Hello. Thanks for visiting our evolutionary philosophy of human sexuality pages. We are currently researching good quality sites relating to our biological and cultural sexual evolution - as a way of collecting and presenting the most important / latest knowledge and research.
Below you will find summaries of articles & websites on Teenage
Sexuality, i.e. latest research articles on evolution and teenage
health, behaviour, puberty, safe sex education, informed consent, age of
consent, statistics, virginity, oral, vaginal & anal intercourse, pregnancy,
relationships, self esteem, beauty, body image, orientation etc.
Compared with other search terms, 'teen sex' receives a high number of searches,
it is ranked 78th. The following results suggest this is due to people seeking
pornography (that men find this age group attractive) rather than teenagers
searching information.
The age of consent law (age when minors can legally engage in sex) varies
around the world, though it generally falls between 14 - 18. We are interested
to further explore / research our evolved instincts of beauty (youth, health)
which can conflict with our cultural laws.
The top ten related searches are;
teen
sex (26,577), young teen sex (2,334), teen lesbians have sex (1,334),
gay teen sex (1,283), pre teen sex (1,190), hot teen sex (989), teen titans
sex (915), teen lesbian sex (912), live teen sex (818), free teen sex (469)
We hope the following articles & websites are useful for parents to
raise their teenagers in an informed, beneficial and healthy way.
Karene
Jade Howie
From the essay: "For several decades, concerns have been mounting
in the United States about adolescent sexual behavior, pregnancy, and parenthood.
These concerns have been intensified by several realizations.
First, rates of adolescent births in the United States are much higher -
from two to ten times higher - than in other industrialized societies.
Second, although teen birth rates are lower now than they were after World
War II, there have been increases in rates of adolescent childbearing in
the U.S. since the mid 1980's; birth rates among teens currently are nearly
one-quarter higher than they were in 1986.
Third, adolescent childbearing outside of marriage has been increasing for
several decades and at a very rapid pace. Of all births to young women under
age 20, only 15 percent were nonmarital in 1960, compared to 30 percent
in 1970, 48 percent in 1980, and 71 percent in 1992.
Another reason for attention to the issue of adolescent pregnancy and birth
is that the overwhelming majority of adolescents do not want to become parents
this soon. Among all pregnancies to females under age 20, the proportion
that were unintended was 84 percent in 1990.
Moreover, there is increasing concern about adolescent sexual intercourse
per se, not only because it leads to unintended pregnancy and parenthood,
but also because sexually active adolescents have extremely high rates of
sexually transmitted infections and are at risk of exposure to the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Finally, initial sexual experiences are often coercive. Indeed, before age
15, a majority of first intercourse experiences among females are reported
to be non-voluntary. Coercion is not only a problem in its own right, but
is presumed to be associated with poor protection from pregnancy and sexually
transmitted infections."
Beginning Too Soon: Adolescent Sexual Behaviour, Pregnancy
and Parenthood. A Review of Research and Interventions
by Kristin A. Moore, Brent C. Miller, Barbara W. Sugland, Donna Ruane Morrison,
Dana A. Glei, Connie Blumenthal
Adolescent
Sexual Behaviour, Pregnancy, STD's: Essay & Statistics
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/hsp/cyp/xsteesex.htm
From the website: 'The statistics may surprise you. More than half of American teens DO abstain from intercourse until age 17, and a quarter of them at 20 still have not had heterosexual intercourse. These same studies show that informative sex education has not increased sexual activity, pregnancy or the number of sexual partners, and has in fact, wildly succeeded in that, 'Teenagers who start having intercourse following a sexuality education program are more likely to use contraception than those who have not participated in a program. (SIECUS).'
Read More: Scarleteen: Information, Articles & Statistics on Teen Sexuality
A study published in the April issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, shows that teenagers who take 'virginity pledges' engage in vaginal intercourse later than teens who have not committed to remain abstinent until marriage, but are more likely to engage in oral or anal sex than nonpledging virgin teens and less likely to use condoms once they become sexually active.
Read More: 'Virginity Pledges' substitute High Risk Behavior for Intercourse: A Study
From the website: 'Teenwire.com is an award-winning sexual health Web site for teens. We are committed to giving you the facts about sex so that you can use this information to make your own responsible choices. We provide honest and nonjudgmental information about sexuality in language you can understand with the hope that you will use this knowledge to reduce your risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.'
Read More: Safe Sex Education for Teenagers
A comprehensive Teen Sexual Health website which is 'written by teens,
for teens'. They advocate 'true, medically accurate and balanced information
about sexuality in schools, homes and communities. Teen-to-teen communications
is an effective vehicle for educating about sexual health.'
Articles and stories, chat, video archives, ask the experts and get tested
(list of low cost sexual health clinics). Topics include girls & guys
health, sexual intercourse, love and relationships, birth control, STD's,
pregnancy, abortion, body image, abuse & violence, emotions, drugs &
alcohol and advice for parents.
From the website: 'Sex, Etc. is an award-winning national magazine and Web site on sexual health. It is part of the Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Education Project developed by Answer (formerly the Network for Family Life Education), a leading national organization dedicated to providing and promoting comprehensive sexuality education.'
Sex Etc: Teen Sexuality
Site, Written By Teens
http://www.sexetc.org/
A forthcoming bill in the U.S. Senate lays the groundwork for a national database of illegal images that Internet service providers would use to automatically flag and report suspicious content to police.
The proposal, which Sen. John McCain is planning to introduce, also would require ISPs and perhaps some Web sites to alert the government of any illegal images of real or 'cartoon' minors (which includes clothed teens in 'lascivious' poses). Failure to do would be punished by criminal penalties including fines of up to $300,000.
By Declan McCullagh. Staff Writer, CNET News.com. Published: February 7, 2007
U.S.
Senate Proposal on Photography of Minors on the Internet (and Cartoons)
http://news.com.com/2100-1028-6156976.html?tag=tb
The Internet plays a pivotal role in the lives of American teenagers. About 17 million teens ages 12 - 17 use the Internet. That represents 73% of those in that age bracket. Teenagers' use of the Internet plays an major role in their relationships with friends, family and school. Teens and their parents generally think use of the Internet enhances the social life and academic work of children. However there are aspects of the Internet which cause strain and conflict.
40% of parents have had an argument about the Internet with their children.
64% of teenagers say they think use of the Internet takes away from the
time they spend with their family.
64% of teens think they know more about the Internet than their parents.
Teenage
Life Online: Study of the Internet's Impact on Teen Friendships and Family
Relationships
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Teens_Report.pdf
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Analyse
any human emotion, no matter how far it may be removed from the sphere of
sex, and you are sure to discover somewhere the primal impulse, to which
life owes its perpetuation. ... The primitive stages can always be re-established;
the primitive mind is, in the fullest meaning of the word, imperishable.
... Mans most disagreeable habits and idiosyncrasies, his deceit, his cowardice,
his lack of reverence, are engendered by his incomplete adjustment to a
complicated civilisation. It is the result of the conflict between our instincts
and our culture. (Sigmund Freud)

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