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Our campuses are steeped in political correctness—that's hardly news to anyone. But no one realizes that radical social agendas have also taken over campus health and counseling centers, with dire consequences.

Psychiatrist Miriam Grossman knows this better than anyone. She has treated more than 2,000 students at one of America's most prestigious universities, and she's seen how the anything- goes, women-are-just-like-men, "safer-sex" agenda is actually making our sons and daughters sick.

Dr. Grossman takes issue with the experts who suggest that students problems can be solved with free condoms and Zoloft. What campus counselors and health providers must do, she argues, is tell uncomfortable, politically incorrect truths, especially to young patients in their most vulnerable and confused moments. Instead of platitudes and misinformation, it's time to offer them real protection.

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?This (book) is an absolute must. . . . If you have any kids whatsoever, you have to read this book.?
?Dr. Laura Schlessinger

?Vivid and urgent.?
?Danielle Crittenden, "The Wall Street Journal"

?"Unprotected" is a hard slap at the sexual free-for-all that prevails on American campuses and throughout American life.... It's sad that this book is so necessary, but all the more welcome for that. Buy it for yourself, for your sons, but especially for your daughters.?
?Mona Charen, syndicated columnist

?Finally, someone with authority dares to speak out . . . a bold and important book.?
?Jennifer Roback Morse, syndicated columnist

aThis (book) is an absolute must. . . . If you have any kids whatsoever, you have to read this book.a
aDr. Laura Schlessinger
aVivid and urgent.a
aDanielle Crittenden, "The Wall Street Journal"
a"Unprotected" is a hard slap at the sexual free-for-all that prevails on American campuses and throughout American life.... Itas sad that this book is so necessary, but all the more welcome for that. Buy it for yourself, for your sons, but especially for your daughters.a
aMona Charen, syndicated columnist
aFinally, someone with authority dares to speak out . . . a bold and important book.a
aJennifer Roback Morse, syndicated columnist

This (book) is an absolute must. . . . If you have any kids whatsoever, you have to read this book.
Dr. Laura Schlessinger
Vivid and urgent.
Danielle Crittenden, "The Wall Street Journal"
"Unprotected" is a hard slap at the sexual free-for-all that prevails on American campuses and throughout American life.... Its sad that this book is so necessary, but all the more welcome for that. Buy it for yourself, for your sons, but especially for your daughters.
Mona Charen, syndicated columnist
Finally, someone with authority dares to speak out . . . a bold and important book.
Jennifer Roback Morse, syndicated columnist

About the Author

Miriam Grossman is a medical doctor trained in pediatrics and in the areas of child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry. She is also the author of You’re Teaching My Child What?: A Physician Exposes the Lies of Sex Ed, and How They Harm Your Child and Unprotected: A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sentinel; Reprint edition (Aug. 28 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1595230459
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1595230454
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 187 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.13 x 1.45 x 20.19 cm

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A must read for parents as well as youth. ...

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A must read for parents as well as youth. A much needed book for current times where anything goes attitudes are causing a havoc on the health of our youth.

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I'm so sad that Amazon has had this on backorder for so long! The information in this book by a campus psychiatrist is very important for everyone to read, especially those of us who work with university students.

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I so appreciate what this author had to say. I admire her courage to speak up about these things in today's current PC environment!

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Written by a psychiatrist, it exposes the incredible destruction and pain of lifestyles of multiple sex partners, abortion, anything goes. Somebody is finely brave enough to tell it like it is.

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Unprotected, by Miriam Grossman (page numbers refer to paperback version)

Women, in particular, young women, are not told enough about specific risks unique to women related to casual sex. Conversely, there is too much misleading information provided on certain topics, which can cause much unnecessary anxiety.

