Teens shouldnt have sex?

Last semester in my English class I wrote an article on all the reasons why teens shouldn't have sex. Of course I dont completely believe that teenagers SHOULDN'T be having sex its just that before a teen decides its time for them to have sex they should think of all the reasons why and what may come from it. I also wrote this article in character of an older lady who is exoperienced and all of that jazz. Anyways, I got a 100% on my assignment and I thought I'd share it here :)

let me know what you think.

TEENS SHOULDN’T HAVE SEX… It’s as simple as that! The other day I was reading a book, Forever... by Judy Blume, it was wonderfully written and easily relatable. It’s a love story between a high school girl and her boyfriend. The book takes you through the stages of their relationship from their first fight to promises of forever. Now this is what got me thinking, the boyfriend in the story pressures his girlfriend into sex... and I started to think about how many young girls are in the exact situation as the main character in the book. 

The average age for both male and female Canadians to loose their virginity is sixteen-seventeen. Personally I think that sex should be looked at as something special, something sacred that bonds to people who are in love together. Don’t get me wrong sex is great… when you’re older, mature and you at a stable point in your life where if something happened you know you would be able to handle it. But for teenagers… NO!

I have many reasons for why I believe teens shouldn’t be having sex and I can sum it all up in three words: Pressure. Pregnancy. Purity.

 For starters, pressure.  Most girls feel pressure to “perform” for lack of better words. They feel that if they don’t “put out” for oral, vaginal and anal sex that they will loose their partners, and when you’re a teenager your partner seems to be the base and soul of your life. If girls aren’t being pressured by their partners then chances are that they’re being pressured by their friends. In the end most people feel that it’s easier to just give in to having sex then to explain why not. Just remember that not everyone your age is having sex! Although it seems like everyone is “doing it” chances are the people that talk about it the most are all full of shit. Girls and boys you have the choice here! Sex is something special and it is very risky if something goes wrong.

Secondly, pregnancy. For teenagers you have a 25% chance each month on getting pregnant regardless if you’re having sex or not. If you’re having sex your body believes that you’re trying to get pregnant so the chances go up another 25%. Pregnancy changes your life. It affects every aspect of your life, from your interactions with people you care about, your school life, your finances, the view people judge you by, and every relationship in your life changes from that point on. Regardless if you give the child up or not, going through the process changes you. When your young you have your whole life ahead of you, you can do anything you want to do, go to college, university, make something of yourself… but the moment you get pregnant it changes both your life permanently but the fathers as well. Boys you don’t realize this but when you knock up a girl it comes back to bite you in the bum. Think about it, girls have friends and if you treat her wrong and get her pregnant her friends will kill you! Pregnancy is no joke! It ruins your life. Only 40% of teen moms who give birth at age seventeen or earlier finish high school. Teen moms are 63% less likely to marry after they’ve had a child and if the father sticks around chances are a divorce is to follow.

Finally, purity. People, adults and teenagers alike don’t realize that you only loose your virginity once. You only get one chance and as much as some people don’t see the value in that, what happens if you loose it with the wrong person? What if at the time you thought maybe you shouldn’t be doing this and regretted it big time later? Loosing your virginity is in my eyes the stage of defeat. A lot of people see it as love but to me personally I see it as giving yourself to them literally. You need to make sure that you are both physically and mentally ready to have sex before you just assume that since it physically feels nice at the time that doesn’t mean that later when you’re thinking back you won’t regret it. If you loose your virginity when you are a teen with someone you think you love but end up in tears about it because it was a mistake. You should wait until YOU know that its time. Not give in to sex because it’s easier to just do it than to explain why not. Take the time and remember pressure, pregnancy, purity. Teenagers out there, you have control over your own body and you should never give away something as special as your virginity until you know its right. It’s your life, you’re in control. Don’t end up like the girl in the book.