Teenage Sex
Teenage Sex: An Almost Unnoticeable ProblemTeenagers in the United States are experimenting with sexual activities more and more today than ever before, and the sad thing about this issue is that it is becoming common-place in our society, because it is not being frowned upon as it were just a couple of years ago. It is now a known fact that majority of high school aged boys and girls would have engaged in some sort of sexual activity by the time they graduate high school. "50% of girls and women aged 15 to 19 told the National Center for Health Statistics they had had sex, [...] 55% of single males ages 15 to 19 have had sex" (Maggie Gallagher). Also alarming, is the growing rate of children having sexual intercourse before they are of the age of thirteen. Stephanie Ann Sanders states "The problem of teenage pregnancy is considerably worse in the United States than in almost any other developed country. Studies show that birth rates for women under 20 are higher in the United States than in 29 other developed countries." (MICROSOFT ENCARTA ENCYCLOPEDIA 2000). Some sort of sexual connotation always surrounds teenagers, whether it is the television, radio, school, or even the Internet. The price teenagers are paying for being s
A change truly has to be implemented, or else history will not forgive this generation in which we are for turning a blind eye to one of the most important issues of our time. From home to school, in the malls, in the theaters, and almost everywhere else that teenagers mostly frequent, it will be seen that sex is always been advertised as the cool thing. On prime time TV, the occurrence of premarital and extramarital sex far outnumbers sex between spouses, with the rate soaring to 24:1 in soap operas [. By this, I don't mean banning everything and anything that is sexually inclined, or censorship for that will only serve to stir up a controversy. Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are gaining more and more publicity. Firstly, as regarding the issue of sex education been taught in our schools, it has been noted that just the teaching of the technical aspects of sex without telling the students about moral values, how to make the right decisions, and abstinence is not the right way to go about sex education. It appears to be something everyone is doing. The more common sexually transmitted diseases include AIDS, which is caused by the HIV virus, herpes, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis and genital warts. All sex education in schools has led to is simply showing teenagers how to have sex safely.
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