Understanding Teenage Sex: Reasons, Risks & Consequences

1. Bellringer:Why do teens have sex?Correct answers will receive a… Enjoy your Tootsie Roll!!!

2. Research Surveys A snapshot of what is happening at the time of the survey that shows pattern of behavior.

3. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

4. Abstinence: • A deliberate decision to avoid high –risk behavior.

5. Current Realities • Percent of Students who have “ever had Sex”

6. Age of 1st Sexual Intercourse

7. Relationship with partner at loss of virginity

8. Total Number of Sexual Partners

9. Other studies • LA Times-“56% of girls and 73% of guys have had intercourse by 18. The average teen is active for 8 years before marrying.” • World average for onset of sex= 17.6 The US average = 16.2 • % of 15-19 yr. old females who had premarital sex in 1971=31% 1997=54%

10. Student Reports of Wishing They had WAITED longer • 63% of teens surveyed wish they would have waited longer (55% male, 72% female) • 78% agreed they should not be sexually active • 84% of females reported that they wanted to learn how to say NO without hurting the other person’s feelings

11. Reasons Teens Have Sex 1. They can 2.Proves “LOVE” • 50% of 5th/ 6th grade say they have been in LOVE 3. Peer pressure 4. Pressure from Partner • “25% of sexually active young people say they have done something sexual they didn’t really want to at some point.”

12. 5.Easy access to Birth Control • Teens are going to do it anyway so provide birth control????? 6.Curiosity • Teenagers hear about it in songs, read about it in books and magazines, and watch it on TV and in the movies. With all the media portraying it as wonderful, it is natural to want to find out what it is all about.

13. 7. Media • The average teen spends more time in front of the television than any other activity besides sleeping. • Average US teen spends about 28 hrs. a week watching TV • By 18, will have seen 350,000 commercials • 85% of sitcoms have some kind of sexual content • 9,230+ acts of sex each year on TV • Teens who were sexually active listened to the radio, watched TV and movies more often than teens who were not sexually active

14. 8. Alcohol/ Drugs • High school students who reported having consumed alcohol ever were at least 70% more likely than their counterparts to have had premarital sex. • 39% of juveniles who are sexually active and confessed to alcohol consumption, have had sexual intercourse with four or more persons. • 75% of college females who experienced date-rape reported in one survey, that they were drinking at the time of the unwanted sexual advance. • Binge drinkers along with drug users are 30% more likely to contract an STD. • Among incidents of sexual violence, alcohol is implicated more than any other drug

15. 9. Broken Homes • Child from a two parent home is twice as likely to say NO.. 10.Search for Security, Self –Esteem, Love, or Acceptance • Teens with low self-esteem are more likely to have sex 11. Popularity

16. 12.Rebellion • Most teen sex takes place between 3-5 in the afternoon in their parents home 13. Skepticism about Marriage (Almost 60% divorce rate) Why wait save virginity for someone I’m going to divorce anyway?

17. 14. Early Dating • 12 yrs old = 91% have sex before graduation • 13 yrs old = 56% • 14 yrs old = 53% • 15 yrs old = 40 % • 16 yrs old = less than 20%

18. “The Law of Diminishing Return” • Slippery Slide • Hand to hand • 2. Hand to shoulder • 3. Hand to waist • 4. Face to face • 5. Hand to head • 6. Body to body (hug) • 7. Mouth to face • 8. Mouth to mouth • 9. Hand to body • 10. Body to body

19. 15. Feels GoodMore than half the teens surveyed said the reason they have sex was because it feels good. • Get out the Tootsie Roll you got at the beginning of class.

20. Bellringer • Sit down and try to figure out what the purpose of a fireplace is.

21. Having Sex effects ALL sides of your Health Triangle. Health Triangle Physical Social Mental / Emotional

22. Why Should you Wait? • Physical • Pregnancy • STD’s • Death • Mental/ Emotional • Depression • Suicide • Stress • Social • Unhealthy Relationships • Communication problems • Damaged family relationships

23. Pregnancy • “Almost one million adolescents – or 19 % of those who have had sexual intercourse – become pregnant each year. Among women aged 15 to 19, 78 percent of pregnancies are believed to be unintended, accounting for about one-quarter of all accidental pregnancies each year.”

24. Cost of Adolescent Pregnancy • 60 % of adolescent mothers giving birth for the 1st time have their delivery costs paid for by public funds. • Costs $100,000 in medical and welfare costs for every single teen who has a child • Total cost for the government for adolescent pregnancy= $29 BILLION

25. Current STD Statistics • Today more Americans are infected with STD’s than at any other time in history. • 15 million new cases each year. • 56 million Americans have an incurable STD other than HIV, about 1 out of 5. • 65 million have an incurable STD • 1 million Americans have HIV

26. Current Teen STD Information • Teens compromise 10% of population, but account for 25% of the STD in US • 3 million teenager- about 1 in 4 sexually experienced- acquire an STD each year • 2/3 of people who acquire STD’s in the US are younger than 25. • Of teens who have had sex, 1 out of 3 will graduate from high school with a diploma and a sexually transmitted disease.

27. STD’s • “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that approximately 10,000,000 teens are sexually active in the U.S.” “Almost 1-in-3 of sexually active teens get a new sexually transmitted disease each year.” “There are approximately fifteen million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) annually in the United States. About two-thirds of new cases occur among adolescents and young adults under 25”

28. Cost of STD’s • Each year, the cost of dealing with STD’s in adolescents greatly impacts our taxes and our overall health care costs.

