Is anyone else shocked...?!


Question: ...by the lack of sex education given to young people regarding sexual transmitted diseases? I'm reading through some of these questions and I get the impression that these kids are fooling around with no true understanding of the consequences. A lot of them are quick to argue that they are mature enough to have sex, but are describing symptoms and are terrified that they have an STD.

For all the young adults reading this, please understand that in this day and age, it's not only possible, but likely that if you make a choice to have unprotected sex you could end up with something you cannot get rid of. The "that won't happen to me" mentality is simply unrealistic these days.


Answers: ...by the lack of sex education given to young people regarding sexual transmitted diseases? I'm reading through some of these questions and I get the impression that these kids are fooling around with no true understanding of the consequences. A lot of them are quick to argue that they are mature enough to have sex, but are describing symptoms and are terrified that they have an STD.

For all the young adults reading this, please understand that in this day and age, it's not only possible, but likely that if you make a choice to have unprotected sex you could end up with something you cannot get rid of. The "that won't happen to me" mentality is simply unrealistic these days.

I am completely shocked. Even though I've begun to expect it, some of these questions truly stun me. In my line of work it's my job to let kids know the ugly facts, but they still won't listen until they're forced to (ie when they have their first very painful herpes outbreak). I work in a health clinic on a private christian college campus, and these kids are doing dirty things and they're completely ignorant thanks to their ultra-conservative parents. If parents would pull out of their own denial and realize that abstinence-only sex ed just isn't the answer, we might have a little more hope as STD educators and testers.

Scary

I have contact with these kinds of people every day in my career and am still amazed and my mouth hangs open every time someone asks how they possibly could have gotten a STD. But, we have to remember that the "it won't happen to me" is the developmental stage that they are currently in and we cannot get them to the action=consequence stage any faster. So.........I do my best to teach via this forum and hopefully, there are those who read my answers and consider my advice.

I totally agree with you. I see it everyday also. It is a scary thing to be single these days, you never know where or with whom someone has been. It just shows how it is spread so easily, because people do not understand all it takes is one wrong partner and you may have something to remember him/her by for the rest of your life. Girls, listen up, you have something that every guy wants, well, unless you are gay. They will lie to you, tell you anything you want to hear, buy you something, anything they can possibly do to get what you have between your legs. Afterwards, your just another notch on the old gun belt. This does not apply to all guys, but I am trying to make a point here. Oh how I remember the old "Test Drive" routine, but back then all you had to worry about was gonorrhea and syphillis, something a shot would cure.

yes, they should talk about "chastity", not "Safe-Sex"
safe sex is degrading because you hold yourself back and you also do not want to fully accept the other's self





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