TALKING ABOUT SEX (as submitted to Planetary Magazine)
Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Wednesday, October 20, 2004 at 10:41:25 AM EST.
Sex is still considered a taboo. Nowadays, things are becoming a little bit better because TV gives us a lot of information that shows that sex is not something we have to have prejudice against.
But people are starting their sexual life earlier and it is not good because, although TV is trying to keep the youth informed, many young people do not have enough information and there are a lot of consequences when people have sex without it. One of them is pregnancy, which is a serious problem, mainly for a girl's family and for her boyfriend, if he does not expect the baby or does not want it. So, usually, girls abort without their parent's permission.
Another consequence is getting diseases like AIDS, hepatitis or herpes.
People have to know that they have to take care, use preservatives and anti-conception methods.
Trusting or not in your partner, you have to take care of yourself.
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