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How a German Elementary School Taught Sex Ed [Graphic] - Lindsay Abrams - The Atlantic
▻http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/04/how-a-german-elementary-school-taught-sex-ed-graphic/275344

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Actual studies have proven that six-year-olds’ imaginations can be just as graphic as the images in Wo kommst du her?, only less anatomically accurate:

http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/food/wajs_a_650970_o_f0002g.jpg

That’s from a 2012 study that asked children in the U.S., the Netherlands, England, and Sweden to draw pictures explaining where babies come from. The Dutch boy who drew the above picture did better than most — American kids got nowhere near as close to understanding what was going on, and invariably invoked God in their explanations. One U.S. boy said, “I think [babies] are made by a mom and a dad, but I am not sure how; maybe during special time when they are alone.”

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Study: Domestic Violence Increases After Major Sporting Events - Lindsay Abrams - The Atlantic
►http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/10/study-domestic-violence-increases-after-major-sporting-events/263570

When England lost 4-1 to Germany, its “heaviest defeat at the World Cup finals,” domestic violence rose by 31.5 percent. But a few days earlier, when hope for the championship was still alive and England defeated Slovenia, domestic violence also rose, by a similar 27.7 percent.

Interestingly, when England tied Slovenia, incidences of violence only increased by 0.1 percent, and when its match against the U.S. ended in a draw, the domestic violence rate actually dropped by 1.9 percent.

[...] “It is not that football tournaments cause the violence, but rather that the excitement, disappointment and flow of adrenalin resulting from watching a national team play may exacerbate existing tensions within a relationship and result in lost tempers and violence or abuse.” And naturally, “Such behaviour may be made worse or more likely when alcohol has been consumed.”

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