In the book entitled Human Sexuality in a World of Diversity written by Rathus S. (1997) says that today’s generation, many person especially teens, engage themselves in premarital intercourse without knowing the consequences that can happen to their lives. The book also pointed out some reasons or motives on why those person engage in coitus. The first one is, early hormonal changes which means that he/she may begin dating earlier and can increase the likelihood of progressing toward sexual intercourse
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What Are The Causes of Unwanted Pregnancy In Teens? Imagine someone telling you that you don't matter and you don't have the right to exist, well 1 out of 4 babies conceived are aborted in the United States. Teenage Pregnancy has become an epidemic in which 1 million pregnancies are reported each year and 35% have an abortion. It troubled me to see these numbers and I began to inquiry what are the causes of Unwanted Pregnancy? According to National Abortion Federation (www.prochoice.org) many of
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Unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases have become a large problem in the past few decades for the United States. I decided to do research on this topic because I have realized over the past few years how crucial it is to have a comprehensive sex education that teaches adolescents the dangers of sexual intercourse, how to prevent pregnancy, and promotes sexual health and well-being. Due to the high volumes of sexual content teenagers watch each day, a comprehensive sex education
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Teens and the outcome based on the laws on minors and abortion If you had a teenage daughter, how would you feel if she came home and said she was pregnant? Many teens fear to bring home a bad report card, getting in trouble at school, or even bringing home the boyfriend. Although, these are reasonable fears, the fear of telling your parents you’re pregnant at 13 is greater. Often the answer to teenage pregnancy is abortion, or illegal abortion. In many states, abortion is difficult to receive
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pregnant? First off, the woman was probably unprepared for a pregnancy let alone a rape attack! The baby’s life wouldn’t be the same without a father, especially not knowing who the father is, I agree that it is not the baby’s fault it got conceived in a terrible way, but the lifestyle the baby and the mother will live after the baby is born will be unhealthy and very unstable. Another example is if a young woman in her teen years has had an unplanned baby. The young woman has her education to think about
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The Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Disease It’s no secret that sex is often associated with college social life and is exploited daily in various ways in the world around us. Despite this, one of the most serious situations that most students try to ignore and brush off is the risk of obtaining and spreading Sexually Transmitted Diseases and/or Sexually Transmitted Infections (STDs & STIs). Preventing the spread of STDs in college can be accomplished as early as high school in a multitude of
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programming consisting of 16 & Pregnant, Jersey Shore, Basketball Wives and Love & Hip Hop Atlanta. Upon watching these shows, young girls develop a sense of understanding the acceptance of popularity, unhealthy relationships, and are exposed to pregnancy, STD’s, a lack of self-worth, and low body image. In Media Influence on Teenage Sexuality Is Exaggerated, “It is widely assumed that adolescents' exposure to sexual content in the mass media influences their
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legal: a women’s freedom of her body, rape instances, and birth control failures are some of them. Pregnancies do occur even when women are taking precautions to ensure there are no mistakes. Using a birth control method is normal for a majority of women. There are IUD’s, pills, condoms, spermicides, diaphragm, cervical caps, and withdrawal. “The fact is that an overwhelming 53% of unplanned pregnancies occur in women who are using contraceptives” (Cornforth, 2009). Using IUD’s can have a two to four
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Teen pregnancy has become an issue to teen society today. Teen pregnancy has been rising throughout the years, it hit an all time high in the nineties. In nineteen ninety-one one third of young women in the United States were pregnant as teenagers, eighty percent of these pregnancies were unintentional. The decline in teen pregnancy is said to be because of more effective birth control. (Womanshealthchannel.com teen pregnancy overview, consequences of teenage pregnancy) Teenage mothers have a
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