Teen’s Sexual Health

Adolescence is a period in our life where everything is still starting to unravel and we begin to discover so many amazing things and gather memorable experiences and friends. Many a writer and poet and poet have described the wondrous blushes of youth. Along with how fleeting and elusive it could be, it is the period in our entire lifetime that we would most likely often go back to and remember.

But nothing could wreck the freshness of adolescents like the traumas of sexually transmitted disease, unwanted pregnancies and abortions. It is at such tender age that one must be able to fully enjoy being free from the obligations and responsibilities brought by adulthood.

Statistics tell us that it is the adolescents have the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases in any given age group. Naturally, the rate of STIs among all sexually active teens as compared to just all teens, is higher. For this reason, sex on the tender years of adolescence is really risky. The young would be more prone to sexually transmitted diseases or infections (STDs or STIs), or what was otherwise known as venereal diseases (VD). Every year, just in the United States alone, there are about one in four teens that easily acquire STIs. This is a whooping three million adolescents per year.

Other than the diseases, sex is also risky for adolescents because those engaging in it may also be pressured into doing it only because of a demanding partner or an abusive adult relationship. Sex in these circumstances can be psychologically harmful as it will lead to depression and ill feelings of low self-esteem. Dr. Meg Meeker, a renowned consultant on teenage sexual habits reiterates that the risky sexual behaviors of our young is not just a crisis but is more of bordering on an epidemic. In fact, Dr. Meeker has titled her book, “Epidemic: How Teen Sex is Killing Our Kids.”