04-13-2013, 02:55 PM
I remember her from Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.
I think the funding for her speaking engagements comes from federal grants to organizations, churches, clubs, etc... that promote abstinence. Stenzel was amongst the first and is the most extreme, shame-based, and completely inaccurate of the lot of abstinence-only advocates (that I've read about/watched) and probably making a nice little fortune in the process.
Her spiel reminds me of Scared Straight. She tells teens that every sexual encounter outside of one exclusive partner leads to STDs, pregnancy, terrible punishment... Female contraception leads to infertility and death. On and on with inaccurate scare tactics.
Anyway, I don't know if it's true, but she claims that she is the product of the rape of a 15 year old girl who then lovingly gave her up for adoption. Do know for a fact that she was an anti-abortion "pregnancy crisis counselor" for years and she's a graduate of Jerry Falwell's Liberty University (shocking, I know).
Both the teachers and high school students in my family would laugh her off the stage (abstinence is a valid choice, but her stats/claims are moronic), though I suspect most of her engagements are in fundamentalist communities and private religious schools anyway.
I think the funding for her speaking engagements comes from federal grants to organizations, churches, clubs, etc... that promote abstinence. Stenzel was amongst the first and is the most extreme, shame-based, and completely inaccurate of the lot of abstinence-only advocates (that I've read about/watched) and probably making a nice little fortune in the process.
Her spiel reminds me of Scared Straight. She tells teens that every sexual encounter outside of one exclusive partner leads to STDs, pregnancy, terrible punishment... Female contraception leads to infertility and death. On and on with inaccurate scare tactics.
Anyway, I don't know if it's true, but she claims that she is the product of the rape of a 15 year old girl who then lovingly gave her up for adoption. Do know for a fact that she was an anti-abortion "pregnancy crisis counselor" for years and she's a graduate of Jerry Falwell's Liberty University (shocking, I know).
Both the teachers and high school students in my family would laugh her off the stage (abstinence is a valid choice, but her stats/claims are moronic), though I suspect most of her engagements are in fundamentalist communities and private religious schools anyway.