There is an epidemic in our country. It started in the 60's with the idea of free sex. This ushered in the epidemic unwanted pregnancies and STD's. People tried to invent a way to cover over this with something called "safe sex." But from everything that I've seen there's something wrong with safe sex, like it isn't safe. According to an abstinence program called the SRT 434 "of the more than 15 Million new STD infections this year:
2/3 will occur in young people under the age of 21, and 1/4 will occur in teenagers." and "Herpes increased 500% in the past 20 years among caucasian American teens.
Nearly 50% of african-american teens have genital herpes." Along with a whole long list of other things, which are on the website the link is http://www.silverringthing.com/statistics.asp. So What do we do to have truly safe sex?
We refrain from having sex at all until we're married. Admittedly this is easier said than done, but trust me it's worth it. Now, because you don't have to worry about your partner lying to you about STDs, or having a hole in your condom. Later because you will be able to look your spouse in the eye on your marriage night, and you yourself won't have to worry about bringing STDs into the marriage bed
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Good point. I just also want to mention that apparently the average age people lose their virginity is 16. So maybe peer pressure, as people marry later and later, may influence many to give up their resolutions.
Peer pressure probably does have an influence. But what I thnk is worse than giving into it is resisting sex while listening to the amazing stories about peers' experiences. Then after finally getting married, and being excited for it, being disappointed by it. I think it would be better to test the water instead of listening to other people that just cause unreasonable expectations.
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That site is rather bias, in more ways than one.
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Are you married? Have you even surpassed your teenage years yet? If so, then you can say 'it's worth it,' because technically you can't make statements like that not knowing. Because, not all the people having sex before they get married are doing so all willy-nilly like. Some are making conscious decisions that are just different than yours. Not to mention some people don't believe in marriage. While you claim its the only way to be and I claim that while the institution stands everyone has a right to it, its really just a symbol of the love that these people are expressing anyway.
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Maybe it's worth it for some, but I wouldn't know because I haven't been married. I don't think it would be worth it for me though because I have never been in love and have no idea if or when I will be married. But I don't think that should keep me from engaging in sex. Just because I am not like some who get married right out of high school. I am pretty happy, even though I have taken risks, because after holding back sex for so long I had felt completely surpressed from a natural occurance. And when I finally released the tension, many aspects of my life improved. My first time having sex after abstaining for 2 years was stress relieving and it also improved my self esteem. I have never been happier about my relationship status and I now am a more stable single in the sense that I have no problem waiting in order to keep my standards high. I think sometimes when people hold back sex for the right person it will end up encouraging them to settle for the wrong person. Yes, having sex is risky, but it can be a positive risk.
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