Dear Kristin, I appreciate the post and bringing to the attention of our readers this very important issue. Women have fought for years to liberate themselves from the shackles of societal slavery, where women were good only for ONE thing: SEXUAL PLEASURE.
Our young women today must learn to differenciate freedom and choice from making wrong choices. Teen pregnancy is a prevantable societal condition so why would a young women choose to have unprotected sex knowing the consequences? Is it stupidity, ignorance of consequences or just unmoderated risky behavior? Why would a competent, capable, smart teenager make such a poor choice: having unprotected sex, I mean?
I have a teenage daughter that knows more about this subject than I had wished she knew for someone her age. But as a mother, it was an imperative to prepare her with the information at a very early age so she could make her own choices later on. I am pleased to say that teen pregnancy statistics are taken very seriously by her. She just confided to me that she will NOT waste time with having boyfriends until she is done with college. This is a powerful statement for a beautiful girl who is only a sophmore in high school, but it is her own choice. She realizes the risks are too great and having sex just for the immediate pleasure is not for her at this time in her life. However she also states that she is not free from peer pressure. She states that: "Choosing to have sex as a teen is a misguided attempt to meet the convoluted status quo and fulfill the cloudy paradigm of adulthood. Getting laid, apparently, has become the new right of passage into acceptance." These are her own words as she and I read your posting tonight.
She sees her value as a young woman beyond sexual performance. She believes that young women today are seeking desperately the acceptance of who they are from boyfriends who also being young do not provide enough emotional "fill" to the gaps that exist among them. My daughter has chosen to focus on her intellectual potential. She is busy volunteering in the community, hanging out with other youth in church working at local charities, playing basketball, and focusing on her future academic goals.
EmpowHer has an opportunity to influence young women to value themselves for the potential they are to making the world a better place. This value is not only about having unprotected sex, or bringing new life into this world when these young women are not ready to be mothers, or exposing their young bodies to STDs, it is more than that. It is about given young women to tools to carry on the legacy of greater women in history to make this a better planet for generations to come.
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Dear Kristin, I appreciate the post and bringing to the attention of our readers this very important issue. Women have fought for years to liberate themselves from the shackles of societal slavery, where women were good only for ONE thing: SEXUAL PLEASURE.
Our young women today must learn to differenciate freedom and choice from making wrong choices. Teen pregnancy is a prevantable societal condition so why would a young women choose to have unprotected sex knowing the consequences? Is it stupidity, ignorance of consequences or just unmoderated risky behavior? Why would a competent, capable, smart teenager make such a poor choice: having unprotected sex, I mean?
I have a teenage daughter that knows more about this subject than I had wished she knew for someone her age. But as a mother, it was an imperative to prepare her with the information at a very early age so she could make her own choices later on. I am pleased to say that teen pregnancy statistics are taken very seriously by her. She just confided to me that she will NOT waste time with having boyfriends until she is done with college. This is a powerful statement for a beautiful girl who is only a sophmore in high school, but it is her own choice. She realizes the risks are too great and having sex just for the immediate pleasure is not for her at this time in her life. However she also states that she is not free from peer pressure. She states that: "Choosing to have sex as a teen is a misguided attempt to meet the convoluted status quo and fulfill the cloudy paradigm of adulthood. Getting laid, apparently, has become the new right of passage into acceptance." These are her own words as she and I read your posting tonight.
She sees her value as a young woman beyond sexual performance. She believes that young women today are seeking desperately the acceptance of who they are from boyfriends who also being young do not provide enough emotional "fill" to the gaps that exist among them. My daughter has chosen to focus on her intellectual potential. She is busy volunteering in the community, hanging out with other youth in church working at local charities, playing basketball, and focusing on her future academic goals.
EmpowHer has an opportunity to influence young women to value themselves for the potential they are to making the world a better place. This value is not only about having unprotected sex, or bringing new life into this world when these young women are not ready to be mothers, or exposing their young bodies to STDs, it is more than that. It is about given young women to tools to carry on the legacy of greater women in history to make this a better planet for generations to come.
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