1. friend with benefits. females experience more depression than males in response to romantic involvement; females' greater vulnerability to romantic involvement may explain the greater risk of depression in female teens (4); to acknowledge the negative consequences would challenge the notion that "women are just like men"; no lack of information is provided about the importance of a healthy diet, exercise, sleep, not smoking, etc.. but nothing that indicates that casual sex may be hazardous to a woman's mental health; the biochemistry of bonding; neuroscientists have discovered that specific brain cells are involved in attachment; oxytocin is hormone that is involved with maternal attachment; is released during sexual activity; (7) in addition to promoting bonding, oxytocin increases trust; likened by one scientist to a `love potion.' So why haven't women been told about oxytocin? "I submit that the notion of being designed to bond is to some an unwelcome feeling. It implies that sexual activity, especially in women, might be more complex than, say, working out." (8) Women more vulnerable than men? You can't get much more politically incorrect than that. (9)

2. HPV (human papilloma virus); media is not honest - does not truly explain the risks; this is much more common and serious than we are told; women (young women even more) are more vulnerable to STDs than are men; part of the cervix called the "transformation zone" in which the cells are more vulnerable to bacteria and viruses, and that, with age, the transformation zone shrinks (17); being on the pill may enlarge the transformation zone; in the opinion of the author, the doctrine of sex without consequences and the notion that women are just like men have made their way into the field of women's health, to the detriment of the physical and mental health of women (18). Young women are more easily infected than young men; they need to be given all the information. Delaying sex, even for 1 or 2 years, is a proactive way of taking care of your health.

3. religious faith. students who are highly involved in religion report better mental health (34); easier to get birth control than a medication to help conceive; workshops to sensitize counselors to unique issues of transgenders; with all the training for learning tolerance, diversity, multiculturalism, where is the training sensitizing staff to beliefs and practices of persons of faith? (38); staff not sympathetic to students who believe that abortion and homosexuality are forbidden, or whose beliefs encourage procreation; salutary relationship between religious involvement and health status... old, middle-aged, young, men, women, in US, Europe, Africa, 1930s - 1990s, Protestants, Catholics, Jes, Muslims, Buddhist, Paris and Zulus (42); Has your internist ever mentioned that optimists have stronger immune systems, or that churchgoers live longer? Has your family therapist ever told you that religion protects against adolescent drug and alcohol use, early sexual activity and suicide? (43). In mainstream clinical psychology, religion is taboo. Theophobia. In the array of questions asked in initial interviews, one is not asked if you believe in God, or for what do you pray, or what gives your life meaning? (46). neurologically, we may be designed to search for meaning (48). Author suggests that counselors inquire about a client's beliefs, and if appropriate, inform the client about the health-promoting effects of regular practice - otherwise a powerful inner resource remains untapped (50). Along with an rx for medication, counselors should consider a referral to a priest or rabbi with expertise in working with young adults.

4. HIV. Homosexual doesn't practice safer sex. Author was that at-risk patient's first physician to discuss the topic of limiting his contacts and using protection. Physicians' hands are tied (unlike with patients who are severely mentally disturbed, or have hepatitis, tuberculosis, or are abused). Messages about getting tested are not strong enough. Code permits but does not require notification of exposed contacts - and the notification process does not identify the HIV-infected person. We in the developed world have managed to bring under control cholera, polio, syphilis without expensive programs promoting cultural sensitivity (57). Why does a university allow students to publish material that promotes high-risk behavior, while adopting a touchy-feely approach to testing - calling it a `personal decision'? (58) Do they have the same concerns for a student who finds a lump - do the biopsy only if you are emotionally strong enough to handle it? Why is legislation focused on protecting the rights of the infected at the expense of the uninfected? (58) Difference between what a doctor is allowed/required to do with a patient at risk for AIDS and one at risk for tuberculosis.

5. female patient who is afraid that she may have HIV because husband was unfaithful. the risk to a female, involving only heterosexual contact (no homosexual, no IV or needle use in background of her or her partner) between healthy people has been vastly overstated. Research has indicated that HIV is unable to reach target cells in the human vagina under normal circumstances (69). Sensationalized and unbalanced reporting has women believing that their risk of getting AIDS is much higher than it really is. This was done because most of America did not see AIDS as their problem. The 1987 "Anyone can get it" campaign: A political campaign with misleading ads was developed to bombard America with the idea of AIDS as an equal-opportunity virus. This proposal "supports the preposterous notion that male and female are the same, and their unions [sexual interactions with others] equivalent. It's a social agenda - don't believe it. Consider instead our anatomy, histology, and immunology." (77)

