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    The topic of distributing condoms in high schools had caused a great deal of debate over the last decade. Those that favor condom distribution say that distributing them will ensure teenagers practice safe sex, and the rate of teenage pregnancy will decline dramatically. Those that are against distributing condoms, say that giving them out will encourage early sexual activity and promote the idea that premarital sex is okay. What about letting parents help kids make decisions

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    Hiv in Nigeria

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    by age 15, and 81 percent were married by age 1819. The study showed that the younger married girls lacked knowledge on reproductive health, which included HIV/AIDS. They also tend to lack the power and education needed to insist upon the use of a condom during sex. Coupled with the high probability that the husband will be significantly older than the girl and therefore is more likely to have had more sexual partners in the past, young women are more vulnerable to HIV infection within marriage.

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    viewed as a good thing because it gives students reasons not to proceed (Culp-Ressler 4). Additionally, John Hopkins says, teenagers on the pill or other hormonal birth control options are more likely to be protected from pregnancy than those who use condoms because the pill has a lower rate of failure and is not influenced by pressures in the moment (Gebelhoff 8). Hormonal birth control is more effective at preventing pregnancy, but it would be impossible for most teen girls with reluctant parents to

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    penile-anal intercourse in heterosexual films showed condom usage. In homosexual films, the researchers noted that 80% of penile-anal sex scenes showed condoms. In both homosexual and heterosexual movies, there was 0% of condom usage for penile-oral contact (Grudzen, et al. 2009). These statistics suggest that condom usage among male homosexuals is more socially acceptable because of the higher prevalence of HIV in that community. The low usage of condoms in heterosexual films also suggests that OSHA

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    because before they even get birth control they were more than likely 22 months sexually active. For teenagers that have school that have condoms available for the students they are twice as likely to use condoms during sexual encounter (Preventing). Presenting birth control to teenagers will not promote naïve behavior because they are presented with sex educations, condoms, and many other sex tips in school. There has even been controversy on if teenagers should be able to purchase birth control. Laws

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    High Schoolers and Sex

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    "Just about nine in ten high schoolers (86%) accept an individual with a STD has an extraordinary arrangement of obligation to tell their accomplices. Yet just 75% (77%) see this large amount of obligation if the contaminated individual verifies condoms are constantly utilized, and much fewer (67%) if sex just happens when he or she has no indications" (Nordenberg , 2006). Grown-ups feel all the more emphatically that those with Stds have an extraordinary arrangement of obligation to tell their accomplices

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    Research Paper On Latex

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    Latex has been used for a long time within the manufacture of condoms; it's stretchy, long lasting, and enormously amazing for stopping the transmission of STIs and as a method of family planning. Nevertheless, increasing numbers of participants - each guys and females - document antagonistic reactions to latex condoms and to find that they're unable to proceed utilizing them without nasty part results. Fortunately, there are modern possible choices to latex which can provide equal safety without

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    In the United States, rates of sexually transmitted diseases, teen pregnancy, and teen births are significantly higher than in most other industrialized countries. In fact, 4 out of 10 adolescent females have been pregnant at least once before the age of 20, 1 out of 4 sexually active teens contracts an STD each year, and 50% of new HIV infections occur in individuals under the age of 25 (Beh 22). This can partly be attributed to the state of sex education in the United States. Only 24 states require

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    Prevention Of STDs STDs are both very dangerous and wide spread diseases. In the modern world where the cure for most of the diseases is to be found, some diseases with unknown cure are to be found as well. Among these, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a serious health problem. STDs are sexually transmitted diseases that are caused by bacteria, viruses, fungus, protozoa and parasites which get transferred during activity between two partners. If a person having a sexually transmittable

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    Title: Egg Whites and Other Strange Personal Lubricants that Work? Category: Health & Wellness Tags: lube, sexual lubricants, natural lubricants, organic lubricants Summary: Lubricant is widely used by women (and men) of all ages. Here’s the thing. Some of the best, nonirritating lubes, although strange, come from your kitchen — or even a house plant. You don’t have to opt for chemically-laden commercial lubricants that may or may not irritate your sensitive tissue. Article: Let’s talk lube. When

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