Sex, Not only for Reproduction

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Sex, Not only for Reproduction Throw away those abstinence rings and listen up teens! From ages twelve and up, us “young adults” have had adults pestering us to death about sex and all the drawbacks of having it. Well, to hell with that nonsense, sex isn’t as bad as it’s made out to be. Adults are quick to mention gonorrhea, syphilis, and of course that unwanted pregnancy. Yet what they fail to mention is the facts. In reality sex has many known health benefits that can boost a teen’s happiness and overall self-esteem which in turn helps relieve the stress from a teen’s everyday life. As many teens would attest to, the mixing of school and growing up is cause for disaster or more plainly put: stress. A study from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University found that stressed teens are more likely to try alcohol and tobacco. “Stressed teens find ways to unwind. In the high-stress group, 52% had tried alcohol; in the low-stress group, 29%.Thirty-one percent of the highly stressed teens had tried tobacco; 13% of low stress teens had” (Peterson). As my parents have often spewed to me, drugs and alcohol are highly addictive and are in no way something I should be meddling with. Drugs and alcohol have an outstandingly higher rate of deaths than sex does and as far as I know there are no fatalities from “sexing and driving”; if there is such a thing. Sex is scientifically proven to be a more efficient way of eliminating stress. “A big health benefit of sex is lower blood pressure and overall stress reduction, according to researchers from Scotland” (Doheny). All this in turn means that teens are less likely to try coke, meth, vodka, Captain Morgan, and all those other drugs and drinks. If adul... ... middle of paper ... ...sult could help make America a healthier and smarter America. Reference Page Doheny, Kathleen. "10 Surprising Health Benefits of Sex." WebMD - Better Information. Better Health. Ed. Louise Chang. WebMD, 30 Mar. 2009. Web. 28 July 2010. . Anitei, Stefan. "Why Should We Have Sex? 20 Good Healthy Reasons - It's Not Only about Reproduction - Softpedia." Latest News - Softpedia. Softpedia, 24 Nov. 2007. Web. 05 Aug. 2010. . "Is Sex Good Exercise?" HealthCentral.com - Trusted, Reliable and Up To Date Health Information. Health Central, 12 Dec. 2000. Web. 06 Aug. 2010. .

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