The Relationship between Virginity and Teens
By:
Harry Johnson
A subject that thousands of young girls
face every day—teen
pregnancy. 18-year-old girl struggles with
this very issue after losing her virginity to a boy. Like most
teens didn’t think it would happen to her.
Sometimes it might seem like everyone in school is talking about
who’s a virgin, who isn’t, and who might be. For both girls and
guys, the pressure can sometimes be intense. But deciding
whether its right for you to have sex is one of the most
important decisions you’ll ever have to make. Each person must
use his or her own judgment and decide if it’s the right time -
and the right person.
"When a teen was growing up, there seemed to be two main types
of teenage fiction around. The first was fluffy and portrayed
growing up as a hunky-dory experience, where beautiful boys met
beautiful girls, the greatest trauma in life was not being
selected for the cheerleading squad, and all lived happily ever
after. The second type, which I feasted on with glee, explored
reality. They captured just what a difficult and jagged
experience growing up can be. Some teen books can be terribly
depressing; they focus too heavily on ’issues’ (drugs, teen
pregnancy etc) and become unrealistic in their bleakness.
This means considering some very important factors - both
physical ones, like the possibility of becoming
pregnant or getting a sexually transmitted
disease - and emotional factors, too. Though a person’s body may
feel ready for sex, sex also has very serious emotional
consequences.
The change from child to adult is an especially dangerous time
for adolescents in our society. From their earliest years,
children watch television shows and movies that insist that "sex
appeal" is a personal quality that people need to develop to the
fullest. Teenagers are at risk -- not only from
AIDS and STDs -- but from this sort of
mass-market encouragement.
Sexual content is regularly marketed to
younger
children, pre-teens, and teens and this
affects young people’s sexual activity and beliefs about sex.
According to the fact sheet, Marketing Sex to Children, from the
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, children are bombarded
with sexual content and messages.
For many teens, moral factors are very important as well. Family
attitudes, personal values, or religious beliefs provide them
with an inner voice that guides them in resisting pressures to
get sexually involved before the time is right.
Teens don’t need a sexual predator to introduce them to online
pornography. It comes to them through porn spam on their e-mail
or by inadvertently clicking on a link to a porn site. Through
pornography, young people get a twisted view of what constitutes
normal relationships.
Peer Pressure Problems and Movie Madness: Nobody wants to feel
left out of things - it’s natural to want to be liked and feel
as if you’re part of a group of friends. Unfortunately, some
teens feel that they have to lose their virginity to keep up
with their friends or to be accepted.
Although some
teens that are going out don’t pressure each
other about sex, the truth is that in many relationships, one
person wants to have sex although the other one doesn’t.
Again, what matters most differs from person to person. Maybe
one person in a relationship is more curious and has stronger
sexual feelings than the other. Or another person has religious
reasons why he or she doesn’t want to have sex and the other
person doesn’t share those beliefs.
Many parents know they have a
troubled
teen on there hands, as these warning signs
will help tell. The question many parents have is "What do I
do!" or "what are my options? If you have any suggestions for
how to improve this site or any questions pertaining to these
sites, feel free to go:
http://www.abundantlifeacademy.com/
http://www.troubledteensguide.com/
http://www.troubledteenministries.com
They can be of great help. They are user-friendly guide for
professionals who supervise, manage, teach, or treat teenagers
who get into trouble.
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