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/^t/In Roman Catholic Poland, sex education has become an ideological battle ground. Many teachers, inluding priests, are still unwilling to challenge the taboo on the topic, being even skittish about using the very word "sex". Consequently, Polish teenagers are forced to act on their own and are very often in danger of suffering from their ignorance. Unlike Poland, the US authorities do not flinch from discussing sex. Prime time television programes, front page newspaper articles, and even high religious figures freely talk about this subject. Intense media coverage along with immense exposure to sex-related topics in sexual education classes has also proved to be extremely beneficial. As a result, an increasing number of American teenagers are using birth control or even abstaining from having sex.