ADOLESCENTS MAKING SEXUAL CHOICES I was at a friend's house the other night with several friends and it was a somewhat unusual setting for me because there were a lot more girls than guys. Actually there were seven girls, I, and one other guy. Late in the night...

Focused Efforts Contribute to the Decline of Teenage Pregnancy Each year in the United States approximately 40 percent of all girls become pregnant before the age of 20 (Statistics, no date, par. 6). According to Family Planning Perspectives this percentage is equivalent to around one million tee...

SEX EDUCATION IN OUR CLASSROOM! INTRODUCTION Sex education, which is sometimes called sexuality education or sex and relationships education, is the process of acquiring information and forming attitudes and beliefs about sex, sexual identity, relationships and intimacy. It is also about de...

Sex is an activity that can bring moments of pleasure, but a lifetime of pain. The pressures to have sex in our society are everywhere. Unfortunately, the present generation of teenager's feel as if they are the most pressured to do things against their will. This is why teens should wait un...

Sexually transmitted diseases, teenage pregnancy, and marriage failure are problems in the United States. The finger pointing goes every which way. Everyone seems to have their own opinion on how to solve these problems. According to Mellissa Pardue & Robert Rector, our government is sending the ...

Just Say No The only way of dealing with the wonderful, mysterious and sometimes rather terrifying power of one's sexuality is simply to abstain from expressing it all. Abstinence is the only choice for teens; but they are getting a mixed message from the world. Ads, music, TV, and movies...

When Americans ask if pre-marital sex is socially acceptable, especially within a democratic society, the answer lies with what the majority believe. A large portion of the society would have very few qualms about an unmarried couple having sex, so long as that large portion of society was comfort...

When Americans ask if pre-marital sex is socially acceptable, especially within a democratic society, the answer lies with what the majority believe. A large portion of the society would have very few qualms about an unmarried couple having sex, so long as that large portion of society was comforta...

Abortion is a controversial subject that has been continually argued over for the last 30 years. The main question is whether or not abortion should be legal? Abortion is the destruction of the fetus or unborn child while the child is still in the mother's womb. There are two sides to this ab...

Can Anyone Else Do? Young teenagers in today's day in age are taking on the great responsibility as parents. As foolish as it may sound, it is very true. Statistics show that there are 47 pregnancies for every 1000 teenagers between the ages of 15-19. Teenagers are not realizing the risk t...

The good news is that the teen pregnancy rate in the U.S. is the lowest it's been since the early '70s, primarily due to teens' increased and improved use of birth control. The bad news is that one million U.S. teens still get pregnant each year, and 78 percent of those pregnancies are unintended...

Teenage Sex: An Almost Unnoticeable Problem Teenagers 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 cou...

The Effects of Teenage Pregnancy The high level of teenage births continues to create numerous problems for social services, parents and the public at large. At the beginning of a new century, reducing teenage childbearing remains a challenge to social scientists, service providers and public off...

Abortion: Whose Choice is it? Abortion is the ending of pregnancy before birth and is morally wrong. An abortion results in the death of an embryo or a fetus. Abortion destroys the lives of helpless, innocent children and it is illegal in many countries. By aborting these unborn infants, huma...

Contraception - Position Paper 1 Contraception is a means of controlling pregnancy by either physical barriers or hormonal changes. In the special case of condoms, contraceptives are also used to decrease the chances of spreading sexually transmitted diseases. Neither case (preventing pregnanc...

Teenage Pregnancy Today, teenagers experience sexuality and respond to what their feelings are in often an irresponsible way. In their hearts and minds they often times feel that they're in love, when it is usually infatuation. Young men and women are struggling with the many different ur...

Sex over the age of 65. Should people this old be having sex? I mean, come on, they're old. Im sure that many young people around my age, both younger and old feel the same way about this strange topic. Who really wants to think about their grandparents having sex? Then again it had to have...

Should Condoms be distributed in High Schools? "More than half of American teenagers have had sexual intercourse and face significant health risks. Each year, over one million teenagers become pregnant, one in seven teenagers contract and STD, and one in five hundred students in college ca...

The Bird and The Bees do it, Why not Teach It? President Bush, Everyday a horrifying amount of teenagers become pregnant in just the state of Arizona. Arizona is only one of the many states that take funding from the government to use towards abstinence only sexual education. Less than five yea...

Does Sex Education Work? Abstract Regardless of sex education programs in schools adolescents are becoming sexually active at an earlier age, and teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases have become a widespread problem. Some experts question the effectiveness of sexual education while ot...

1 in 5 Americans between the ages of 15 and 55 are currently infected with one or more sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). 12 million Americans are newly infected each year. Is this a result of ignorance or is it because they weren't provided with the right information to protect themselves? A...

Condom distribution in Public Schools During our panel discussion on should condoms be distributed in public schools, I took the position of supporting the distribution. It is not that I agree with young teenagers having sex but the statistics show that 70 percent of all students are having sex...

Statutory Rape What is happening to the relationships we once thought were all OK? What are these relationships that are so appalling, that it's illegal? It is known as Statutory Rape. It is considered to be a relationship with a boy or girl that is under the age of 18, who are wrongful...

Do you consider something with a beating heart a living creature? A baby's heart forms and starts beating in the fifth week of pregnancy, therefore, that would make abortion murder. The baby that is growing inside of you is depending on you, so when you make the choice to end that life, you are mak...

Of course, different human beings have different values to each of us as individuals: my mother means more to me than she does to you. But the right to life of all human beings is undeniable. I do not think this is negotiable. It is easy to be concerned with the welfare of those we know and love, wh...