It's bragged about, gossiped and instant-messaged over the Internet. We know who or what happened, where they did it, whether they were wearing a condom or were on the pill. Also in TEEN GO Ask for advice from Dr. Sandy Caron Check out the CD reviews or poetry written by teens To top of story With all the chatter about sex, some kids do it just to experience what everybody is bragging, gabbing, gossiping about. I did it because I wanted to get it over with, to know what they were talking about. With early forays into sex, many youths are left with a numbing, detached indifference.
Sex is just something to do, something guys want, nothing special.
As kids have sex earlier and with more partners, they're more likely to get sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS and unwanted pregnancies. By the time they leave high school, one in four teens nationally will have a sexually transmitted disease. Nearly half of Maine teens aren't using condoms when they have sex, potentially jeopardizing their health and their lives. When it comes to preventing pregnancy, Maine's teen-age girls have the highest rate of birth control use in the country and the nation's third lowest pregnancy rate. Our Cambodian culture says you can't date before you get married.