Posted on 09/29/2005 5:53:33 AM PDT by qandablogger
The news that more than 50 percent of American teens have had oral sex raised hardly an eyebrow when it was first reported by the National Center for Health Statistics as part of most comprehensive survey of teen sexual behavior ever conducted, and this by the federal government. Nor were people surprised at the huge change in young girls who were giving as much oral sex as they were receiving, thereby confirming the transformation in young women from sexual prey to sexual predators.
Less so was there any shock value in the newly released fact that 11 percent of young women reported having at least one homosexual experience. By now, Americans have become completely inured to the idea of teens having more sex than their parents. Time was when Dad would sit down and give his son the talk about the birds and the bees. Now it's junior who sits Dad down and teaches him all the latest positions.
But there was another statistic that should have gotten parents' attention but which was similarly ignored, namely, that there seems to be a direct link between teen sexuality and teen depression. A study by the Heritage Foundation, in-turn based on the government-funded National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health, found that about 25 percent of sexually active girls say they are depressed all, most or a lot of the time, while only 8 percent of girls who are not sexually active feel the same.
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Like what happens (metaphorically) every April 15th? We should all be ecstatic.
Careful drawing inferences from the correlation, if it exists as purported. The correlation does not necessarily mean that higher sexual activity causes depression. Depression could be a cause of higher sexual activity. Or there could be some other factor that contributes to both.
On the notes made concerning the article: I agree. Teenagers are exposed way too early to sex, drugs and adult situations in general. I remember growing up and my parents telling me to go to bed when they watched Purple Rain. I watch that now and laugh. Most primetime cop dramas are worse than Prince.
Kids don't understand passion or love. They understand infatuation and the "high" of sexual "intimacy." I have younger cousins who I press on issues like this, and all-in-all, my aunts and uncles are doing a good job keeping them sheltered from the storm. I know women from college who were complete whores, and talking to them now, they're emotional wrecks. I see the correllation, for sure.
Great piece on your profile page.
Are they really children? At what age do teenagers become adults capable of handling a relationship? Our society discourages young people from marrying at an early age, which in a sense is a cultural policy that pushes them into boyfriend/girlfriend relationships. Two hundred years ago, if you were not married by 18, you were considered an old maid.
I said to my wife the other day--jokingly at first--but then later found a lot of truth in the statement: "Women ultimately want men to act nice but look bad; men want women who look nice, but act bad."
Gross ugly hickies
nestled amoung zits
sign of love that sucks.
(Credit to my dad.)
"Maturity" is a function of experience as much as chronological age. A person who has been well taught and given responsibility may be "adult" at 17. A person who has been trained to be inert and to avoid responsibility may never grow up!
With regards to religion on this issue: I considered the seminary when I graduated from high school. I was a virtuous virgin enthralled by the Catholic religion. College turned me on my head, but it never removed the arch-Catholic in me.
I'm not an overly social person, but I do like to take part in social situations with a group of people. I don't go out on the weekends or go to church on Sundays, because I don't have anyone to go with. I left all my friends in college. Sounds silly, huh?
I appreciate all of the good wishes, and I'm sure some wonderful woman will come along eventually. In the meantime, I'll continue to Freep my way through the day and pray to the Good Lord that things turn out alright in this world.
There is probably more truth to this than you realize. If it is even possible, it would take a pretty good lover to make sexual intercourse feel good the first few times for an inexperienced young woman. Think about it, the inexperienced young woman thinks that intercourse will be this super wonderful experience but instead it *hurts* when compared to the foreplay (hopefully) that lead up to it.
That alone would tend be somewhat depressing.
You must work for the same company I do?
Our kids today are exposed to sexual titillation and encouraged to look at other people as means to please themselves; all while they are shielded from the harsh circumstances that used to batter their ancestors. They aren't allowed to work, they spend large amounts of time in institutions where they are stamped, numbered, and ignored (as long as they don't do something inconvenient to the powers-that-be!), and nothing they do has any slightest perceptible effect on their situation. No consequences (and no significance.)
You come up through something like that, you will be completely stunted -- not physically, but in every other way.
As to whether teen sex causes depression, or depression drives teens to sex to try and get out of it, I don't see that it matters which is the case. I see it as a positive feedback loop.
But he can still be President.
The data reported here certainly do provide a correlation, which is of course not evidence of causation.
I think the mistake would be in calling it an either/or situation, however. A predisposition toward depression might push a girl to sexual activity. And sexual activity might very well cause depression.
When all is said and done, I think they probably feed each other, so it's probably useless to try to blame one or the other: one can probably find instances where the cause is either.
The correlation itself, however, is startling enough. It's certainly worthwhile to use it as justification to work to remove one side (sexual promiscuity) of the feedback process.
clinton legacy
She's only 11 months old and I'm already researching vault systems to replace her standard walls, door and windows in her bedroom.
Well, maybe. However, studies of cohabitation seem to indicate that a non-marital "loving and stable" relationship has even less chance of lasting than a regular marriage.
LOL!
Yahoo.com worked for me.
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