Like the title says, just saying 'no' does not work in the heat of the moment. Humans generally make poorer decisions while under the influence of strong emotions, notably - sexual arousal.
Parents tend to tell their children just to say no. Since that doesn't work, what should parents advise their children to do? The article says to talk to the teenager and suggest avoiding situations where the teen is in a room alone with a person of the opposite gender that they may find attractive. Who would feel the urge to have sex if there's other people in the room? It also says to ensure condoms are readily available, just in case. I disagree with that. Isn't pregnancy a motivating factor for teens not to have sex? So wouldn't a tool to aid in preventing pregnancy just going to become an excuse to cave into that pressure?
It also says ". . .abstinence nearly always loses to passion in the heat of the moment." That's likely to be true. Maybe our high school "sex ed" (Health) courses should discover a new way to preach abstinence. From my experiences in Health, the teacher advocates just saying 'no', which has been shown to not work in the heat of the moment.
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Really interesting article! It's cool to know that we might have better alternatives soon to dissolve peer pressure. Good job!
Yay we did the same one! Haha. I think we should all be awareness of how effective emotions can be in daily life. :)
This is a very interesting topic and can get touchy in today's socitey. You did a good job and I really liked it. :)
Great Job Chris, your blog was extremely intriguing and interesting. I enjoyed it.
Wow that was an interesting articl! and i agree with the bit about the condom, but if you were to have sex, a condom would be good. I have no idea though what out sex ed teachers would do if they heard that teaching abstinence doesnt work lol!!
It's funny how a lot of people gravitated towards this heated topic, i think you were clear and concise on your perception of the issue.
A big problem isn't it? Instead of self-defense classes, people should train themselves to be controlled. You have to constantly remind yourself of the consequences. Good job.
That was an interesting post. I often wonder why people (like famous politicians, for example) often do stupid things like have unsafe sex. I think maybe the media and our culture should take some of the blame. TV makes sex seem safe and harmless and sends the exact opposite signal that Health courses try to teach. Maybe Health classes should talk about the myths and truths about sex.
Good job with using quotes and having commentary. This was quite interesting and I thought that you had a valid argument that parents simply tell children to say no
In general people that do carry around condoms have sex right? That seems logical. I think that our health classes did a very bad job explaining sex. They always tip-toed around the subject and spent more time trying to scare us away with pictures of STD's then truly informing us about the real facts of sex with no bias opinions attached. I thought the way it was approached in the short paragraph of our psych text book was better than all of sex-ed
Interesting article. its amazing to see the effect of others on the decisions we make everyday. Good job and analysis.
very very interesting post dude. go alex's comment
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