In reply to some guys who commented that there was casual sex during our time too. I agree, but it was bad then as it is now. I know of some guys in Univ. who caught STD after casual one night stands. There might be some who caught the HIV virus too but too scared to reveal it.

We should get the message across that casual sex is WRONG – full stop.

Young teens may be armed with all the technical sexual knowledge they need but only time and experience will give them the mental tools they will need to assess their self-worth and make it possible for them to have a truly intimate relationship with another person. The consequences of casual sex at too early an age will have a longer reach than these children can realize, and I don’t mean pregnancy or disease. If there is no value placed on a sexual encounter what exactly is it that they WILL value in their relationships with others? What will they value about themselves?

A body physically ready and capable of having sex doesn’t recessarily have the equivilant mental and emotional maturity.

One commercial I totally dislike is about herpes. It shows a couple discussing the fact that one of them has herpes and as long as they take the perscribed medicine and/or use a condom, they are not putting their partner at risk. Hello?

Herpes is an incurable disease and instead of impressing the seriousness of it, TV passes it off as if everything is fine. And people want to know why kids are confused.

When I was a teen, kids who participated in casual sex were not well respected. The difference between then and now are morals and respect. Where have they gone?

Sexuality within this society was at one point a more private and taboo issue (it is still taboo today), one not in the public eye. As the society aged and was exposed to an ever increasing flow of information, its sexual activity also increased, and the age of sexually active participants decreased. Just reflect on the prevailing attitudes about sexuality in our society during the passing of each decade from the 1950’s to today.

I also believe that sexual activity has deep and abiding impact on the the human psyche, and the casualness with which sexuality is treated ingnores this impact. But the impact is there nevertheless.

I know someone who gave into peer pressure to engage in teenage sexual activity. Now, she is not expected to see her 40th birthday due to complications brougth on by early sexual activity, STDs and Cervical cancer. So yes, it can have a damaging effect.