6. abortion. the company line is that abortions are safe, that psychological problems afterward are rare, and that most women feel relieved (79). Health care professionals are given information and tools to counsel post-hurricane victims; anticipated psychological fallout from disasters. post-traumatic stress disorder, stress reactions (shock, anxiety, irritability, insomnia), but no such preparation is provided for women getting abortions; Author suggests that such information is not given because it's not politically correct. "Campus counseling doesn't want to take the risk of suggesting that abortion can be traumatic - that's a word reserved for victims of rape, abuse, harassment or natural disasters." (90)

7. Chlamydia, is an STD that puts a woman at risk for some problems when she decides to start a family. In up to 80% of infected women, Chlamydia produces no pain, fever or discharge (110), yet can have scarred her fallopian tubes. Risk factors for Chlamydia infection: intercourse at an early age, many partners, and possibly use of oral contraceptives. Intercourse at an early age is dangerous because the immature cervix has a larger transformation zone with cells that are more susceptible to infection. Men are not screened unless they have symptoms, so there is a "huge pool of infected men" (111). At time of a pregnancy the body sees the chlamydial hsp as the embryo's hsp, and the resulting autoimmune mechanism causes early pregnancy loss and decreased in vitro fertilization success. Today's college students are not warned. They are not told that antibiotics might be more successful if extended to one week, instead of the current recommendation of one day (112). Not enough screening done. The test is expensive. College women are educated about healthy diet, including eating to avoid later osteoporosis, but not about future fertility problems caused by actions today. (115) Author's question for student health professionals: Where's the pamphlet on how to keep your reproductive system buffed? (115)

8. Women may not be able to have it all. Don't wait too late. Young women are not told that it may be much more difficult to have a child at an older age than they believed. At 38, her chance of conceiving each month (compared to age 30) decreased by 75%. Much more risky, more expensive. The emotional costs of infertility. Media coverage of celebrity pregnancies of older women perpetuates a dangerous myth (124).

* men are, for biochemical reasons, less emotionally vulnerable than women about casual sex
* women, particularly young women, are especially at risk for HPV (scarred fallopian tubes and Chlamydia (autoimmune problems with later pregnancies), and are not being adequately warned
* young women need to be given correct information in order to proactively take care of their future reproductive health
* to work toward eradicating HIV/AIDS, need to not be so politically correct
* a strong religious faith and practice can help one's mental health
* women considering abortions need to be informed of possible emotional trauma
* scare tactics have been used by media to overestimate the risks to women of catching HIV

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Every parent should get their kids to read this.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 31, 2023

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Excellent book, should be on the national curriculum for schools imo.
Dr. Grossman tells it like it is.
Give this book to your kids - especially if they’re going to Uni.

Melissa

All parents must read

Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2023

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Shocking as I read through this highly informative, fact filled proof of the harm our children are subject to in our currant society. We need to get educated, informed and empowered to fight for our children and this nation.

Tim Challies

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Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2007

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I have a particular interest in books, written from a secular perspective, that say the same things Christians have been saying for years. I enjoy finding these little pears of wisdom, these little bits of common grace, that I can only hope will lead people to see and understand the the Bible truly does present the way humans can live best. One of these books is Unprotected, a book dealing with the problems inherent in campus counseling.

In this book, according to the subtitle, "A campus psychiatrist reveals how political correctness in her profession endangers every student." Because she fears the consequences of her stance, the author has chosen to remain anonymous and is known only as Anonymous, M.D.. She claims that her profession has been overrun to the point that she can no longer do what she feels is best for her patients. She contends that a radical social ideology is to blame for this. "I once assumed campus medicine and psychology had one priority: student well-being. I'm no longer so naive. Radical politics pervades my profession, and common sense has vanished." In place of common sense is this ideology, this political correctness, which seeks to "destabilize a truth of science and civilization: that the sexes are deeply and essentially different." In the author's view, turning a therapy session into an instrument of this agenda corrupts the profession.

In this book she argues as a scientist, not as an adherent to any religion. She argues that, as a doctor, she is responsible for her patient's total care and should not be forced to stop at anything less.

Through eight chapters, the author attacks eight aspects of the ideology. This doctor has seen how our culture's attitude toward gender and sexuality is reaping havoc with college students. "Why are students inundated with information about contraception, a healthy diet, sleep hygiene, coping with stress and pressure--but not a word about the havoc that casual sex plays on a young woman's emotions?" The reason is simple: "To acknowledge the negative consequences of the anything-goes, hooking-up culture would challenge the notion that women are just like men, and undermine the premise of 'safer sex.' And in our ultra-secular campuses, no belief comes so close as these to being sacred." Ideology in this profession is destroying the very lives it is sworn to protect.

