e pregnancy. Some dream
             about having a baby to love, yet completely overlook the responsibility that a baby imposes on
             them. The long-term consequences of a teenage pregnancy are almost all negative, and include
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             lower educational achievement, medical complications, higher subsequent fertility, low labor force
             participation, and marital failure. There is no assurance that parents of pregnant teenagers will be
             able to support them. Aid must come from other sources. Teenage parents are at excellent risk of
             becoming dependent upon public assistance. The younger the mother, the greater the probability.
             Young women are less likely now than in the past to resolve a premarital pregnancy by marrying.
             While percentages vary, the number of teenage fathers who marry or live with the girl who bore
             his child are low. At the same time, the divorce rates were higher. Boys are less likely to worry
             about pregnancy since they don't get pregnant, and are often excluded from the resolution of a
             problem pregnancy. Moreover, boys often view sexual activity as a right of passage into
             I believe that many adolescent girls are victims of a society that encourages premature
             sexuality. Mass media depicts female images as sexy bodies open for the taking. As girls begin to
             mature into young adults these images of women are burned into their minds. Their bodies are no
             longer safe houses in which they can feel themselves. A girl's body becomes an object desired for
             it's attractiveness. Many girls become obsessed with fitting the media's definition of how a women
             should look and what is sexy, and in the meantime, they lose their self-esteem trying to attain an
             unattainable goal. The media often depicts women as helpless, beautiful, sexy, and, above all,
             THIN. Thi...