... infertility or even death. Many people assume that if a baby is not conceived and no disease was contracted, there is no harm done. Yet, the emotions of people are in factor when people consume themselves in what can be called "not-so-safe sex." There is no condom for you heart and no pill for your feelings. Something that leaves the body free of ... disease and pregnancy can still leave the feelings torn and the spirit shattered: that doesn't qualify as ... a "safe" activity. Condoms and birth control are essentially useless in protecting people from ... ...

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... have been lead to believe so many fictional stories about the ways of contracting Aids its hard to know what to believe. The truth is, the main way of getting this disease is unprotected sex. Although condoms do work most of the time they are not 100% effective. Abstinence is the only sure way of not contracting Aids. Besides sexual contact with a person ... into your system. (Faulk p1) Sex, infected blood, vertical transmission is the three main ways to spread Aids. The most common is having sex with an infected person. (Fertzer p.16) You can't get it from mosquito bites, coughing, or ...

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... . William Blake's poem conveys his feelings in a more abstract style, when he uses the people and buildings of London to represent the institutions which they are associated with. He uses the image of a church to criticise religious establishments and a palace to signify the state, and authorities who control it. He ... London. Wordsworth's poem describes London as 'glittering in the smokless air' and having a calming aura. These statements, I think prove that the words are sarcastic. At the time they were written the Industrial was happening and the chimneys of London would be belching ...

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... of herpes. 500,000 Americans are diagnosed each year. There are more than 80 known forms of the herpes virus, but only eight can cause disease in humans. Today Im going to tell you what herpes is, signs of the disease, what happens if untreated and how to protect your self against it. (Before you can protect yourself against this disease you must first know what it is.) Everybody has heard ... of Genital Herpes but very few understand what the ... STD actually is, what it looks like and how it is acquired. The Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) causes Genital Herpes. There are two ... ...

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... . Oh well though. First off AIDS is in short for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Acquired means you can get infected with it. Immune Deficiency means a weakness in the body's system that fights diseases. And Syndrome means a group of health problems that make up a disease. That's basically what it means word for word. AIDS is caused by the virus called HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency ... preventing things from happening. AIDS can be stopped as long as a lot of the precursors are practiced. Unless you are 100% sure that you and the people you are with do not have HIV infection, you s...

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... for viewing shows on television that promote sex. These shows portray an image that having sex makes you fit in. There are many pressures that teens are faced with, and unfortunately sex is one of them. Teens need to know the facts about sex, where to get contraceptives, what contraceptives to buy, and how to use the contraceptives. Parents, the community, and teenagers themselves ... in these large sums, teens had not used the proper contraceptive and these sexual diseases entered their bodies. If Americans devised a plan to make these places more accessible, then this disease would be...

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... teens don't take sex and their health seriously. But, something teens fail to realize is that once you become sexually active you can never take it back. If that very first time you become pregnant or receive a STD, you can't go back and redo your mistake. But as a rebuttal many teens would make the excuse ... " knowing their partner well", but there is still more to it than knowing your partner. There is more that just goes into knowing your partner. You must have yourself and your partner tested for any diseases, and the most important, use protection, birth control, and condoms. Ther...

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... just because it feel good that you should go out and have sex with every Tom Mike and Harry. Then you are likely to come home with a disease that's going to make your mood even worse then what it probably already was before you went out and had sex. The only way that you should participate in unsafe sex is unless you and your partner have come to ... an agreement that you are ready for those sacrifices. If you are in a committed relationship such as ... working on getting married or if you already are married then you have ... ...

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... Herpes can cause breaks in the skin or lining of the mouth, vagina, and rectum. It also increases the risk of contracting HIV. Syphilis can cause long term difficulties. The disease has a deadly stage called the latent and late stages. The latent and late stages can cause difficulty in moving your muscles, numbness, blindness, and being paralyzed. It can also damage ... and can reduce the risk of sexual transmitted diseases. If a condom is not used correctly then there is a possibility that you will become pregnant. Birth control pills can only be taken by women, and must be taken on a ...

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... violence. It would do this because making use of prostitution services would allow them to do something that is medically proven to make you feel better. Some people would use prostitution as a release from their dead-end jobs, in place of alcohol. This would eliminate ... several doctors to administer tests for sexually transmitted diseases to all prostitutes before they are hired, and to all patrons who choose to make use of these prostitutes. If someone tests positive for having a sexually transmitted disease, they would be rejected, unless a doctor approves of additional protection...

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The number of people with a Sexually Transmitted Disease in America are growing rapidly, with an estimated 56 million Americans who are considered a carrier. This should come as no shock since a lack of morality has swept through the nation in the ... it will allow for more trust. Trust is deteriorated from many relationships because of past sexual relations with other people and the possibility for disease. Deteriorating relationships have caused an increase in divorces unlike that ever seen in the world. Lack of faithfulness to single partner sex has also ... time programming and to put i...

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... an STD or who would get one during their teen years. Even worse, some risky behaviors that are practiced when you're a teen can show up years later and cause life-threatening illness. HIV/AIDS is what we're talking about. Many adults in there 20s or 30s got HIV when they were teens ... There still is no vaccine for herpes after years of testing. HIV-no cure, chlamydia and gonorrhea are treated with antibiotics, yet scars remain including infertility. Science can't take away painful memories of broken relationships, disease, and unplanned pregnancies. "TWO VEIWS OF SEX- picture web MD Jen...

