Now more than ever, both teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases are at the forefront of social awareness. Because of this, now, more than ever, people should be viewing the effects of alcohol not just in terms of driving, but in terms of risky sexual behaviors as well. One suc...

The media is just one of the factors responsible for the increase in teen sexuality. Throughout a humans adolescents years they are subject to a number of sexual pressures. Through research I have found that peers are among the most influential. An adolescent is not limited to peer ...

AIDS is said to be the plague of the twentieth century. After learning more about the virus in class I now agree with this statement. I have never personally known anyone who has been infected with AIDS. I am very grateful for this. It was not until my discussion class earlier this week that I reali...

Being a first year college student, every day I am becoming more aware of the college sex life. There is no doubt in my mind that this is an issue in most colleges. The main concerns are sexually transmitted diseases often acquired from unprotected sex. In April of 2003, a survey was done to acqu...

As I sat down one night to watch television, I continuously came across shows that had more sexual content in them then I wished to view. Female characters were having sex with several male partners, yet suffering no apparent consequences. In some instances joking and bragging about who they slep...

Unprotected sex, dirty needles, pills! Now that I have your attention, today I'll be talking to you about the causes and effects of how you can contract this deadly virus. But first, let me start by explaining what Aids/HIV really is and what it does to you once you have contracted the Aids virus. ...

Truth about sex In the beginning, people repressed sex because they were scared of the truth around it. The church, mainly, transformed the beautiful act of making love into a cultural taboo. Because of its repression, sex could never have been talked about in a objective, and truth...

The HIV/AIDS is an issue of a big concern around the world, but it becomes more complicated when it is observed among senior citizens. This problem is not speedily known, what causes the increase of percentage of people getting infected among that age group. In fact, this problem requires immediate ...

The Causes and Effects of Unsafe Sex Having unsafe sex with a partner is not only brainless; it can be deadly. There are many reasons teens choose to have unsafe sex, from peer pressure, to the passion of the moment, to the media, which often portrays sex as an act with no negative result...

Abstinence: To choose or not to choose? When one considers the subject of abstinence most of the focal points that are based around religion and they tell of how 'morally wrong' it is to have premarital sex as well as a major committing of sin. The word abstinence means to abstain or t...