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Sex, or the lack there of, will always be a topic among teens. Teens date,
and teens have relationships. Most of these relationships will inevitably come
to a point where one must chose whether to seize the moment and have sex with
their partner, or they will set standards ahead of time saying they will not
have sex until marriage. Every teen is either on one side of the fence or the
other; they either will have premarital sex, or they will abstain.
These two stances shed light on why sex is out of control today, what the
world thinks about sex, and what religion says about sexual immorality. The
facts are evident: teens have sex. It seems almost impossible to calculate the
number of teens who are actually having premarital sex, because, of course, they
don't wish to confess. Some teens though, have no choice but to confess because
their actions lead to severe consequences such as pregnancy.
Forty-three Percent of adolescent women become pregnant at least once before
age 20 (Internet 1). That fact alone concludes that the choice of waiting for
sex is in close running with the choice of not waiting. In the United States
alone, more than 2,800 adolescents become pregnant each day. 1,300 of these
girls give birth, 1,100 have abortions, and 400 have miscarriages (Internet 1).
These astounding facts prove that sex may be considered out of control among
teens today. In the olden days, around the Victorian period, sex was far from
the topic that it is today. Also, during this time premarital sex was
unthinkable.
What happened between then and now that caused such an uproar? The world says
that sex has become out of control because it was hushed for so long. But, for
the last 20 years, sex has most defiantly not been hushed. If hushing up had
been the cause of the trouble, ventilation would have set it right. But it has
not (Lewis 92). As the world talks more and more about sex, and as the
consequences of pregnancy Page 1 decrease through birth control methods, the
issue of sex starts getting out of control. Birth control has had a huge impact
on the increase of sexual activity. But, it wasn't until the early seventies
that it became an issue in America. In 1972 the Supreme Court completely
legalized birth control (Corfman 3). Also around this time came the invention of
the pill.
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