Teenage Sex in Society

Good morning to all of you on this rainy Sunday! Can you believe that University is nearly done for the semester, only 12 days to go, not that I'm counting or anything... I wanted to talk to you today about teenage sex and how it has become increasingly more frequent in our day and age. What is with all this teenage sex in society these days! Sex sex sex, that’s all I hear. Many of my friends these days who are in relationships or even single, lose their virginity so easily it’s scary to comprehend. Pressures are constantly put on teenage girls especially to have sex at such a young age, that the meaning of “virginity” or “making love” is undervalued, denigrated and completely thrown out the window. I have always been passionate about respecting oneself and waiting until you are mature enough to make a responsible decision about sex. The other day, I came across some startling and disturbing statistics from the National Survey of South Australian Secondary Students on Sexual Health:

• 27.6% of female students have had sex in Grade 10 and 61.7% of female students have had sex in Grade 12. 27.1% of male students have had sex in Grade 10 and 44.4% of male students have had sex in Grade 12.
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• 36.2% of teenagers aged between 15-19 were pregnant and 20.8% of them have had abortions.
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• 24% of teenagers aged between 15-19 were infected with Chlamydia, 485 teenagers were infected with Gonorrhoea and 225 teenagers were infected with Herpes.
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• Nationally, more than half of teenagers have lost their virginity by the age of 17.

Teenage sex is a seriously worrying and increasing occurrence within society and particularly within this generation. If awareness of this rapidly growing issue is made more prominent to the younger generation especially, hopefully teenagers and adults alike can understand how precious virginity is and that waiting until a mature age for sex is the better option. As St, Jerome once said, “Virginity can be lost by a thought”.