Teenage Love Essay

In 2011, there were 730, 322 abortions. Since then there has been a twelve percent decrease. Of all the pregnancies in the U.S., half of them are unintended. Four out of ten unplanned pregnancies end with abortions. Yearly, 1.7% of women between the ages of fifteen and forty abort. About half of those have had abortions before. The lowest percent of abortions are girls under the age of fifteen, with less than 1 percent. The highest percent are women between the ages of twenty and twenty-four.…

Abstaining From Common Sense: A Persuasive Essay on Why Abstinence Education Should Not Be Taught In Schools In the U.S. the states with the highest teen birth rates all either do not mandate sex education or stress abstinence-only education (Lowen). Almost all studies on teens health indicate that abstinence only programs should not be used in schools. According to Leslie Kantor’s article, “Abstinence-only Education Violating Students' Rights to Health Information,” the 1996 Welfare Reform bill…

In Meghan Daum's writing she catches the reader with many unique lines. Reading non-fiction has always been difficult for me, but when I picked this up I fell into it immediately. She pulled the reader in and keeps them there until the very end. Daum's line "We might as well be talking about putting a loaded gun to our heads every night and attempting to use our trigger finger to clean the wax from our ear." One would never guess she's talking about the white lies on safe sex. She reminds us in…

CHAPTER II: PROJECT LITERATURE REVIEW Research over the last couple of decades has revealed unevenness in birthdate distributions among elite youth soccer players. The findings suggest that when a child is born early in an age grouping, they has better chance of being selected to a high level team. Children who participate in sports are grouped according to their chronological age. The intention of this classifying policy is to ensure safety, support equal opportunity for involvement, and…

Ross, MD, 2017) A woman usually has two sex chromosomes (XX) however if you are born with Turners Syndrome that means one of these chromosomes is abnormal or missing. You may discover you have this condition; before birth, at birth or during the teenage years of your life. (Department of Health & Human Services, State Government of Victoria, Australia, 2014) Turner’s syndrome is diagnosed using many tests which include; amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, clinical history, physical…

In modern sex education abstinence is the core foundation of teaching for 25 states in the U.S.. According to the Guttmacher Institute, nineteen states teach the importance of sex only within marriage, while thirteen states stress the negative outcomes of teen sex (Week 2, Lesson B). These teachings restrict important knowledge of sexual health. For those individuals who do not wait until marriage, the lack of knowledge can have heavy repercussions. However, regardless if an individual practices…

Introduction: Why and When Qualitative Studies are Used Accurate, reliable research is often considered the gold standard of academia. Quantitative research, which uses statistics to answer its questions, is often thought of as being a far superior form of research when compared to its qualitative counterpart. Difficulty with evaluating the validity of qualitative research makes persons question its integrity. However, it would be absurd to overlook the value of this research. Qualitative…

Finally the “orgy-porgy” and the promotion of sex culture. “Orgy-Porgy” is a special type of social event found in this society. It is comprised of drinking a chemical cocktail, singing a chant, and engaging in group sex. The idea behind this is to promote soma consumption, increase good feelings, and ensure that everyone is participating in the sex culture. It’s also part of a bigger picture which is to assimilate every living being into one group, one mind. Group identity instead of…

Teens are considered “adults” at the ripe age of eighteen. They are often asked to make life changing decisions at this time in their life, such as moving out or marriage. Researchers often wonder if this age is too young to make reasonable choices. There has been numerous studies on a substance found in adolescents known as gray matter. Gray matter is the cause for this stupidity found in teenagers. According to The Teen Brain Still Under Construction,”...Volume of gray matter was the highest…

Men are just something else. The power they have over a women says a lot. I remember a time in which my dear friend had shared details upon her relationship which had me in shock. From her words, she did something in which she never would do because of the person she is. The time his happened was when we were young, still in middle school. Although she was afraid to engage in “real” sexual activities like sex as Peggy Orenstein would describe it. My friend did however have oral sex to keep her…