not all priests are good people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Well yeah, but part of the theoretical job is supposed to be doing good things for people