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Every Other School Leaver’s Party Goers Indulge in Sex
November 21, 2007 at 7:07 PM
Sexual Health News
Gemma Crawford, a WA AIDS Council spokeswoman, said that the council had heard reports of a “100 per cent increase in the sales of emergency contraception'' at leavers' party spots. "And we know, from speaking to sexual health services, there will be a number of young people diagnosed (with diseases) after they come home,'' she said.
*What is disturbing for parents is that about half the teenagers in that group will have started experimenting sexually, with 16 the average age for first intercourse. Added to this is the fact that many teens go to these parties with lots of alcohol - often supplied by parents, said Curtin University sexology lecturer Lorel Mayberry.
"Parents need to consider what they're doing. No matter how much police, family planning and the AIDS Council do on Rottnest, if young people are coming armed with lots and lots of alcohol, and no food, or anything else ... problems go from there,'' she said. Dr Merriman said leavers and parents could do a lot to minimise risk during the party period and many youngsters were already acting responsibly.
"Young people are also saying, `Tonight, how about I don't drink? You guys drink, I'll be the safe person.’ That's really good responsible behaviour. There are some people who say they shouldn't be drinking anyway, they're only 17, and there are all those legal ramifications,” he said. "But the bottom line is that these are young people who are treated as adults in many ways and we need to be giving them messages about harm reduction, not about abstinence.
We need to be saying, `If you're engaging in this sort of behaviour, realise the long-term consequences. Don't take high risks and make sure you have a safe person with you','' he added.
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*What is disturbing for parents is that about half the teenagers in that group will have started experimenting sexually, with 16 the average age for first intercourse. Added to this is the fact that many teens go to these parties with lots of alcohol - often supplied by parents, said Curtin University sexology lecturer Lorel Mayberry.
"Parents need to consider what they're doing. No matter how much police, family planning and the AIDS Council do on Rottnest, if young people are coming armed with lots and lots of alcohol, and no food, or anything else ... problems go from there,'' she said. Dr Merriman said leavers and parents could do a lot to minimise risk during the party period and many youngsters were already acting responsibly.
"Young people are also saying, `Tonight, how about I don't drink? You guys drink, I'll be the safe person.’ That's really good responsible behaviour. There are some people who say they shouldn't be drinking anyway, they're only 17, and there are all those legal ramifications,” he said. "But the bottom line is that these are young people who are treated as adults in many ways and we need to be giving them messages about harm reduction, not about abstinence.
We need to be saying, `If you're engaging in this sort of behaviour, realise the long-term consequences. Don't take high risks and make sure you have a safe person with you','' he added.
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12/28/2007
This cock sucking by the school girls is a dangerous way to get introduced to sex. Sex even in this century should be more sacred. GIRLS STOP BEHAVING LIKE SLUTS. Boys will follow u if they love u.
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