unprotected sex and not being tested after multiple partners, men and women are increasing their chances of reproductive complications in the future. The adverse effects of chlamydia can range from mild to severe. Difficulties in reproduction challenges have been connected to the infection and with some women that do not experience the painful symptoms, chlamydia is free to set up camp while causing extensive damage to reproductive organs leaving women and sometimes men infertile. Continuing to improve the standards of education when it comes to sexual health in America is key when it comes to changing the embarrassment, shame and fear surrounding those that are sexually active. Social economics, sexual behaviors, …show more content…
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012), “Among sexually-active women aged 16–24 years in commercial plans, chlamydia screening increased from 23.1% in 2001 to 45.0% in 2011. During the same time period, the screening rate among sexually active women aged 16–24 years covered by Medicaid increased from 40.4% to 58.0%. Although chlamydia screening is expanding, many women who are at risk are still not being tested reflecting, in part, the lack of awareness among some health care providers and the limited resources available to support these screenings” (n.p.). Getting tested for chlamydia requires attention and awareness on the part of medical personnel, but it also goes into the willingness of a patient to discuss their sexual history, including how many partners they have had and if they, or those partners have ever had an STD in the past. This would also provide the perfect platform to talk about the severity of the situation and to clear the air about any myths and not to lean on Google or WebMD to educate or protect the patient’s life. The Internet is where many can find resources like locations of medical clinics that offer testing and where to get birth control resources (condoms) that are offered on a financial sliding scale for those that have a range of
Through Planned Parenthood, they are able to come and receive STI testing at affordable prices and if needed, treatment. A perfect example is when a sexually active female college student feels as if she’s at risk for a STI, she is able to get tested at Planned Parenthood and receive treatment. College students are unable to afford healthcare so Planned Parenthood provides them with a clinic that they are able to afford and receive the care they need. Through the organization, they are also able to become further educated on safe sex and will take the necessary precautions in the future. College students will also see Planed Parenthood as a place where they can get their questions about sex
A Women’s Right To Make Her Own Healthcare Decisions I am a strong pro-choice Democrat who believes that women must have the freedom to make their own healthcare decisions. The landmark decision of Roe v. Wade ensured that women have the right to decide what happens to their bodies free from governmental legislation. The right for a woman to an abortion is a personal decision that should only be made by the woman through consultation with her friends, family, and medical professionals. Sadly, numerous legislators disagree with this view and continually attempt to limit a woman’s right to choose.
Professor Ross Government 2306 8 February 2015 Is Abstinence-only education the correct approach for Texas? Owning one of the highest rates of teen pregnancies in the Union, Texas has an abstinence only approach in sexual education to try to reduce pregnancies? In addition to this, Texas ranks first as being the top spender in sexual education, but can’t get solidified results out of its spending. Texas doesn’t teach anything about contraception, how the Texas Department of State Health Services has said that the mission of the program is to delay sexual actions among teenagers until they are old enough, and the use of abstinence only education to protect children from explicit content only to find out in their own way leads to curiosity
One of the most controversial matters of today is the HPV vaccine. While some individuals view the vaccine as a preventative measure, others view it as the cause of a variety of medical issues, as well as, a free pass to be promiscuous. New York Times’ personal health columnist Jane Brody addresses some of the alleged cons associated with the HPV vaccine in her article “The Underused HPV Vaccine”. Brody’s purpose in writing this article is to inform about the misconceptions about the vaccine and, ultimately, convince the adult readers that it is more beneficial to be vaccinated than harmful. Brody’s appeal to logic, application of ethos, and choice of diction effectively convinces the audience that the HPV vaccine should be utilized to their
Imagine living in a world where proper sexual health care and education was unavailable. Imagine not being able to receive information about contraceptives or options for an unexpected pregnancy. Imagine the number of people with sexually transmitted diseases, exceeding the number of people who do not have them, because treatment for STD’s was unavailable. On average 2.7 million men and women visit Planned Parenthood each year, to receive health care, such as STD screening, numerous cancer screenings and various other programs that are available. Planned Parenthood among countless other HealthCare providers is one of the Nation’s leading providers of “high quality, affordable healthcare for women, men and young people, and also the largest provider of sex education”( Planned Parenthood at a glance).
