Why Is Birth Control Important In Human Sexuality
Human Sexuality
Prevention is the Key
For a while now the issue of unplanned pregnancies has been a dilemma that has been troubling people across our nation. “In the United States nearly half of all pregnancies each year are intended (49%) and half of unintended pregnancies (51%) are terminated by abortion.” (Yarber, W., Sayad, B., & Strong, B. (2010). Human Sexuality, Diversity in Contemporary America. (7th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Humanities/ Social Sciences/ Languages, p. 324). Making birth control more widely available is the key. Opinions will vary from person to person, and especially from religion to religion about making birth control more available. By making birth control more accessible, especially …show more content…
329). According to the book “Birth Control is any means of preventing a birth from taking place.” (p.329) however, “Contraception-is the category of birth control in which the sperm and egg are prevented from uniting.” (p.329). The most commonly used methods of birth control are condoms and the pills. However there is also the patch, ring, IUD, and shot. The pill is taken once a day and a pack should be completed every month. A condom is a single, flexible, rubber placed on the penis to prevent sperm from entering the vagina. The patch is a thin, plastic that sticks on the skin of the stomach, buttocks, upper outer arm, or lower abdomen placed there once a week for three weeks. The ring is a small, flexible hoop that is inserted into the vagina for three weeks and then taken out the fourth week. The IUD is a small, flexible, T-shaped plastic device that is inserted into the uterus. Abstaining from having sexual intercourse will ensure that pregnancy does not occur and also prevents sexually transmitted diseases. Abstinence is a 100% effective against pregnancy unless pre-ejaculate enters into the vagina. If someone is sexually active the last method is obviously not …show more content…
Teens are going to have sex regardless of any proper contraceptives being made available to them or not. Action should be taken to help prevent mistakes which can occur from teens who decide to have sex that are knowledge deficient. “More than 30% of teenage girls in the United States become pregnant at least once by the age of 20.” (p.175). School programs similar to sexual education need to be added to all curriculums. Knowing that there is a problem in society is not going to fix anything but putting an effort to educate at a younger age will help. As far as accessibility goes putting tampon like dispensers in the bathrooms with condoms included in high school is not a horrifying
Prevention is the Key
For a while now the issue of unplanned pregnancies has been a dilemma that has been troubling people across our nation. “In the United States nearly half of all pregnancies each year are intended (49%) and half of unintended pregnancies (51%) are terminated by abortion.” (Yarber, W., Sayad, B., & Strong, B. (2010). Human Sexuality, Diversity in Contemporary America. (7th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Humanities/ Social Sciences/ Languages, p. 324). Making birth control more widely available is the key. Opinions will vary from person to person, and especially from religion to religion about making birth control more available. By making birth control more accessible, especially …show more content…
329). According to the book “Birth Control is any means of preventing a birth from taking place.” (p.329) however, “Contraception-is the category of birth control in which the sperm and egg are prevented from uniting.” (p.329). The most commonly used methods of birth control are condoms and the pills. However there is also the patch, ring, IUD, and shot. The pill is taken once a day and a pack should be completed every month. A condom is a single, flexible, rubber placed on the penis to prevent sperm from entering the vagina. The patch is a thin, plastic that sticks on the skin of the stomach, buttocks, upper outer arm, or lower abdomen placed there once a week for three weeks. The ring is a small, flexible hoop that is inserted into the vagina for three weeks and then taken out the fourth week. The IUD is a small, flexible, T-shaped plastic device that is inserted into the uterus. Abstaining from having sexual intercourse will ensure that pregnancy does not occur and also prevents sexually transmitted diseases. Abstinence is a 100% effective against pregnancy unless pre-ejaculate enters into the vagina. If someone is sexually active the last method is obviously not …show more content…
Teens are going to have sex regardless of any proper contraceptives being made available to them or not. Action should be taken to help prevent mistakes which can occur from teens who decide to have sex that are knowledge deficient. “More than 30% of teenage girls in the United States become pregnant at least once by the age of 20.” (p.175). School programs similar to sexual education need to be added to all curriculums. Knowing that there is a problem in society is not going to fix anything but putting an effort to educate at a younger age will help. As far as accessibility goes putting tampon like dispensers in the bathrooms with condoms included in high school is not a horrifying