29. Gonorrhea Rates Missouri STD Information

30. Gonorrhea — Age- and sex-specific rates: United States, 2004

31. Gonorrhea — Rates among women by state: United States and outlying areas, 2004 Note: The total gonorrhea infection rate among women in the United States and outlying areas (Guam, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands) was 115.0 per 100,000 female population.

32. Health Consequences of GonorrheaWhile gonorrhea is easily cured, untreated cases can lead to serious health problems. Among women, gonorrhea is a major cause of PID, which can lead to chronic pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy, and infertility. In men, untreated gonorrhea can cause epididymitis, a painful condition of the testicles that can result in infertility.

33. Chlamydia Rates

34. Chlamydia — Age- and sex-specific rates: United States, 2004

35. Chlamydia — Rates among women by state: United States and outlying areas, 2004 Note: The total chlamydia infection rate among women in the United States and outlying areas (Guam, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands) was 480.7 per 100,000 female population.

36. Health Consequences of ChlamydiaChlamydia is a bacterial infection that can easily be cured with antibiotics, but it is usually asymptomatic and often undiagnosed. Untreated, it can cause severe health consequences for women, including pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), ectopic pregnancy, and infertility. Up to 40 percent of females with untreated chlamydia infections develop PID, and 20 percent of those may become infertile. Complications from chlamydia among men are relatively uncommon, but may include epididymitis and urethritis, which can cause pain, fever, and in rare cases, sterility.

37. Syphilis

38. Health Consequences of SyphilisSyphilis, a genital ulcerative disease, is highly infectious, but easily curable in its early (primary and secondary) stages. If untreated, it can lead to serious long-term complications, including nerve, cardiovascular, and organ damage, and even death. Congenital syphilis can cause stillbirth, death soon after birth, and physical deformity and neurological complications in children who survive. Syphilis, like many other STDs, facilitates the spread of HIV, increasing transmission of the virus at least two- to five-fold.

39. Genital warts — Initial visits to physicians’ offices: United States, 1966–2004 Note: The relative standard error for these estimates range from 40% to 60%. SOURCE: National Disease and Therapeutic Index (IMS Health)

40. Condom Myth- I can’t get an STD if I use a condom. • “Based on studies, it appears condoms only reduce the risk of herpes by half at best. Genital herpes infects nearly a quarter of Americans. Because there is no cure, once you’re infected with genital herpes, you have it for life.” “Among those couples using condoms as their primary method of contraception, approximately 14 percent will experience an unintended pregnancy during the first year. It is important to remember that they may not have used a condom or may have used one incorrectly during the act of intercourse that resulted in pregnancy.”

41. Oral Sex Myth- I can’t get an STD by having oral sex. “Dr. Marc Steben, an expert on infectious diseases, said that women are at heightened risk of contracting the human papilloma virus through oral sex. There are different strains of the virus, HPV for short, and they are considered the most common of sexually transmitted diseases. One strain causes genital warts, while HPV 16 can lead to cervical cancer. In rare instances, HPV 16 has been linked to cancer of the tonsils, the tongue and the esophagus.”

42. Current Oral Sex Statistics • A teen-specific report, the results of a $16 million six-year study based on 2002 data, found that 55 percent of boys and 54 percent of girls say they either gave or received oral sex. • 77% agree that oral sex is sex, but 54% said you were still a virgin if you had oral sex • Reasons given for oral sex • Avoid intercourse- 40% • Avoid pregnancy- 68%

43. Risks of Oral Sex The co-director of the research center for the Planned Parenthood, "Because the teenagers don't define it as sex, they don't think it's risky at all," she said. "There is evidence that teenagers see this as more casual and less intimate than intercourse. They're likely underestimating the emotional and physical risk associated with oral sex." Childers pointed to STDs that can be transmitted during oral sex, including herpes, the Human Papilloma Virus -- or HPV -- syphilis, Hepatitis B and HIV.

44. Emotional Problems • Depression “Does premarital sex depress teenagers? A Heritage Foundation study, found a strong correlation between sexual activity and teenage depression. The study found that: -“25.3 percent of sexually active teenage girls said they were often depressed, compared to -7.7 percent of girls who had not had sexual intercourse.”

45. Suicide • -“14.3 percent of sexually active girls had attempted suicide, compared to 5.1 percent of sexually inactive girls. Six percent of sexually active boys had attempted suicide versus only 0.7 percent of boys who had not had sexual intercourse.”

46. Other Possible Mental/ Emotional Problems • Guilt • Misleading feeling about Sex and Love • Addiction to Sex • Hardship of Breaking Up • Poor Self-Image

47. Possible Social/ Relational Problems • Unhealthy relationships • Lack of Trust • Possessive • Communication Problems • Damaged Family Relationships • Changed Friendships • Have different responsibilities • Future Comparisons

48. Academic Achievement and Abstinence • 60% less likely to be expelled • 50% less likely to dropout

49. College Attendance and Abstinence Lifetime Earnings and Educational Attainment

50. How to say NO • Pledge not to have sex until marriage • Choose friends that have same goals • Date people that have same goals • Communication (set limitations) • Stay away from tempting situations • Talk to a trusted adult YOU ONLY GET 1 FIRST TIME!!!