Why are so many more girls getting HIV through sex than ever before? What can be done? Is earlier sex ed the answer?

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Originally posted by iluvjp:
It really makes me sick to read on these boards about how to pit on a condom. I go to a private school, where they teach Biblically based sex education either your senior or junior year. Starting when you are very young, they preach and teach that premarital sex is wrong. I guess I am now pretty much fully against sex education.

Umm learning how to put on a condom ISN'T such a bad thing...I go to a private school as well where sex ed and the Bible have been shoved in my face every damn day since I started. I don't remember a time when we DIDNT' talk about how God meant for sex to be in marriage only. Obviously they weren't that forward when we were younger but it was there. Even with the sex ed and all the bible stuff i STILL managed to end up giving bjs to guys at 10 and make out w/ almost every guy I know and lost my virginity at 16 to my bf. just b/c the bible is there doesn't mean that the condoms shouldn't be left out. ppl need to know the risks and they need to know that there ARE safe ways to do it. Otherwise the ones who don't believe in the bible and such aren't safe.
~Serena

I believe, STRONGLY, that sex-ed take place in every school across America. Some people don't give a hoot about it and still do as they please but others, like me, really listen. The idea of having sex-ed at younger ages may or may not work. You have to remember that some of us kids may not understand what a speaker is trying to tell us. When i had sex-ed in seventh grade, I understood that there were major consequences for sex but I was a little young and still didn't really see just how DANGEROUS sex is if taken lightly. What I believe people should do is hire the BEST speakers for the job to teach youngins what sex is all about. A speaker who is powerful and really helps the crowd understand will improve sex-ed classes. Also the classes should be small and not large where kids can pass notes in the back and not pay attention.

Not really; your risk depends on your individual activity. Say you have sex with 6,239 people in one year. I believe your risk might be higher than 0.003%, especially versus the abstinent person or maybe a person who has had sex one or two times.

You have a .003% chance of catching HIV.

im 13 now 14 on the 12th but me wanting to have sex varys with my mood when im down or depressed i think of having sex. when im happy i could care less. no im stilla vigin cuz i dont want to risk the truble and cuz im not aloud ot the house. now sex ed is not going to stop kids from having sex.i know girls younger than me like 10-11 who have been pregnate but that was their desion not to use protection. it is tne choice of the individualwheather or not to have sex. me ive known of sex sence 1st grade that is not to me a bidg deal you wna have sex go ahead i dont care its your choice not mine.

People are going to do what they want to do regardless. Putting condomns in more public places isn't the answer not having pre-partial sex is. I'm not saying ppl that have had pre-partial sex are in the wrong but I'm 14 and I'm holding out as long as possible. My main problem with pre-partial sex is that most people don't get themselves and their partners checked out before they decide to ebgage in intercourse. I know that when I'm ready to have sex my boyfriend and myself will get tested. I wouldn't mid having sex but young girls these days are in such a rush for no reason. Slow Down!!

I feel as though condoms should be provided by the schools to the students who ask for them free of charge or by donation. Please if anyone has any information or input about this let me know. this could really make a difference!

l think it's quite simple,the youth are getting more knowledge of sex than before due to the fact that they are gettig more distracted away from things that occupied their time before.A pure logic.

yes i do beleive that sex ed is a good class to take. But maybe they do need to teach more about the bad things about sex. Like what kind of deseases it can give you. Also i think child developement is a good class too. you know the class where you have to carry the baby around. it teaches students that being a parent at a young age has difficultys, alot. and trust me, those fake babys are more annoying than you think.

Re:Zleepy how about not makin love! Problem solved!

The rate is rising in girls? Well I live in a city that has more HIV adm STD's then New York. We rank up there with Las Angeles or something. We only have 200,000 population. You think yall got problems. Solve the one in my city.

Back then people had more sexual standards.

I think kids are just trying to grow up too fast. But if you think about it, people were having sex at these ages back in the 1400's. The only thing that's changed is the age at which people get married. It moved from 15/16 to to the 20's.

Good question. Since I'm a girl and I know alot of people that are active who are like 14 and 13 I know a little about this. Girls are getting diseases and stuff because they don't get tested for stuff because they're afraid and half the time they're underage. They get birth control from other people then get the crazy idea that they can share the pills and when they have sex they don't use condoms because they think birth control will help with everything. Then, they have sex and get the diseases.I think that sex ed might help,but it will only be of help if people will accept it instead of thinking they don't need it.

Shutup

Oh, it's fine. It's just a mistake that any close-minded, misinformed, Bible-hugging idiot could make. Don't worry about it.

Sorry. I thought you misquoted me. You just took it out of context. Sorry

You just misquoted me. Think about it and you'll understand that I was talking about when I marry.

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I'll know I'm in a relationship where this a commitment for a very long time.

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Aren't you 14? Oh yeah, very serious relationship. So do his parents or your parents drive you to and from your dates?