Everybody’s Doing It…Oops…No They’re Not
By Nathan A. Cherry, 03/11/2011
Martinsburg, WV – Guess what? As it turns out not everyone is “doing it.” Liberals in Washington, the mainstream media, and advocacy groups that push for normalization of teen sex and homosexuality would have us believe that teens just can’t control themselves and every single one of them is having sex so let’s just celebrate it and hand out condoms and abortions. It looks like they were wrong.
In the most recent and comprehensive study of sexual habits since 2002 findings show that “twenty-seven percent of young men and 29 percent of young women ages 15-24 have never had any kind of sex.” That means more than 1 out of every 4 people aged 15-24 have never had sex. What could be the contributing factors to this rise is abstinence? Oops, I think I gave the answer away.
This new study released by the National Center for Health Statistics shows that just because our society and media glamorize sex and act like it is something to be put on a “to-do” list, not everyone is buying it. Based on the research, many are delaying sex for a number of admirable reasons that fly in the face of the talking heads that suggest sex is something to be casually engaged in by teens.
According to the folks at FamilyFacts.org, one of the reasons for the rise in abstinence has to do with parents taking a more active role in their kids’ lives.
“Too often today parents believe they are powerless to influence their children’s choices. But research shows that is just not true: Parent behavior strongly influences teen sexual behavior. Moreover, youth who remain abstinent do better academically and are more likely to attend and graduate from college than sexually active teens.”
The benefits of abstinence are obvious. There seems to be a connection between abstinence and, not just a strong moral fiber, but a stronger mental and emotional resolve as well. All the data collected in recent years regarding those students that are abstinent show them doing significantly better academically, emotionally, and physically. Could it be that teenagers are just not equipped to deal with the mental and emotional aspects of sex? And that those aspects significantly affect their performance academically? This seems to be a reasonable and logical conclusion.
The new data is encouraging. Lifenews.com reported greater detail showing that “68% of boys and 67% of girls between the ages of 15 and 17 have never had sexual intercourse. The new data also shows overall sexual contact trends are also moving in the right direction with 53% of boys and 58% of girls 15-17 reporting that they have never had any kind of sexual relations with any partner.”
In light of this new data, it is unfortunate that the Obama administration has decided to cut abstinence education to nearly nothing while pushing a radical sexual agenda that includes condoms, abortions, and the normalization of homosexual behavior. Valerie Huber of the National Abstinence Education Association echoes this dismay.
“One hundred sixty-nine abstinence education programs lost funding and over 1 million students lost access to the very programs that can support and encourage the positive trends represented by this data. If we are serious about decreasing teen sexual activity, we need to use the data to instruct public policy. Funding priority should be given to programs that support this healthy trend rather than capitulating to those who want to normalize sex among teens and simply offer contraception as a solution. The data renders ‘null and void’ the ‘abstinence is unrealistic’ claims made by anti-abstinence advocacy groups.”
This information should empower parents to continue talking to their kids about sex and abstinence; or to begin talking to them. It should also encourage conservatives that find the idea of public school sex-ed indoctrination appalling. We must continue to let lawmakers know that parents should be the ones responsible for sexuality teaching, not the schools. And, that the idea of abstinence is not only attainable, but practical and best for the overall health and well-being of our children.
To read more check out commentary by “The Blaze” by clicking here.
See the report at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr036.pdf
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