78
abstinence-only, 52,
55
, 55–56
comprehensive sex, 52–55
laws requiring, 52
likelihood of engaging in risky sexual
behavior and, 51–52
need for more focus on positive,
60–61
public opinion about having, 50–51
sex tapes, 22
sexting, 16, 34
sexual activity
defined, 11
frequency of, 11
misconceptions, 61
as part of teen lives, 6–7
percent of teens having engaged in, 10
sexual intercourse, oral sex as, 17
Sexuality Information and Education
Council of the United States
(SIECUS), 50–52
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
and absence of symptoms, 40–41,
42, 44
bacterial,
12,
42
, 42–43
gender and, 41–42
knowledge about, 63
oral sex and, 17
rates of
and new infections annually, 41
sex education in schools and,
51–52
in United States, compared to
other nations, 50
transmission of, 40–41
viral, 7, 43–45,
45
, 63
sexually transmitted infections.
See
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
silent disease (chlamydia),
12
, 42
Simmons, Rachel, 39–40
16 and Pregnant
(reality television
program), 33, 34–35
Skype, 27
social media
influence of, to engage in sexual
activity, 26–27,
27
sexting and, 16, 34
socioeconomic levels, 31
statutory rape, 21
stress and hookups, 19–20
Swahn, Monica, 20
Switzerland, 12, 50
syphilis, 42,
42
Taylor, Julia V., 40
Teen Guide to Sex & Relationships
(Posner), 37–38
Teen Mom
(reality television program),
33,
33
Teen Vogue
(Simmons), 39–40
texting, 34
Title X National Family Planning
Program, 14–15
Tucker, Kristine, 28
United Kingdom, 50
United States
costs of teen pregnancy and
childbirth to taxpayers in, 48–49
pregnancy rate of, compared to other
developed nations, 12
sexual activity rate of, compared to
other developed nations, 12
STDs rates of, compared to other
nations, 50
US Department of Health and Human
Services, 7, 29, 41–42
US House of Representatives report,
55–56
Vernacchio, Al, 60–61
violence, 20
virginity
as negative, 24–25
oral and anal sex and, 16
pledges, 56–58
Widman, Laura, 34
Wilson, Genarlow, 21
Women’s Health Issues
(journal), 13
World Health Organization, 60
Youth Risk Behavior Survey (CDC), 10
