Touch-Me-Not!

I refer to the article, ‘13-year-old pregnant teen aborted baby’.

A 13-year-old girl, who became pregnant after having sex with an 18-year-old salesman, aborted her baby. On September 11 last year, the salesman took her to a hotel where they had sex, and twelve days later, they had sex again in the same hotel. The following month, the girl found out that she was pregnant, and her mum made a police report, which led to the hearing in court.

From my opinion, I think that teenagers should be wary about the consequences of having sexual intercourse with their partners, and they should also be taught about the importance of having safe sex.

However, all of these worries can be prevented if teenagers abstain from sex before marriage, and this is definitely possible through adequate self-control.

Firstly, I think one of the triggering factors is that teenagers nowadays regard sex as the norm. For people nowadays, love always comes with sex since it is an emotional condition which is meant for self-gratification. Thus, teenagers find no fault in having sex. However, I think that love is something which involves patience and kindness – it is not something which is rude, or something which is for the sake of pleasure-seeking. If an individual regards love as something which is essentially self-seeking, then that person is being selfish as he/she only cares about his/her own feelings – that person doesn’t even spare a thought for his/her partner, who many not regard love in the same manner. Teenagers must also learn that love doesn’t essentially equate to sex – love can just simply be a mutual relationship which can be expressed through care and concern within both parties.

Secondly, I think that another triggering factor is that teenagers don’t treat relationships in a serious manner, and that they treat sex itself as the only way in which relationships between opposite genders can bring about pleasure. Well, liking someone is indeed something which is memorable for everyone as it spices up emotions and passion for a particular individual. This is okay, but essentially, I think that teenagers should concentrate on progression of relationships if they want to be accountable for a person, which means the involvement of proactive and intended sharing of one’s life openly to a person who he/she can trust, or who can be their checkpoint. In this case, this person whom I mention about will usually be someone whom we like a lot. When accountability is fulfilled, both parties will have a mutual trust with each other, and this will strengthen the bond that exists between them, which will lead to the progression of their love relationship to a whole new level. When this happens, naturally people will find pleasure and satisfaction in their love relationship, and will not even consider sex as a ‘must’ towards pleasure!

Well, at the end of the day, I guess that teenagers should be educated on correct attitudes towards relationships so that they have a better perception of it.

Link to article: http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Courts%2Band%2BCrime/STIStory_206487.html?vgnmr=1

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