<p>Maybe because the other word for that part. You wouldn't yell you're a vagina! Maybe someone should ask the mods</p>
<p>its funny i was just reading about sex all day today in apbio. our book gets really carried about.. "the pen-is can become quite rigid and penetrate far into the female vagina" its talking about turtles</p>
<p>"sex flush" is also mentioned in humans</p>
<p>Wow...That's...out there...Someone must really have had fun...writing about turtles...Yuck...Celebrian25, people also don't typically yell, "You're a pen-is!"...Rather, "You're a dick!" And that word is allowed...Probably because it's also a name, but still, it's all convoluted...</p>
<p>I don't think having sex in high school is wrong at all, as long as you are responsible, protected and with someone you actually want to have sex with. I think people should stop equating morality and character with sexual activity. I don't think sex that occurs under the right circumstances is morally wrong, and I didn't expect to see so many teens against it. There's nothing wrong with satisfying your urges or the urges of your significant other, we all have a sex drive, there's nothing wrong with acknowledging it and acting on it, responsibly. I've only had sex with one person, by the way, and we were together for three years, I do not regret it. I have turned down many other opportunities because I respect myself.</p>
<p>*****!</p>
<p>haha</p>
<p>Any moderator care to share the reason as to why PENlS (spelled correctly) is censored?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, most Americans think of sex as dirty or immoral in some way.</p>
<p>that's because America was settled by prudes :p, jk (well, not really, Puritans were quite prude in every respect)</p>
<p>Spanks: I would have to disagree with you on what you said in your first post. I believe that having sex does relate to an individual's character because it shows a lack of discipline in controlling one's urges. Having sex is destructive for several reasons. First, there's the possibility of transmitting/receiving a veneral disease. Secondly, there's the possibility of a pregnancy - which can completely alter the lives of the two teenagers involved. Thirdly, in my sex-ed classe, we discussed how having sex for the first time can lead to "sexual ghosts." Basically, the idea is that years later, when you get married, you will still have a longing for the first person you had sex with (in college or in high school). This can and has been destructive in many marriages shown in case studies as well as in my own personal experience with my friends' parents.</p>
<p>In any case, once you have sex, it's a done deal. You can't go and fix the "mistake" if you really want to later on. I'll admit that for some couples, things work out well and they live together for the remainder of the lives, so sex may not be too destructive. On the other hand, for most couples, this isn't the case. Recent statistics show that nearly half of all couples have extra-marital affairs. Don't you think the mindset at a young age in America that sex is "okay" most likely contributed to this mindset?</p>
<p>As you can see, there are many negative aspects as well. I oppose premarital sex for the reasons outlined above.</p>
<p>Wow, such a negative attitude toward sex.</p>
<p>That's why I said it is important to be responsible. What's so wrong with satisfying one's human urges? This isn't the Victorian era. As long as you're not a sex addict, there's nothing wrong with having it from time to time, it's like anything else that's enjoyable. If you're having sex and you're a girl, take the pill, that's what I did. If you're with someone you haven't been dating for years, use a condom. It's not difficult to avoid diseases and pregnancy. Accidents do happen, but before you have sex, you should be aware of the possibilities. Sex being acceptable has nothing to do with adultery. Cheating on someone is wrong, but is more reflective of being a deceitful jerk than one who views sex as permissive. Kissing is cheating, no one is against kissing, it seems, does that encourage affairs? I don't really agree with your argument, no offense.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.premaritalsex.info/regrets.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.premaritalsex.info/regrets.htm</a>
Facts:[ul]
[<em>]2,739 teenagers get pregnant every day in America. That's one every 31 seconds!
[</em>]8,219 teenagers get an STD every day in America. That's one every 11 seconds.
[li]There are over 25 significant STDs today. [/li][/ul]
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"Safe sex" methods do little or nothing in preventing several of today's leading STDs. And no contraceptive can protect a young person's heart from emotional scars and painful memories brought on by sexual activity before marriage.
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Okay..
Since 1991, rates of teenage pregnancy and birth have declined significantly in the United States. These are welcome trends. Yet, teens in the United States continue to suffer from the highest birth rate and one of the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STDs) in the industrialized world.
And..
In 1996, Congress signed into law the Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act, or welfare reform. Attached was the provision, later set out in Section 510(b) of Title V of the Social Security Act, appropriating $250 million dollars over five years for state initiatives promoting sexual abstinence outside of marriage as the only acceptable standard of behavior for young people. It's still in use today.</p>
<p>No, that site isn't biased much...</p>
<p><em>rolls eyes</em>
<em>sighs</em>
Abstinence-only sex education doesn't work. The only reason it got government funding was for Bush to appease the religious right. </p>
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I don't think having sex in high school is wrong at all, as long as you are responsible, protected and with someone you actually want to have sex with. I think people should stop equating morality and character with sexual activity. I don't think sex that occurs under the right circumstances is morally wrong, and I didn't expect to see so many teens against it. There's nothing wrong with satisfying your urges or the urges of your significant other, we all have a sex drive, there's nothing wrong with acknowledging it and acting on it, responsibly. I've only had sex with one person, by the way, and we were together for three years, I do not regret it.
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<p>Go Spanks. Very well said.
There's nothing wrong with having sex, despite what most of the people on here seem to think. Just be smart about it. It needs to mean something to both of you, so better in a relationship, and use a condom! But if I was to go into my background... I was 19, so in college, when I lost my virginity. I'm not particularly proud of the circumstances of that but any time after that I've been in a relationship and it's actually meant something.</p>
<p>As long as you use protection and all of the other precautions to ensure that sex is safe, I don't see anything wrong with it.</p>
<p>copulation is natural part of evolution/biology/science
if u dont like it, u might now copulate. if u dont copulate, u wont reproduce. if u dont reproduce, then u cant pass on ur genes, which is what ur biologically suppose to want to do... "pass on as many offspring with ur genetics as possible"</p>
<p>the problem is we're being both "oversexed" and "undersexed" at the same time. the media throws sexual images at us everyday, yet we either are not taught anything at all about sex, or we're taught how "bad" it is, with no real justification. this creates confusion and misinformation. perhaps we just need american culture to tone down the smut a bit and american schools beef up the sex ed.</p>
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This can and has been destructive in many marriages shown in case studies as well as in my own personal experience with my friends' parents.
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<p>. . . What?</p>
<p>JimmyEatWorld711: I meant to say that I know other parents from my HS that were sexually involved at a young age and came to regret their decision to get sexually involved before marriage.</p>
<p>UCLAri: I respect your opinion and I hope you respect mine; I hope you don't simply throw it off as being "negative." I'm not American, by birth, so my culture has also played a major role in many of my beliefs. Premarital sex is strictly forbidden in my culture for the reasons I outlined. Ultimately, for me, it comes down to this: once you have sex the first time, you can't go back and change the past (having sex and losing virginity) - you'll have to accept the consequences of your actions whether good or bad. Seeing several negative consequences coming from sex before marriage, I personally don't feel it's appropriate to "experiment" in this aspect in relationships in one's life.</p>