Societal Problems of Teenage Sex
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Teenage sexuality creates many problems in American society and is seen as contributing to the high rate of illegitimate births, the perpetuation of poverty, the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, and various other social problems related to what has come to be called "children having children." The issue has been studied from a variety of perspectives with an eye to ascertaining the nature of the problem, the response of society, and many other issues. The current battle in schools and other institutions is between those who have capitulated and who believe that the best way to reduce pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases is through the distribution of condoms and those who believe that discouraging teenage sex is the answer and who therefore support programs of abstinence. The reality falls somewhere in between the two. The number of teenage pregnancies has been alarming for many years, and it seems to be a particular problem in urban and poor areas, though it occurs across all social and demographic lines. Teenage child-bearing creates medical and social problems of a wide variety. Birthrates for both white and black teenagers have declined since 1970, but black teenagers are more likely to have children today than white teenagers, giving the problem a racial tinge. Dash (1989) points out the problem with this: "To me, the birthrates meant that large numbers of black teenagers were adding to their burd
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al analysis conducted among San Diego teenagers aged 14 16. Overall, family background variables explained about 30 percent of the variance in teenage sexual behavior. Young Hispanic women were significantly less likely than the other study participants to have engaged in sex. There were 384 male and female participants recruited from primary care clinics and through announcements in churches, schools, shopping malls, and health fairs, by newspaper and radio ads, and by word of mouth. Participants had to be single, not pregnant, planning to live in San Diego County for at least two years, and free of major psychological or medical illness. It was found that maternal attitudes toward adolescent premarital intercourse and family rules about dating, sex, and drug use were among the factors that had a significant influence on teenage sexual activity, the researchers observed that "families who maintain relatively conservative attitudes and evoke high standards of compliance with social rules of conduct [may] delay the sexual experience of their adolescent" (Donovan, 1995, 177).
Many researchers focus on family influences on adolescent sexual behavior, and communication between parents and their children about sexual issues ha
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