Premarital Sex (PMS) and Moral Panic.
Discussion paper presented at a meeting, "Family Planning New Worlds- organized by.
the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health of the John.
Hopkins Center for Communication Programs. December 10, 2002.
I thank Dr. Laurie Zabin for presenting alternative frameworks to analyze adolescent.
sexuality and drawing away from the usual perspective that casts the adolescent as the.
problem, spurred by his (and increasingly, her) raging hormones. Her paper shows how.
important it is to problematize the way societies interpret the sexualities of young people,.
and to seek new ways of understanding these sexualities in the context of history and.
social change.
I wanted to elaborate on Dr. Zabin's points, using examples from Asia (mainly the.
Philippines) to talk about the dilemmas and pitfalls that come with social conservatism,.
often expressed through an invocation of a mythical past when adolescents were asexual,.
obedient, compliant. In doing so, I want to show that conservatism is not limited to the.
moralizing of religious fundamentalists; in fact, the more dangerous forms of social.
conservatism are the ones we carry unconsciously, part of all too pervasive social.
ideologies that we pick up through our families and educational institutions.
Specifically, I wanted to talk about "PMS-, a term which I first heard from Filipino.
demographers. It was a term which initially puzzled me since I came in from work on.
reproductive health and thought of PMS as premenstrual syndrome. As things turned out,.
PMS was "premarital sex-, said with much dread and loathing almost as if they were.
referring to an epidemic.
Tomorrow, in fact, there will be a press conference back home where the latest figures.
from the latest national youth survey will be released. I was supposed to be part of the.
press conference but this Baltimore meeting was set earlier so I had to decline.
Premarital sex can be defined as sexual relations outside the institution of marriage. ... Premarital sex is a difficult issue to deal with in today's society. ... There are two views regarding premarital sex that are held by society. ... A third view on the issue of premarital sex is the view of the Church. ... Premarital sex is a difficult moral issue to discuss. ...
A main issue at hand in today's society is whether premarital sex is classified as morally right or wrong. The Catholic Church claims that premarital sex is wrong and immoral. ... Two of the biggest fears in premarital sex may be sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies. ... Along with this, the Church has added that premarital sex is an act based on lust, and that it can lead to harmful consequences to the body and possibly the future. The issue of premarital sex is about maintaining a pure life, so that no individual is ever used as a means to an end. ...
The most common effect that premarital sex leads to is STD's. ... It is hard to believe that people are aware at these statistics but are yet still having premarital sex. Premarital sex, in many cases, produces children. ... Confusion is another emotional effect of premarital sex. ... In conclusion, Premarital sex is suggested everywhere in our society, as seen on billboards, in movies, and in magazines. ...
Is Premarital Sex Right? ... There is only one condition when sex is right. ... Another reason that premarital sex should not take place is because of the risk of having an unwanted pregnancy. ... An individual that I spoke to told me why she regrets the choices she made concerning premarital sex. ... In the United States today 41 % of the American population thinks premarital sexual relations are not wrong at all, while only 29 % think premarital sex is always wrong. 12 % think that it is almost always wrong and 18 % think that only some premarital sexual encounters are wrong. ...
Premarital sex is a huge problem in society today. ... People having sex today are not aware of the consequences that come with having sex. ... What people are not realizing is that this disease is deadly and by having premarital sex and not being monogamous they too have a higher possibility that they might contract this disease. ... Children are another aspect that has a toll in premarital sex. ... In conclusion premarital sex is a huge problem in society today. ...
She is just one of a new generation of Indians, who seem to find premarital sex an acceptable, or rather amenable idea. ... Premarital sex is a radical step for the Indian females. ... Now the shackles of sexual inhibition, by engaging in premarital sex. ... Moreover, premarital sex has also brought more balance in the gender relation because women don't have to be submissive any more.. ... With marriage as the norm for engaging in sexual activity, premarital sex was clearly placed in the forbidden, or disgraced zone. ...
Premarital sex is a huge problem in society today. ... People having sex today are not aware of the consequences that come with having sex. ... They believe sex is fun. ... Sex is all over society. ... What people are not realizing is this disease is deadly and by having premarital sex and not being monogamous they too can contract this disease. ...
Here are a few points about premarital sex • In 1969, two-thirds of young adults believed that premarital sex was wrong. • In 1969, 21% of young adults said premarital sex was acceptable. • In the1970's, 47% of young adults were still critical (thinking premarital sex is wrong or immoral) of premarital sex. • By 1985, 52% of young adults said premarital sex was acceptable. ... • Today, couples cohabitate and engage in premarital sex. ...
In society today, people are faced with having premarital sex. Premarital sex is when a women and man have sex before they are married. ... Everyone has a different belief when it comes to premarital sex. ... There are many reasons not to have premarital sex. ... Peer pressure is a big factor with premarital sex. ...
