This disease has left an estimated 13.4 million African children under the age of fifteen without one or both parents. ... Some factors that contribute to the high rate of AIDS include the high rates of rape in many African countries, the low age of sexual initiation among females, and the age difference between young women and their first male sexual partners who a lot of times are middle-aged men seeking virgins as sexual partners protect themselves from AIDS. When the parents die from AIDS the children are left to tend to themselves, even children as young as the age of four. ... In Afri...

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For example, a 2006 study of Texas middle school students participating in a sex education program designed by medical school professionals found that these students expressed an intention to delay sexual activity until after high school (Sulak et al.) ... The medical staff consulted with child psychologists, attorneys, and educators to design a new program that was both accurate and appropriate for middle school students. ... Each of these concepts is directed at four separate age-appropriate levels of presentation. ... These guidelines include preparing the educators by educating them about ...

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To make this workshop effective, education on HIV prevention must start at an early age. A sex education program should be applied from elementary school to high school. ... Once entering middle school, there will be an overview of what was learned during middle school (transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases). ... The most important and critical hurdle that will be applied is making condoms obtainable in high school. ...

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"Approximately 97 per 1000 women aged 15-19 become pregnant each year the majority of these pregnancies 78 percent are unintended" (RTP 1). Most teen mothers are less likely to graduate from high school and their kids are often born at low birth weight or experience health and development problems. ... Then you get to 7th grade you have it again but that stops until you get to be a sophomore in high school. I think they should proceed it all throughout 8th till all of high school. 7.2 percent of students nationwide report having sex before the age of 13, 42.5 percent...

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"Teen Mom " and "The Secret Life of the American Teenager " are examples of common TV shows focusing on teen pregnancy, typically watched by viewers from age 12 to 34. The age of viewers also tends to be very similar the range of age when females are most likely to become pregnant which are the ages 18-35. ... According to the Guttmacher Institute's Facts on American Teen's Sexual and Reproductive Health it is stated that 82 percent of teen pregnancies are unplanned, an astonishingly high percentage which accounts for around one fifth of the unplanned pregnancies each year. ... Betwe...

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It is now a known fact that majority of high school aged boys and girls would have engaged in some sort of sexual activity by the time they graduate high school. "50% of girls and women aged 15 to 19 told the National Center for Health Statistics they had had sex, [ ] 55% of single males ages 15 to 19 have had sex" (Maggie Gallagher). Also alarming, is the growing rate of children having sexual intercourse before they are of the age of thirteen. ... "This bill not only pushes New Jersey back to the Victorian era, it hurls the state all the way back into the Middle Ages, when chastity belts wer...

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Topic Through the years the age that a person becomes sexually active has decreased rapidly and it is not uncommon to now see a fifteen year old who is no longer a virgin. ... This paper will be based off of statistics, testimony, and a variety of examples as to why having condoms available to high school students would produce a positive outcome. Problematic Nature of This Issue This issue has become problematic because far more teenage students are becoming sexually active during middle school and high school and not using protection. ... I believe that if the school board saw it th...

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Most people are intrigued by any discussion of sex, particularly when it involves other people's behavior and especially when people are well known. Sexuality figures prominently in marriage and family life, as well as in other intimate relationships. When someone talks about sexuality, it is often ...

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Most middle-class families attempted to adhere to the so-called Victorian sexual ideals of the day. ... Because of this presumption, most middle-class Americans saw women as the moral guardians of the home, charged with controlling the lustful natures of male family members. ... In other words, a new ideology of sexual restraint became prevalent among middle-class Americans. ... This fluctuation of the mass-produced goods fostered a shift in middle-class values. ... Economic affluence gave the middle class more leisure time and more money to spend on consumer goods, luxury items, and ent...

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Marriage is considered holy precisely because a man and woman set each other apart from all others to live their lives together, taking responsibility for each other, caring for each other, and helping each other live through life's highs and lows. ... Though Judaism is filled with strong feelings of compassion for all living things, they traditionally, like most Middle Eastern religions, have placed the role of women as secondary to men. ... Seeing the possible consequences of his actions first hand may deter Dan from engaging in sex with an under age girl in the future. ...

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Knowing what age to bring sex up is never easy. Some teenagers mature faster than others in their age group do. ... Like stated earlier, many teenagers are having sex before they complete high school; "Half of teenagers did not use condoms the last time they had sex- ("Do Abstinence-only, 1-) As a result, comprehensive sex education should be taught along with abstinence-only sex education. ... Abstinence-only education is for elementary and middle school students. ...

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Knowing what age to bring sex up is never easy. Some teenagers mature faster than others in their age group do. ... Like stated earlier, many teenagers are having sex before they complete high school; "Half of teenagers did not use condoms the last time they had sex- ("Do Abstinence-only, 1-) As a result, comprehensive sex education should be taught along with abstinence-only sex education. ... Abstinence-only education is for elementary and middle school students. ...

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Seventy-five percent of middle schools and eighty-five percent of high schools are taught abstinence as the most effective way to prevent pregnancy, but they are not well informed about contraceptives and the risks of contracting STDs or getting pregnant. ... One way sex education can be taught is by providing a sex education class in a high school system, thus allowing a setting where the students are well informed about the causes and effects of participating in intercourse, information about HIV, aids and STDs, and understanding the whole process of pregnancy and the after-birth. ... Thro...

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A very determined girl, Alicia stayed above the influence of the the impoverished women - whom tend to be sexually active at a younger age, have high rates of teen pregnancies, and school dropout - that she was surrounded by. Under her grandparents jurisdiction, dating was prohibited in high school and sex was only appropriate "with a man that would lead to a relationship and marriage" (Bell, 38). ... She was inspired by middle and upper class people - parents of the friends she had went to private Catholic school with. ...

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Even young age has a part in a person's risk of contracting a sexually transmitted infection; the Mayo Clinic staff describes why, "In adolescent girls, the immature cervix is made up of constantly changing cells. ... Of the new cases of STIs every year, half occur in patients aged 15 to 24 years of age (Wasik). ... In a study, "researchers have found that some cancers of the oropharynx (the middle of the throat) and tonsils are probably caused by a certain type of human papillomavirus (HPV)" ("4"). ... A section on advocacy offers advice to programme managers on ...

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The dangerously high hot pants, the rowdy crowd, the seductive dance routines, and the aura of wild partying gives the impression that if a young woman purchases degrading clothes, acts provocatively and "dirty- she will be cool and accepted. ... Age, gender, educational background, race, parent's income and occupation, as well as family size are examples of the personal characteristics that support the make up of attitudes for a teen. ... A suburban white middle class girl will most likely not watch and relate to the plights of an inner city black youth i.e. ...

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As an example, through the Middle Ages and up to the rise of Protestant morality and capitalist social organization, although practice of prostitution existed, the term prostitute' was unknown and therefore, common women and whores were all just referred to as sexually-available' women in general- (Green, accessed 30/9/2001). ...

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