It’s time for us to acknowledge that just like carrying umbrella does not create rain, discussing about sexual health does not encourage people to have sex. In Europe where people freely discuss about sexual health and prevention tools are readily accessible, teenagers are less likely to have sex and fewer teen pregnancies occur. Everybody needs to learn about his/her own body. Making sex a mysterious, un-discussed phenomenon makes young people more curious and more likely to act recklessly. When people understand their own health and bodies, sex will be considered as just another biological process of our lives. Ignoring facts for the sake of one’s own ideology is simply idiotic.
- Phy
Archive for the ‘Sex’ Category
Sex Isn’t A Secret
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Greed Is Not Good
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Being greedy is a flaw within your character. Greedy could be for anything, like money, love, and or power. We all think greed as money, that’s probably the first thing you think of when you hear or see greed. Being greedy of love is like taking advantage with your relationship with someone that you love, kinda like taking over and telling them to do this to you or something sexually… Now to the power. Some kings or presidents or leaders could be taking control of something. But that doesn’t mean you use it to your advantage. Like saying something completely ridiculous, like killing anyone that disobeys. Don’t be greedy is what I’m trying to say. Don’t take advantage of people either.
- Matt
Inform Yourself on Sexual Health
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
I was very surprised recently in a class discussion to find out that many of my peers were sexually abused or misinformed. Unlike what many people think, being informed about your own body and human sexual health does not encourage one to be sexually active. On the contrary, it helps one protect oneself better by understanding better about existing intervetion organizations out there, as well as how one can avoid regrettable results and protect oneself better. Young people who are educated about their bodies make better decisions, are more likely to stay abstinant and less likely to be subjected to unhealthy, abusive relationships. One resource is Sex, Etc., which is written for teens by teens.
- Phy
Awkwardness with Parents
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
The other day my friends and I went to watch Black Swan. At that one highly discussed scene, there was a sense of awkwardness in the air. Recently, we brought up that awkwardness again and how it would be terrible to have to watch it with your parents because I think I read online that someone did. Even though parents should theoretically be the ones you go to for all advice — it usually feels odd to relate “sexual” advice to parents due to this sense of awkwardness. However, you should not just ignore all advice and go ahead with things just because you feel “awkward” about it because adults’ advice is good for the most part (depending on who you go to). Personally, I don’t really know how to ask my parents for advice so I turn to some other adults sometimes or just people older than me (because technically, I am legally considered an adult though technically…) because they just have more experience in life. So take a step forward and overcome this awkwardness to ask.
- Vivian