Teenage sexuality is part of life, as it is known in today’s society. What we would like to accomplish is an easy was for teenagers to get information on the web without having to be embarrassed, and this way teens can feel a little more at ease with having a way to get all their questions and concerns answered.
STATISTICS
· While 93% of teenage women report that
their first intercourse was voluntary, one-quarter of these young women report
that it was unwanted.4
· The younger women are when they first
have intercourse, the more likely they are to have had unwanted or Unvoluntary
first sex--7 in 10 of those who had sex before age 13, for example.5
· Nearly two-thirds (64%) of sexually
active 15-17-year-old women have partners who are within two years of their age;
29% have sexual partners who are 3-5 years older, and 7% have partners who are
six or more years older.6
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Sex is rare among
very young teenagers, but common in the later teenage years.40
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Sources: 1995 National Survey of Family Growth
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· A sexually active teenager who does not
use contraceptives has a 90% chance of becoming pregnant within one year. 8
· Teenage women's contraceptive use at
first intercourse rose from 48% to 65% during the 1980s, almost entirely because
of a doubling in condom use. By 1995, use at first intercourse reached 78%, with
2/3 of it condom use.9
· 9 in 10 sexually active women and their
partners use a contraceptive method, although not always consistently or
correctly.10
· The method teenage women most frequently
use is the pill (44%), followed by the condom (38%). About 10% rely on the
injectable, 4% on withdrawal and 3% on the implant.12
FOR MORE STATISTICS GO TO:
http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/fb_teen_sex.html
CONTRACEPTIVES AVAILABLE
·
Abstinence
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Birth
control pills
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Condoms
for both male and female
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Diaphragm
For
more information go to http://www.mjbovo.com/Contrcept
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