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Choosing Abstinence

Choosing Abstinence. Chapter 6 Section 4. Risks of Sexual Intimacy. NOT RISK FREE Effects emotional health Effects your relationship Risk of pregnancy Risk of STI’s/STD’s. Effects on Emotional Health. Based on your values May go against a person’s values Media helps shape values

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Choosing Abstinence

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  1. Choosing Abstinence Chapter 6 Section 4

  2. Risks of Sexual Intimacy • NOT RISK FREE • Effects emotional health • Effects your relationship • Risk of pregnancy • Risk of STI’s/STD’s

  3. Effects on Emotional Health • Based on your values • May go against a person’s values • Media helps shape values • Result of making snap decisions about sex is often a loss of self-respect • May feel you let your parents down

  4. Effect on your Relationship • Alters the way couples spend time together • Changes the way couples relate to friends • One partner may expect sex every time they are together • Couples are not prepared for sexual complications

  5. Risk of Pregnancy • Babies born to teen mothers are usually smaller and less healthy • Teenage mothers are more likely to have health problems during pregnancy • What effect does a baby have on a teenage couple? • Parents are legally responsible • Often feel overwhelmed and trapped • Many teenage mothers drop out of school

  6. Risks of STI’s • Some infections can be passed, or transmitted from one person to another during sexual activity

  7. Emotional Intimacy • Definition – refers to the openness, sharing, affection, and trust that can develop in a close relationship • A couple can have a close relationship without being sexually intimate • It is hard for them to keep a relationship close if there is no emotional intimacy

  8. Abstinence Skills • Abstinence – Act of refraining from, or not having sex • Skills include: • Setting clear limits • Communicating your limits • Avoiding high-pressure situations • Asserting yourself

  9. Abstinence Skills cont. • Set Clear limits • It’s easier to stick to limits and feel comfortable about them • Communicate your limits • Don’t wait until situation arises • Talk honestly to partner • Avoid high-pressure situations • Unsupervised parties – pressure to have sex • Assert yourself • Make sure partner knows what you mean

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