The realities will sink in

    There is no doubt about it. Teens today are having sex. It's all I hear about from all my friends coming back to school from the weekends. We've all done it. I know I have plenty of times.I know I'm no different than the girl sitting next to me in class. But who do we go to with our burning questions. Who can we trust with our deepest darkest secrets. Surely you should be able to talk to your parents. But talking to them about how you just had sex this weekend and asking them about how you should have used a condom, or the position you used, is not really something your parents really want to hear their  goody tooshoo daughter or their honor role son say.

    Sex to me personally is something passionate and it's something I do because I love my partner. I don't do it because I'm a whore or because I need to be at the top of the popularity chain. There are 43 girls in my school who are pregnant. Most of them are freshmen. I think if our school system or our parents or someone had gotten in their faces and told them the realities of having sex, ie what could happen if the condom breaks, or having oral sex without a condom, I think they could have made better decisions and their lives wouldn't be over as teenagers. They wouldn't of had to grown up as quickly as they did.  Those teens would have been able to go to the movies on a Friday night with their friends. Instead, they are at home at sixteen, breastfeeding their baby every two hours.

       Who can I talk to? I can talk to my partner, who is 17 also, but he doesn't know that much either. I want to ask the questions like, can I get AIDS or HIV. Will I get pregnant if I have oral sex and my partner cums in my mouth. I know I have had several times where I got so scared that I might be pregnant or that I might have a disease that I don't know about or something. We as teenagers in America, don't have enough resources. We get the image that sex is ok and should be done to have fun. We don't know of the realities that come with sex. I'm not saying teens should stop having sex or that they would anyway. But we need to be more informed. Bring back sex ed in school. Organize groups in the community made by teens for teens so that they feel like they have a safe and confidential place to go to. Make the school nurse able to give out condoms so that at least someone will be having safe sex tonight.

    The reality is going to hit all the parents one day. It's going to hit the school and the teachers that care for their students. It's going to hit the churches and the political leaders. The reality of teens having sex will hit them and then they will realize they should have done something different. They should have informed their children. It's going to hit them smack dab in the face when their school is filled with pregnant freshmen, and the school issues a daycare. When their teen has two kids and another on the way by a different guy or girl. Then maybe adults will do something. Am I the only one who wants to talk about the realities of sex? I guess so.