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... outcomes to using birth control. As well as preventing pregnancy, it helps protect your self from contracting a sexually transmitted disease. If a person decides to be sexually active, then using birth control will better their experience. They will be able to enjoy what they are doing and not have to worry about babies or STD's. While I firmly believe in birth control use, people must ... there ways that contraceptives can be ineffective. Some reasons are if the user does not follow the directions, there is inconsistent use of the contraceptive, the condom breaks during sex, or the use...

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... students, only 40% were using a source of birth control. I feel that these statistics alone are reason enough for forms of birth control to be available in school clinics. Today, actually right now I want each and every one of you to look around. One in every eight girls you see from ages 15-19 will become pregnant this year. About 4 out of every 100 ... % of males and females between the ages of 15-17 use condoms during every act of intercourse. If students are reporting that they are having sexual intercourse with more than 4 partners and are only using a condom 35% of the time the cha...

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... affects it has on their health, classes, and self-confidence. Over the years sexual activity with college students has increased by a great amount. What people fail to realize is, these acts are harming our university's campuses in ways that you may not even know. Even with all the awareness programs the college students attend, they fail to make the smart decision of abstinence ... STD. And almost half of the sexually active students had never been tested for an STD, even though one in five college students know someone who has contracted a sexually transmitted disease while in college...

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... intercourse at non-condom providing schools, and only forty-two percent from those schools that provided condoms were being sexually active. The National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did a study on teen pregnancy and found that nearly one million teens become pregnant each year! They also found that the average ... methods to keep from getting pregnant again. This was not about saying, "here go have sex", it was more "I know your active so lets make sure you are protected". The second great feature of this program was that I had someone to talk to that was not going to look...

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... to keep in mind is that pregnancy is not a disease. It will not kill you. However, HIV and other STDs easily can. You have a four times greater risk of getting an STD than of getting pregnant. Nearly all STDs are only treatable, not curable. Treatment for most STDs is very painful. For example, if you contract HPV (more commonly known as genital warts), they have ... chance at life. 2,000,000 requests for adoptions, in this country alone, will go unanswered each year. If a couple were to break up anytime before the child turns eighteen, there are two words that will haunt the father for...

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... wrong How many of you think Pre-marital sex is wrong? About 70% of teenagers said they have sex because they ``like'' or ''love'' the person they choose to have sex with. Most teenagers does not feel guilty for having sex before marriage. Because they don't experience the stress of worrying about unwanted pregnancies, or Sexually Transmitted Disease (STDs) that could kill ... or cripple them or their children. Espeacially, today's movies and TV shows fools many into a false idea about sex and instigate teenagers to enjoy sex. . There are a number of infectious diseases that are transmit...

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... normal sexual behavior. But today it means punishment for those who are having sexual intercourse without protection. AIDS is abbreviation for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. A result of human immune-deficiency-virus (HIV) that makes the immune system less able to fight infection. The time between infection to becoming symptomatic with a disease is called incubation period. The incubation period is long as ... prove has been found. If HIV were being transmitted through other routes, for example, through air or insects, the pattern of reported AIDS cases would be much different from...

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... in colleges where the rates seem to be increasing the most rapidly. If condoms are distributed in college for free, then teens are more likely to use them and reduce the risk of pregnancy and disease. Teens are becoming more aware of the fact that they need to use condoms and other ... contraceptives but because other contraceptives can be very costly condoms seem to be the preferred way to go. Condoms would be a great way of dealing with these consequences that are present with ... approve sexual education in high school but to actually pass out condoms is like saying that you encourag...

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... the time a child becomes a teenager they are faced with the hard decision of falling in to the trap of peer pressure. Most teenage girls think that if you do not have sex with your boyfriend you will lose them. What they do not realize is that they run the risk of getting pregnant or contracting a sexually transmitted disease. In 2002 more than 80% of the ... girls is the pill. Girls must also understand that birth control only protects you as long as you are taking it, if you mss even one day, or do not take it at the same everyday you are still at risk for pregnancy. There are several...

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... in colleges where the rates seem to be increasing the most rapidly. If condoms are distributed in college for free, then teens are more likely to use them and reduce the risk of pregnancy and disease. Teens are becoming more aware of the fact that they need to use condoms and other ... contraceptives but because other contraceptives can be very costly condoms seem to be the preferred way to go. Condoms would be a great way of dealing with these consequences that are present with ... approve sexual education in high school but to actually pass out condoms is like saying that you encourag...

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... at heightened risk due to their lower status in society, which decreases their ability to negotiate condom use, and other cultural Davidson 2 practices that are acted upon in Africa. For example, one myth that the African's live by is called "Sugar Daddy" in which an infected man can cure ... This is because of drug injections and because homosexuality is of a very high rate in these parts of these countries; when men have sex with other men, the disease is much easier to contract. Some startling statistics that I found on-line regarding the HIV infection is of follows: "Africa with at...

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... violated and the extent of this abuse is undetermined. This is a serious case and a lot of people are getting involved. Most people ask, "How can we solve this?" I think that we need to pay what it costs to find the truth, because we can't afford what it costs not to. The best way to protect us and other children is to increase completely ... sexually abused, or just abused. Over 1,100 children die of diseases from not being fed, or got a disease from being "sexually active." All kids that are being abused are dieing, and the percentages are increasing by 3% a year. I went to a Club mee...

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... immune to STDs because they are too young to get them. What they turn a blind eye to is that at least 3 million of the STDs reported each year are from teenagers. Through premarital sexual intercourse teenagers are engaging in sex with various partners as they move from relationship to relationship not knowing that they could be contracting and/or spreading a disease. Sexual education in schools ... the bible premarital sex is a sin and should be condemned. The Christian religion makes many references from the bible where the lord speaks against premarital sex but for abstinence until y...

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