The Pros And Cons Of Casual Sex

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The patient was more beautiful than she realized. If only she could see it for herself. The color from her dainty face had drained to a sickened green tint and her eyes widened in fear. The walls of the clinic exam room were ordained in calming colors, but offered the young woman no comfort. She continued to blink rapidly as if she would awaken from the nightmare; her long eyelashes could not fan the health worker’s words away. She thought it was harmless, just a night of fun. It made her feel valuable and attractive. Yet being desired now left her alone, crumpling to the floor screaming between sobs and desperately reaching to the empty air around her. She couldn’t grasp any security. Not only did that harmless night of fun result in her becoming …show more content…

(CDC) Casual sex is never just casual but rather a game of Russian roulette with bullets of emotional damage, unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmittable disease. Most people are deluded, believing that casual sex is emotionally safe when it is not. These views claim that there is no commitment to the partner, therefore lacking intimacy. Details of personality, family, an individual’s life and how an individual reacts to a situation are not communicated. It would seem to be difficult to become emotionally involved, which could easily cause the person to be vulnerable to stress and heartache. After all, with no emotional ties the individual can’t be emotionally hurt. If a problem does arise there are no commitments so the partner can easily be abandoned. However, this is not true. Sex always equals emotional bindings and even so called casual sex therefore creates emotional damage. Scientifically, the act of sex stimulates receptive nerves in the …show more content…

Many people would say this issue is easily solved; simply have an abortion at the cost of tax payers hard earned money. However, it was not the tax payer that made an irresponsible choice and they should not bare the finances. Also, abortion can cause major health problems and infertility. Most mothers to be later state they suffer depression due to the loss of the child. That’s fine many say, there are other options. Better yet, if you keep the child there is a plethora of assistance options yielded by the government. These opinions have not considered the true responsibility and hardships of parenting, especially young or single parenting. While there are helpful programs for childcare, food assistance and even housing, these programs cannot raise a child for the next eighteen years. Rather, they are to supplement during times of hardship and poverty. For the next eighteen years, the parent is now legally responsible for any mental, emotional and physical needs of the child. When such needs are neglected, government agencies investigate and are the legal authority one must answer to. Rearing a child properly requires an extraordinary amount of self-sacrificing. Financial provisions such as a proper home, food, water and clothing are staples in needs requiring a parent to work. The child’s health results in co pays, medications, and other medical bills. Arrangements for child care and

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