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call herself free who does not own and control her body ” (Margaret Sanger). In society birth control can be seen as a positive or negative connotation. For instance people who are religious have different views on whether a woman should take birth control due to their spirituality. The use of birth control should not be determined by religious or moral opinions or even men, but by the woman who is seeking it. Birth control is not immoral. It is the woman 's right to choose whether to endure…

Parents who communicate with their children tend to have a more open relationship with their child. Many teenagers wish their parents would have talked to them about sex before making the decision to lose virginity. Researchers have found kids who have been educated about sex from their parents have had healthier relationships than kids who were not. Also, researchers have found that kids feel like they are more self-assured. In the article, "Talking to your kids about sex" it stated, "Parents…

how they are portrayed. However, a film that played a pivotal role in creating the negative racial stigma associated with blacks throughout American culture is the film The Birth of a Nation. Birth of a Nation paved the way for racial stereotypes of Africans Americans to transcendent time throughout motion pictures. The film Birth of a Nation (1915) was adapted from Thomas Dixon’s novel The Clansman. “Dixon was a minister and lecturer and wrote The Clansman to offer what he felt was an accurate…

The story of Frankenstein sets an interesting plot where a scientist brings life out of the non living and creates a monster that brings death and fear into the lives of many. Although it may seem far fetched, the evil creation shares many similar personality traits with the ambitious scientist that created him. Victor, the intelligent scientist that was able to create life, and the Creature developed many similarities such as taking on God like roles, their loneliness and the absence of loved…

Consequences of Teens Poor Decisions A person must be accountable for his or her actions. She was only sixteen, with huge dreams- too young to become a mom, she would think. Yet she had relations without protection, and she could see those dreams she had disappearing. Really scared, she went to the basement of her school, “Abraham Lincoln High School’’ in Brooklyn, where the nurses office was at. First the nurse checked her pressure and weight. Then she send the information to a doctor to make…

Love, Allies, and The Devil As a younger sister, which I get no choice in the matter, I have realized that I am only one thing to my older sisters, that is a servant. While life proceeds on, I am crushed by the fact that not one of my sister cares when I suddenly realize, moms pregnant. I will no longer be blamed for stealing cookies or cutting all the barbies hair off. I shall seek revenge. As a seventeen year old with three sisters, I have learned to work around certain personalities of each…

What is puberty may you ask? Puberty is a period of time when individuals reach sexual maturity, and then become capable to reproducing. This time of change in your life is something everyone goes through. During these times of hormonal and bodily change, girls begin to ponder sex, love, marriage, and maybe even children. Some even begin to feel like a totally different person, in a totally different body. Many girls become more self-conscious during this time in their lives, while others get…

be abortion. By offering free birth control and better educate not just women, but men on sex then we can decrease the amount of unintended pregnancies which could cause the abortion rate to lower. A nationwide program that educates young people of all races and sexualities how to practice safe sex is a better solution than a health class that has a curriculum that varies state to state and only teaches abstinence rather than practicing safe sex or simply offering birth control. Education in…

Birth control is to prevent pregnancy for women who are sexually active. The most infamously known birth control is the pill that women takes orally. Another birth control that is not commonly talked about in health clinics and among women is the IUD’s. Though the IUD is proven to be as effective as the pills, not all women and doctors are not being educated about this birth control. IDUs have different forms depending on what the woman need. The IUD is 99 percent effective according to…

organization would be pro-contraceptives in school because of its overall goal to cut down on teen pregnancies and ultimately improve “serious social problems including poverty (especially child poverty), child abuse and neglect, father-absence, low birth weight, school failure, and poor preparation for the workforce. (The National Campaign, n.d.)”Much like the advocacy groups, public health officials seem in favor of allowing young people more access to contraceptives. The Center for Disease…