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Originally Posted by Tezcatlipoca
I think the problem (well, one of the problems) is that a lot of teens *do* seem to be very naive sexually. The UK has a stupidly high teen pregnancy rate.
And that all surely comes down to sex education. Education from their parents. Education at school. Education that sadly seems to be lacking.
Kids need to be properly taught about sex, & contraception, & so on. And they need to be taught the *consequences* of having unprotected sex.
Just telling them not to have sex surely won't prepare them at all, as, studies have shown, they'll just end up doing it anyway, & will know even less about it if they've been on abstinence programmes.
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The two Canadians I know that have chosen to abstain are fully aware of the possible consequences of sexual intercourse, sex education was taught at my school (16 years ago, so presumably it still is?) highlighting in graphic detail what you could contract and exactly what it will do to you, and believe me no-one wants to contract one or a multitude of the ailments people get in the advanced stages of AIDS.
I think the quote from the article originally quoted sums it up perfectly:
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Abstinence is the only way truly to protect yourself against getting a sexually transmitted disease
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I don't think anyone can argue with that.