[kronas]

Originally Posted by s1lv3r

Exactly, I think the STD issue is actually secondary to the emotional effects having sex too early can have on you.

yes but the individual should know when they are ready, if you are in a relationship you have to make sure that both sides are willing to engage in sexual contact.

Originally Posted by s1lv3r

I didn't have sex until I was married, but we did things before getting married that I regret and they affected our relationship for the worse not the better.

that is your experiance, in everyone there is an emotional one aswell as a psychological diffarence, it can cause the relationship to strengthen or weaken, but sex is just part of the relationship....

Originally Posted by s1lv3r

"Trying before buying" is a sure fire way of showing someone that you will take what you can get without any of the responsibility.
Just think of people in WHSmiths who go in.. read the magazine, get what they want from it and put it back without paying for what they've enjoyed..

from what i have seen the reason people break up is because of relationships not working out, you have the physical attraction and then you have to seriously think about the relationship in the respect that both of you should have something in common.......im not going in to it too deep but i hope you understand.....

Originally Posted by s1lv3r

People have the same attitude to sex these days.

yes there are some people are just looking to 'get laid' regularly'

Originally Posted by philip.j.fry

I think the important thing is that teenagers are given the choice, that they have all of the options presented to them with the associated benefits and risks and how to best protect themselves from the risks, and that they don't have one ideal pushed onto them more than another.

this is exactly what i am trying to say, if an education network needs to be established we need to make sure pupils get the full facts, not whatever ones ideology tells them.

Originally Posted by philip.j.fry

I'm with Kronas, education is the key, I don't think there's anything wrong with teenagers being sexually active, the dangers are that a lot seem to take too many risks (in the physical and emotional sense) and I'd like to see better sex ed. My own sex ed in school as far as I can remember it (about 10 years ago now) was pretty confused because no-one wants to deal with such a taboo subject.

yes you have the right idea, sex education is tame in this country those education establishments that choose to tackle the issue do not go far enough in teaching youngsters on what to do and what NOT to do.

parents are often concerned about what there child is being taught in school, this raises other issues aswell.

Originally Posted by philip.j.fry

They might be advocating a good-level of protection against STD's, but then it's on about the same level as 'lock yourself away in a room and you won't get hit by a car'. From my point of view it's not dealing with the problem, it's instead trying to stop the problem existing.

exactly, its just creating a dictatorship, you cannot simply ignore the issue, no amount of education is going to stop people from having unprotected sex, its everyone's right (within the legal limit) to have sex should they want to, for recreational purposes aslong as precautions are taken.

Originally Posted by Russ D

And that's what they're trying to do - educate teens about the risks of STD and promoting a pretty good level of protection against them.

no telling them to abstain as the report highlights is NOT education selling overtly expensive rings as well does not count as education

Originally Posted by Russ D

Pardon me for asking but how does someone get an STD if they abstain?

from intercourse when the couple is married and has kids.......