Since the 1960’s, premarital sex has mushroomed throughout America, starting from a place where it was considered unorthodox by many to have sex out of wedlock. By society's standards today, marrying a virgin is quite unbelievable considering the fact that only about 3% of Americans wait to until marriage to have sex. It is well known that many teens in America are sexually active. Society’s moral standards when it comes to sex has lowered over the past years due to the increase of the amount of sex portrayed in the media. The actual act of sex seems less relevant, and the primary concern instead seems to be more about the effects sex has on people in general. Of course, adults and teens can both fall victim of STD’s and unexpected pregnancies;
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The birth control pill, or “the pill”, is an oral contraceptive prescribed as medication and taken once every day. The birth control pill was made legal in the 1970s and also made available to teenage girls. It was and still is used by numerous amounts of women starting at as early as age 15. This was the holy grail of the century, because there was a new way to prevent pregnancies. Although female contraception lowers teen pregnancy rates, teens under the age of 18 shouldn’t be having sex that often to where they need a stronger, more long term form of birth control. Young girls should be worrying about things other than if they remembered to take “the pill” every morning. Therefore, teenagers should not be able to use these forms of birth …show more content…
“It is recognizing that young people will have sex and we want them to be safe and protected with the most effective methods available” says the American Academy of Pediatrics. Giving young girls the access to birth control does not make them safer in any way. The unsafe part about these kids having sex is the fact that they aren’t always using condoms, and encouraging teens to use birth control still won't protect them from diseases that come in hand with sexual intercourse. Guttmacher administered a survey of 961 sexually active students. Almost half of the students (45%) were on the pill; 10% of those students used the pill solely as their only form of “protection”. Most explanations teens have for practicing unsafe sex is because of their use of birth control. The majority of teen girls who only use the pill say their reasoning for doing so is because they only have one sexual partner. Teenagers shouldn’t be relying on their significant other to keep them from contracting diseases. “Approximately 40% to 60% of late adolescents admit to having cheated on a dating partner at some point, depending on the definition of infidelity (Rebecca E. Furr).”, their is a higher possibility of contracting an STD because of this statistic. Youthful ages are when people start exploring their sexuality, and especially because people are having sex
The birth control pill, or “the pill”, is an oral contraceptive prescribed as medication and taken once every day. The birth control pill was made legal in the 1970s and also made available to teenage girls. It was and still is used by numerous amounts of women starting at as early as age 15. This was the holy grail of the century, because there was a new way to prevent pregnancies. Although female contraception lowers teen pregnancy rates, teens under the age of 18 shouldn’t be having sex that often to where they need a stronger, more long term form of birth control. Young girls should be worrying about things other than if they remembered to take “the pill” every morning. Therefore, teenagers should not be able to use these forms of birth …show more content…
“It is recognizing that young people will have sex and we want them to be safe and protected with the most effective methods available” says the American Academy of Pediatrics. Giving young girls the access to birth control does not make them safer in any way. The unsafe part about these kids having sex is the fact that they aren’t always using condoms, and encouraging teens to use birth control still won't protect them from diseases that come in hand with sexual intercourse. Guttmacher administered a survey of 961 sexually active students. Almost half of the students (45%) were on the pill; 10% of those students used the pill solely as their only form of “protection”. Most explanations teens have for practicing unsafe sex is because of their use of birth control. The majority of teen girls who only use the pill say their reasoning for doing so is because they only have one sexual partner. Teenagers shouldn’t be relying on their significant other to keep them from contracting diseases. “Approximately 40% to 60% of late adolescents admit to having cheated on a dating partner at some point, depending on the definition of infidelity (Rebecca E. Furr).”, their is a higher possibility of contracting an STD because of this statistic. Youthful ages are when people start exploring their sexuality, and especially because people are having sex