The issue of birth control being taught and/or distributed in public schools is one worth debating. In biology and health classes students are educated in reproduction and sexuality, but not about birth control methods such as condoms and birth control pills. While parents may touch briefly on the t...

Many theories and much research has been conducted on contraception in general, and more recently on condoms in particular, as a result of the AIDS epidemic (Lear, 1995). Condom usage and AIDS education are essential tools for reducing the impact of the disease, yet fewer than one third of sexuall...

Issues/Strengths/ChallengesWhat does it mean to be gay?"I never had any real attraction towards women, but I really knew that I was gay when puberty began. I felt an attraction toward the other boys and I was curious to find out what they were like." P.J. Smith (Personal communication, November 23, ...

Gonorrhea is a common infection of the genitourinary tract (specifically the urethra and cervix) caused by the bacteria, Nisseria gonorrhoeae. About 1 million new infections are reported each year in the United States. Young men aged 20 - 24 have the highest rate followed by those 15 to 19 ye...

While walking down the steps at my high school, I began to wonder what exactly we were going to see at the assembly. After the entire school was seated in the gym, only then did we all realize that we were there for sex education. The presentation began, equipped with skits, facts, questions from ...

As we grew up, it seems as though the natural instinct was to rebel against our parents. Authority, what teenager wants that? The more we were told to do something, the more we didn't want to. As so when we were told we couldn't have something, didn't the desire double? I believe this theory is appl...

Significant Social Issues Teens FaceWhen a person thinks of a drug abuser one usually pictures a person that looks like they had just jumped out of a garbage bin. What most people do not realize is that most drug users are the people who have steady jobs and are professionals such as doctors, lawyer...

March 25 - Marie started her period today!! I can't believe it, she is only nine. This cannot be natural. I have always noticed that her body developed faster than most of her friends but I never thought this would happen. She is very confused. At nine she is just starting to brush her hair wit...

Paedophilia has risen to epidemic proportions in Australia. Although there is no hard empirical evidence, the enormous surge of recent attention on the abuse of children by priests suggests that there is an even bigger endemic in the Australian church. The psychological damage to victims of child se...

Pornography & EthicsHum 437- Ethics Pornography is a social problem and is a commodity brought into existence by certain characteristics of a highly developed civilization. The problem with pornography is that any form of censorship or suppression cannot solve it. These aggressive methods would me...

In Kate Chopin's novel, The Awakening, the drastic change in character and morals that Edna Pontellier goes through is dramatized by the contrast and connections made between her and her best friend Adele Ratignolle. While Edna evolves into a character that becomes more engrossed with freedom of sp...

USE FOR REFERENCE OR GUIDANCE ONLY!!!Sexual Harassment and how it relates psychoanalytical and conflict theories The issue of sexual harassment has been prevalent throughout this country from the office of the President of the United States, throughout military services and among educational institu...

Focused Efforts Contribute to the Decline of Teenage PregnancyEach 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 teenag...