Oral And Anal Sex Are Safer Alternatives Than Vaginal Sex

Unfortunately for educators, some parents believe that comprehensive sex that provides students with condoms as well as instructs them on how to properly use them will make their child more likely to engage in intercourse. This is false, as it has been proven that with proper instruction, “levels of condom use at first intercourse increase while levels of sex stay the same” (siecus.org). This information alone should be enough for parents to but their confidence in comprehensive sex education.

·          Anal intercourse is one of the riskiest of sexual behaviors in terms of both injury and transmission of infectious disease. (Page 220)

The research literature suggests that there is a limited amount of information regarding STI’s in relation to infertility later in life amongst adolescents and young adults. There was a clear explanation of the purpose of the study. The study states that STI’s such as Chlamydia and Gonorrhea are often symptomless and detrimental to our health (e.g. causing infertility issues). Since young people are amongst the highest risk group for STI’s, researchers wanted to assess the current knowledge of adolescents and young adults about STI’s in relation to infertility. Goundry, Finlay, and Llewellyn (2013) states, “this study aimed to identify young people’s knowledge and beliefs about the link between untreated STI’s and infertility.”

Teens who have not been educated on sex may believe many of the sex myths that they read. “During oral sex, you can give your partner your STI and you can get theirs.” (“Myths and Facts” par. 6). It is a common misconception to people, especially teens, that getting a sexually transmitted infection, such as herpes (even from a cold sore), is practically impossible. Any form of unprotected sex has its possibilities of an STI/STD. Another common sex myth is that people cannot become pregnant through sex on someone’s period. “It's not super common, but it's possible to get pregnant from sex you had during your period” (“The Ten” par. 7). Contrary to belief, becoming pregnant through period sex is not impossible, just not common. Comprehensive sexual education can prevent the common misconceptions and help teens to prevent from unintentionally harming themselves through

genitalium was first discovered in 1980, its connection to sexual activity was not established until the 1990s. The most recent data regarding the prevalence of M. genitalium in the U.K. comes from the latest British National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (NATSAL-3) survey. The NATSAL studies are among the largest and most detailed scientific studies of sexual behaviour in the world, with three NATSAL surveys having taken place in the last 15 years: NATSAL-1 in 1990-1991, NATSAL-2 in 1999-2001 and NATSAL-3 in 2010-2012. A study by Sonnenberg et al., (2015) in the International Journal of Epidemiology evaluated data from the NATSAL-3 and found that in the UK M. genitalium now has an incidence rate of more than 1% of the sexually active population aged 16-44, surmounting to approximately 250,000 people. Figure 1 shows the prevalence of M. genitalium in the U.K. by age and sex (BASHH,

Safe-sex practices should be taught in every school district and household in the world. If more people were informed on how serious this disease is and how easily one can get infected, there would be a tremendous decline in transmissions. The simplest way to prevent the spread of HIV is obviously to be abstinent, however with social reform in modern day society more and more teenagers are beginning to become sexually active. In hindsight of this inevitable change, the development of a higher educational program concerning sexual intercourse needs to be developed. Education in the fragile aspects of

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are caused by more than 25 infectious pathogens transmitted from one person to the other during anal, vaginal as well as oral intercourse. More so, infected pregnant women can transmit STIs to infants in utero, during birth, or through breastfeeding. The most common STIs in the U.S. include chlamydia, gonorrhea, genital herpes, human papillomavirus, trichomoniasis, and bacterial vaginosis (Buttaro, Trybulski, Bailey, & Sandberg-Cook, 2013). According to the Centers for disease control and prevention, CDC (2015), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a common STD affecting more than 1.2 million people in the United States (CDC, 2015). Compared to men, women are more biologically susceptible to STIs. Adolescents and young adults are at higher risk of transmitting STIs due to their sexual behaviors that consists of several partners, unsafe sex without condoms, and endocervical ectopia in female patients (Buttaro et al., 2013).

When looking at the items applicable to susceptibility more than 81% of the women in the study believed it was either very unlikely or unlikely for them to contract an STD although 80% of them reported having had sexual intercourse before. For their risk of cervical cancer 44% believed it was unlikely or very unlikely for them to get cervical cancer in their lifetime, and 40% provided neutral

However, many parents themselves were not properly educated on the issue. Even when parents provide information, their knowledge about contraception or other sexual health topics may often be inaccurate or incomplete. Parents seem to live in denial when it comes to educating their children on the dangers and risks due to sexual behavior. Society accepts educating children in science courses; but yet it is controversial to take biology and anatomy to the next level by focusing on the natural act of sex.

As the number of teenagers involved with sex grows; the rate of sexual transmitted diseases will continue to rise as well. It would be unwise for the schools and parents to disregard the fact that more teenagers are sexually active than ever. The rate of sexually transmitted diseases in United States are higher than compared to other countries, despite the fact our school teaches abstinence based sex education (Cite). This comparison provides facts to prove that sex is not the problem, unprotected sex is. Teenagers who are not educated properly about sex are unaware of sexually transmitted diseases. Therefore, these people are more likely to be infected with sexually transmitted diseases. Also, youth who engage in sexual behavior with multiple partners, have unprotected sex, or smoke/share a hookah pipe has more chance of contracting STDs. Some parents argue that avoiding consequences like STDs is why school should teach abstinence instead of safe sex. According to Masland,

In the United States every year there are 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) (CDC, 2011). One half of those cases are in adolescents and young adults, which cover the ages 15-24 years old (CDC, 2011). Even though this age range only represents 25% of those who are sexually experienced in the United States, they make up an astonishing number of STI cases, which shows how high the prevalence is of STIs in this population (CDC, 2011). In just sexually active female adolescents alone, there are one in four diagnosed with an STI (CDC, 2014).

Research Question. There were two research questions expressed in the study. One question expressed the concern if engaging in risky sexual behaviors led to a more negative outcomes in adolescence. The second question inquired on which behaviors had a link to certain negative outcomes. The hypothesis indicates that women between the ages of 20-24 (mean= 22) have a higher number of unintended birth rates and or STD’s than those of the age group from 15-19 (mean= 17) (Scott et al., 2011). The research dives in to find what brings about this difference and how it can be changed.

Sex has become a huge topic in our world today. It is advertised in almost everything, movies, TV shows, internet, and books/magazines. The media does not always show the reality of sex and the results that come after it. In media it is highly shown to be okay to sleep around with multiple partners, however, in reality, having more than one sex partner increases the chances that you will encounter a partner with an STI (Santrock 2012, pg. 280). Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are diseases contracted through sex. As children grow up they are going to be exposed to sex in some way, so it is important to discuss, as they get into their teens, sex and STIs. I grew up in a Christian household so when my parents discussed the topic of sex

Sex holds such great importance to the general populous, we are conditioned from youth to follow the moral and social norms of our societies and a great part of this is our individual behaviours and acts of sound reasoning. We are conditioned to follow the laws and social rules, one of which is to adhere to safe sexual practices for our own personal health and safety and that of our sexual partners, however, this may not always be the case, due to some perceived social stigmas we may not always follow these social norms or to keep up with our peers we may choose to follow our peers or the perceptions of others to make our choices.

Many children and adolescents in America could benefit from being required to take a human sexuality course at school because it will give them the necessary information that they need to know about sex. It is best that kids know this information early so that they won’t be unaware or make mistakes that they could have prevented. Kids need to be aware of the damaging effects certain STI’s and they need to know how these infections can happen to anyone who is sexually active. There are also many other factors about sex that should be taught about in school to help kids become more comfortable with sexuality, which will guide them to make the right sexual decisions.