New Stats Reveal Dangerous Trend in Teen Promiscuity

Agape Press ^ | 9/23/05 | Jim Brown

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(AgapePress) - New statistics on the promiscuity of American teenagers indicate there is a great deal of work to be done in teaching young people to remain sexually pure. The National Center for Health Statistics has released a report that says more than half of American youth ages 15 to 19 have engaged in oral sex, and 70 percent of the 18- and 19-year-olds surveyed admitted to engaging in such activity.

Bill Albert, communications director for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (NCPTC), says parents need to understand that they influence their teens' decisions about sex more than any other source. "We ask parents that they don't let peers and popular culture be the only shaping forces when it comes to their children's decisions about sex," he notes, "and we encourage them to be both direct and broad in what they discuss."

Albert says even as the National Center for Health Statistics data suggests, it is important for parents to talk with their teens and, "even though it may not be comfortable for parents, we might have to broaden the scope of what we discuss and be very specific." And that includes communicating the abstinence message with clarity, he points out.

"One of the things that this [report] underscores is that even those teenagers who say they have not had sexual intercourse are putting themselves at risk for contracting STDs by having oral sex," the NCPTC spokesman points out. For many teens, he notes, oral sex is an activity that is happening in the "on-deck circle" as opposed to after reaching "third base."

A Kaiser Family Foundation survey a few years ago revealed that many young people are unclear about whether oral sex puts them at risk for sexually transmitted diseases. Research has shown that diseases such as Herpes I and II, syphilis, gonorrhea and, to a lesser degree, chlamydia and HIV/AIDS can be transferred through oral sex. Still, some 25 percent of teens in the Kaiser survey did not think an STD could be spread through oral sex.

Albert notes that while the rate of teenage promiscuity is extremely high, it has not increased dramatically since 1995. Nevertheless, he asserts, the new data from the National Center for Health Statistics should be a wakeup call to parents -- a warning that they and other youth educators must do a better job of talking to kids about sex and encouraging them to abstain from sexual activity, including oral sex, until marriage.

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Nevertheless, he asserts, the new data from the National Center for Health Statistics should be a wakeup call to parents -- a warning that they and other youth educators must do a better job of talking to kids about sex and encouraging them to abstain from sexual activity, including oral sex, until marriage.

How?!
- We had the occupant of the Oval Office telling everyone that oral sex wasn't even sex and the media, leftist educators backing him up.
- We have schools urging children to experiment with all sorts of sex.
- We have schools passing out contraceptives.
- We have elected officials doing everything possible to prevent parents from even knowing if their children are having sex or abortions.

And the list goes on forever...

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[cubreporter]

Noooooooooooooooooooo, I'm shocked! Just shocked!!!!

[tarzantheapeman]

Clinton's legacy ...

[newsgatherer]

Recently I interviewed a first grade teacher in Portland, Maine. She told me that she caught a six year old girl in her class performing oral sex on a third grade (8year old) boy.

I will be using the interview as part of our "one more good reason to Home School" series.

Jake, Managing editor of Christian-news-in-maine.com

[JulieRNR21]

Hey....Clinton told them oral sex wasn't sex......his legacy lives on....it's just called a 'lewinsky'!

[newsgatherer]

That is only part of

for the clinton legacy.

[Bringbackthedraft]

What can you expect when you let a Hippie occupy the White House? Especially when they place condoms on a christmas tree too.

[Palladin]

They should show all junior high kids the films they used to show us in basic training back in the fifties.

YUCK!!!

[Maceman]

She told me that she caught a six year old girl in her class performing oral sex on a third grade (8year old) boy.

I'd bet money that at least one of those kids has been sexually abused by an adult.

[COEXERJ145]

I often wonder how many of these kids that claim to have had oral sex are lying. It isn't a new thing for young people to exaggerate about their sexual experiences.

[dawn53]

I'm the "spy" for my other friends who are moms of teenagers. My job is computer related and I'm at the computer all day (work from home.)

They don't know how to crack the teenage journal sites, so I monitor them, and find their kids' postings (usually can be done by using the kid's email address.)

Anyhoo, anybody who has any doubt that these stats are true should just stop by a teen forum and read a little.

GoLiveWire has pretty candid discussions by kids about sex topics and I think anybody can view it.

http://www.golivewire.com/forums

[nmh]

You are absolutely RIGHT!

ALL of uit fuels the fire -- just what they really want.

The left WANTS this.

[newsgatherer]

Don't know, there is no way I can go talk to the parents or even know the names.

[NRA1995]

I remember a shipmate of mine getting gonorrhea of the mouth from a Filipina hooker....was not pretty....

[Caipirabob]

"Kids'll be kids...heh...Hey, y'all haven't seen my wife nearby, right?!?"

[robertpaulsen]

First the spankings, then the oral sex.

[inquest]

I wonder if these stats are also tracking the number young people hooking up with the those of the same sex. With girls especially, it seems to be becoming quite a "chic" trend.

[Gondring]

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