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Women’s Sex Lives Focus of State Survey

Florida wants frank answers about the sex lives of young women to help it better plan health programs. Some recipients, however, say the survey goes too far. We want to hear your thoughts Tampa Bay!

Would you want the state of Florida to know how many sexual partners you had in the last year? That’s just one of the intimate questions some 4,000 Florida women between the ages of 18 and 24 have been wrestling with, according to TBO.com. Here’s the why: The state Department of Health sent out an estimated 4,000 surveys to women asking them for insights into their sexual lives to help it gain a better handle on the need for services and how to target women who might need programming. Here’s the problem, according to TBO: The questions are too personal and some women are offended. (The surveys were sent out in September and October, but none were mailed in November because it was discovered that some were sent to girls under 18, but that’s…

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