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According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Decease Control and Prevention, eight out of ten teenage girls and six out for ten teenage boys wished they had waited for sex. ... Even with these facts, there are still many reasons why teenagers choose to have sex. * Some teenagers are embarrassed with the fact that they’ve never had the opportunity to engage in sex. ... The teenagers may feel that this lack of sex makes them different from their friends. They may feel that sex is something that is making them less similar to their peer group. This feeling can dread on the teen as they hear stories and talk of sex everyday in school with their friends. They may see their friends experimenting with sex or sexual acts. ... It’s this labeling that separates those who have engaged in sexual activities with those who have not yet had the chance to engage in acts of sex. Naturally, when some teenagers experiment with sex, it’s made into a very public event at the lunch table or in the hallway. ... If the story is embarrassing or interesting in a unique way it can often leads to a wide spread story that sometimes embarrasses the person who participated in the sex. Teenagers are given the image in school that the popular kids have sex. They have a mirage that the popular kids tend to feel better about themselves because of the fact that they have sex. ... Those popular kids that have an abundance of sex with various people often lack the self-esteem that they appear to have. ... * Although it is true that sex is a way to show love, many teens confuse the sex they have with love. ... The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that sex for a man and woman is the way to show the flesh and generosity of the God. This definition should be help up as an example of how teenagers should treat sex and sexual acts. Teenagers, especially in this day and age, need to define what they see as love and sex. If they define what they believe is right, they have less of a tendency to just have sex because of the fact that they don’t realize how special it should actually be. They need to think about sex in a serious manner and try to block out the ideas and ideals that they tend to get from classmates, the media, and myths. ... That time is when they feel most comfortable with themselves and the partner that they choose to have sex with. Contrary to the Church’s view, it’s most important for a person to experience sex when they feel most comfortable with their body.