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We all know the pressures you face everyday when it comes to sex. The truth is, not eveyone is doing it. There are many good reasons to abstain from having sex until you're married and the web sites below will give you a lot of the answers you may be looking for. We've all been through what you're going through right now and some of us made better decisions than others but the truth is a huge percentage of teens that have had premarital sex, regret it. Before you make a decision on what might be right for you please do the research! This is a huge decision in your life and should not be made based on what you think others are doing, what the media says and if you think it will make you popular. If you've already had sex, then it's not too late to start over, this same information can apply to you if you choose to make that decision.
www.proknowledge.org
www.getthetruth.net
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Here are some facts that may interest you:
NOT everybody is doing it. The percentage of high school males who have ever had sex declined from 57% in 1991 to 48% in 2005. The proportion of high school girls who reported having sex decreased from 51% in 1991 to 46% in 2005.
Teens do not think it is embarrassing to say they are virgins. The vast majority of teens (73%) surveyed recently do not think it is embarrassing for teens to say they are virgins.
Most teens who have had sex wish they had waited. Sixty-seven percent of teens surveyed who have had sexual intercourse wish they had waited longer. Of those who have had sex, more than one-half of teen boys (60%) and the great majority of teen girls (77%) said they wish they had waited longer to have sex.
Teens say sex is not acceptable for high school-age teens. Close to six in ten teens (58%) surveyed recently said sexual activity for high school-age teens is not acceptable, even if precautions are taken against pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
Teens say they should be given a strong abstinence message. Ninety-four percent of teens say that it is important for teens to be given a strong message from society that they should abstain from sex until they are at least out of high school.
Teens decide to delay becoming sexually active for many different reasons. In one survey of teen girls, "values and morals" was the most common reason given. Others included wanting to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, or because they were waiting for the "right" partner.
Teen males' approval of premarital sex is declining. The proportion of adolescent males aged 17-19 who approve of premarital sex when a couple does not plan to marry decreased from 80% in 1988 to 71% in 1995.
College freshmen are less likely to approve of casual sex. A record low 40% of college freshmen (down from a record high of 52% in 1987) agree that "if two people really like each other, it's all right for them to have sex even if they've known each other for a very short time."
"For me, I haven't found anybody worth what I have. I feel that what a woman has is special--it's a gift, you know? It's the most precious gift we have, so why should we give it up to just anybody?"
"I think girls today are faced with lot of peer pressure, and they want so bad to fit in that they'll do anything. I think that if we teach our kids that it's alright not to do what everybody else think is cool and that they don't need to do this stuff just to be popular, it might help ease the problem a little bit."
All info taken from www.teenpregnancy.org
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