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Korey Anthony Chisholm
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HIV Prevention, Sexuality, Teenage Pregnancy--- Pro-Abstinece, or Pro-Choice? What's your stand?
July 23, 2011 - 08:16 PM
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From these 2 articles, you can see the stark difference between the way people from different cultures handle issues on HIV Prevention, Sexuality, Teenage Pregnancy.
Here, they are repealing a Abstinence only program for youths:
http://www.amplifyyourvoice.org/end_abonly?source_interior
And here they are still supporting pro-abstinece programs:
http://www.wgnrr.org/blog/27/youth-malaysia-bare-truth-about-teen-sex
I personally don't like the idea of telling young people that they have the freedom to do whatever they like before marriage. As a young person myself, I still don't think that All of my friends have the maturity to make a decision that can forever affect their lives in the future. At the same time, telling young people that they MUST not have sex before marriage doesn't seem right to me either. I still think they should be educated with some essential knowledge like, how to use a condom, what is contraceptive pill etc. Denying all these knowledge doesn't make sense either. Many adults see that teaching these things will somehow promote pre marital sex, but I don't agree. After all, a married couple will still use contraceptives for family planning anyway.
I think what is important is to highlight the consequences of their decisions. If one decides to have pre martial sex, the educator must highlight the coming issues they will face, If one decides to remain abstinent till marriage, the educator has to give encouragement to that person.
This is not exactly forcing them to make and oath/wear a virginity ring, but it's a more subtle way of prescribing a moral solution.
Please share what do you think about this! 
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Pradnya Narkhede (Dreamer Magazine)
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Re: HIV Prevention, Sexuality, Teenage Pregnancy--- Pro-Abstinece, or Pro-Choice? What's your stand?
July 27, 2011 - 03:29 PM
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I agree when you say that some youth (myself included) would probably not have the maturity or information to make the best decisions at the time. I really hope, however, that more education is desirable. And I certainly disagree that Sex Education promotes pre-marital sex in large numbers. I remember that my Health teacher told us that a lot of schools in my area teach Sex Ed with a pro-abstinence slant, while ours was deliberately made to be more objective. I'm not exactly sure what that would imply in terms of our future actions, I think it provided us with a more comprehensive view and helps us make better-informed decisions (I really don't think it would make us have sex at a younger age, since we learned of all the risks and prevention plusses intensively too). However, I also agree that we need more information on the essentials, like contraceptive use.
Personally? I'm not completely informed, to be sure, but I'm pro-choice, given that the individual has the essential knowledge that's warranted. I mean, in my case I probably wouldn't have pre-marital sex, but if somebody is mature enough to decide otherwise, I don't really mind. I don't think it's really a matter of when so much as it is a matter of knowledge and sexual self-awareness.
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Re: HIV Prevention, Sexuality, Teenage Pregnancy--- Pro-Abstinece, or Pro-Choice? What's your stand?
December 6, 2011 - 09:35 PM
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I agree with both of you. I also think that if someone is ready to have sex they're ready for the consequences that will be coming their way if anything wrong does happen. Also, I believe that anyone should decide at what age they feel ready and it should be their choice on whether they want to wait till their older or mature.I never had the Sex Ed class I moved school in the wrong time-ing, so I never really had the "talk" or was "taught" more than what i did learn with my surroundings.
I think us as teenagers will have a long way from learning any lessons at this age and we might do the same mistakes over and over, But when Sex comes our way we need to be ready and prepare ourselves for the worst in every situation. Overall, you should always be able to be aware of con's and pro's no matter the situation is.Whether it's good to wait or not, the population will either be rebels or follow that. We can't make the choice for others we can only provide information to let them choose what they want to do.
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