by Connie Veneracion on September 6, 2003
There was this story once that a doctor in a remote rural area in the Philippines who demonstrated the use of a condom by inserting his finger in it was shocked when, months later, one of the husbands complained that despite the use of condoms his wife was pregnant again. When asked how exactly he [...]
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by Connie Veneracion on September 2, 2003
Two days ago, my kids brought home their test papers from the first quarter exams. I was happily browsing through them when I came upon a correction made by the teacher on my 11-year-old’s essay. My daughter wrote in her Home Economics essay:
During the first grading period, we learned how to take our bath properly. [...]
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