She moves on to discuss the shortcomings of "safer sex." The discipline of reproductive health, she says, has been permeated by an ideology promoting experimentation and permissiveness. Instead of aiming to prevent disease, the goal is now to reduce risk (hence "safer sex" rather than the less subjective "safe sex"). Women are encouraged to reduce their risk, but still countless numbers end up carrying diseases that may well last a lifetime.

The author also discusses religion, though she does so in a generic way and from a secular perspective. She believes that religion is good for physical and mental health and thus promotes religion--any religion. Of course her profession scoffs at religion (and especially Christian beliefs). Further topics include sexually transmitted diseases, the distortions inherent in what people are taught about AIDS (primarily that it is an equal opportunity disease that is as likely to strike heterosexual women as homosexual men), the idea that abortion has no negative consequences, either physically or emotionally, and the false assumption that women can become pregnant as easily in their forties as they can while they are younger.

The conclusion? "We must recognize," says the author, "that campus counseling (in fact, all of mental health) as it now stands has been hijacked by repressive, radical ideologies. Open discussion is suppressed. Those who dissent are intimidated and silenced. Ideological diversity is nonexistent."

I appreciated that this author is willing to acknowledge the great responsibility that comes with her job. The things she says, the choices she makes, may have a lifelong impact on her patients. And yet I was saddened to see that, despite her open-mindedness in some areas, she still has so little to offer in others. She still cannot point people to the place where they can find ultimate healing and where they can find an ideology that is consistent and logical and grounded in objective truth. Still, I am glad that she, and few others like her, are seeking to provide guidance and counseling that goes against the grain, that goes against the evil ideology so prevalent in her profession and in our culture. This is an interesting book, and one that provides a sobering glimpse into the mental health profession. I'd recommend it for those with an interest in the subject matter.

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This book was originally published anonymously because the author feared she would be committing professional suicide if her fellow campus psychiatrists knew she wrote it. I have since heard her speak on talk radio, and although her name escapes me, she is a very strong voice of protest against the anti-religious, hedonistic atmosphere at most college health and counseling centers. She talks about the theophobia of the vast majority of counseling personnel on our campuses today, whether they are medical doctors (psychiatrists), or PhD. or MS. psychologists and social workers.They refuse to even inquire of their huge numbers of depressed and anxious students whether they are interested in faith, God, religion, spirituality, etc. Yet studies have shown that a majority of students ARE seeking answers to loftier questions than what birth control method to use and whether second-hand smoke might kill them. Studies have also shown a definite, undeniable positive impact on students when they embrace and practice a religion. The neglect of this important topic when counseling students is both shameful and stupid. The author has given parents of college students an eye-opening view of the values that most institutions of "higher" learning are actively promoting--physical health, sex, amorality, denial of the differences between men and women, self-absorption, and much more that most parents will find revolting, and the values they take great care NOT to promote--religion, faith, God, self-respect, moral responsibility, consideration and respect for others, etc. The author also points out that what is being pushed on campus regarding health can still be helpful, but leaving out any mention of faith and whether or not a student needs or wants it makes no sense.

Whether or not parents are interested in having their children practice a religion or at least consider his or her spiritual life and well-being, the statistics on and attitudes toward the epidemic of STDs on campus should give them pause. Twenty-five STDs are available for contracting these days. Does anyone (other than campus counseling center geniuses) think there is no connection between the current approach to sex, as well as alcohol and other issues, and the number of STDs students acquire? And does the behavior that causes them to acquire such lovely afflictions as genital warts and chlamydia also contribute to the depression and anxiety that are ALSO epidemic? The author will, I suspect, convince the reader that it does. She quotes a pamphlet from once school which more or less states that "everyone gets STDs," inferring it is essentially a rite of passage. Untrue, and definitely leaving out the gory details of these awful, and often incurable, diseases.

The reader will also find interesting the studies showing there are actual neurological functions which seem to lead the brain to search for meaning and spiritual fulfillment. The author makes a convincing and very readable case for a sea change in the methods and madness of the current trend in campus counseling.

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