In fact, they even provide contraception services that reduce the need for abortion services among their clientele. Before you dismiss the important of Planned Parenthood, please consider each and every service that they offer including STD screenings and treatment, contraception services, and access to affordable women’s health care. I also ask you to consider what our society would look like if we didn’t have a properly funded, public institution that offers these services. STD rates would skyrocket, unplanned pregnancies would increase, and women would struggle to find affordable access to cancer screenings and other health care services. I encourage you all to spread awareness regarding the truth about Planned Parenthood and the services that they offer.
What can the average person do to make sure people have access to affordable reproductive and sexual healthcare? The obvious answer is donate money to your local Planned Parenthood centers. Small donations can have big impacts. But that is not the only way to help keep the organization running. Surprisingly, the most important thing you can do is learn.
Sexual sin undermines the family, which is the foundational unit of society. Strong, healthy families are essential for the well-being of communities and nations, and sexual sin undermines this vital institution. Sexual sin leads to the breakdown of families, creating instability, poverty, and other social problems. This sin exploits and devalues people, especially women and children, and it contributes the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and other health
One common recreational activity that is programmed to promote “happiness”, and is encouraged at a very young age, is sexual promiscuity. When humans in the “New World Society” are children, they are kept in a different type of school than children are today. A school where they are conditioned to act like their social class, learn their job, and to be raised; since there are no such things as families. Children would “discover each other” at “recess” through erotic foreplay. “‘The nurse shrugged her shoulders.
Interestingly, some people may even argue that the ban of the Ashley Madison site in Singapore will drive more people to “challenge the rules” and to either bypass the site or to seek infidelity through other means (Yahoo News Singapore, 2013). This is also seen in other countries with rigid societal structures as well, like Japan, which has a flourishing prostitution industry throughout the years (Stanley, 1978). In Asian societies in particular, men often have heavy responsibilities from being the breadwinner of the family due to the deeply-entrenched traditional mindsets of gender roles. Thus, due to the high societal pressure placed on them and the drudgery of work in general, this may drive them to seek the thrill and excitement of adultery. On the other hand, women nowadays, with increasingly higher education and socio-economic power, are no longer dependent on men for financial support and they may too, seek pleasures that were once unthought-of as a means to obtain “love” outside of their
Introduction 1. Attention Getter: The provision of sex education in schools has been a controversial subject matter among different education stakeholders ranging from parents to educators. A focus, however, on the prevalence of adolescents’ abortion, pregnancy, and HIV and AIDS rates indicates significantly high rates.
II. 1st paragraph: Studies done in the University of Georgia show the importance of sex education in a macro scale of just the US, but other research has been done on a micro scale in Memphis, Tennessee that other angles like economics must also be taken into account as to what the consequences are of no sex education or abstinence-only education. A. A
Attitude change regarding the gift of sex The change in sexual attitudes towards sex in the “communal ethos” has shifted greatly over the last sixty years. The evolution of sex and breakthroughs with sexual activity is “hailed as moral progress”, but in reality, this progress is a gradual demise of their moral standards, and “isn’t always as friendly and inconsequential as you think!” This change in the sexual culture only solidifies the fact that as culture progresses, narcissism increases. Over time, society gives in a little more to their own desires and needs, without conviction of the proper morals and ethics that should be followed.
In their aim to reduce teen pregnancy and STIs, abstinence only programs withhold valuable information regarding contraceptives and birth control. It is their belief that abstinence before marriage is the only foolproof way to prevent unwanted pregnancies and STIs. However, up to 95% of Americans have had sexual relationships before marriage and the average age is usually 17, but children and marriage do not come into play til their mid to late 20s( Finer LB, Public Health Reports). They are especially at high risk during this time period if proper information is not provided for them. Sexual activity outside of marriage is condemned and considered shameful instead of addressing the needs of
Using their views on the accessibility of birth control, Planned Parenthood has been educating teens in schools about being sexually active and the different Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) that students could put themselves at risk for (Who We Are, 2014). Teaching kids about sex in school as a mandatory course has some mixed reviews. Some parents think that is not ethical to bring intercourse to the thoughts of their children when they should be learning more from their core curriculums. On the other hand, teenagers are known to have sex regardless if it is to their parents knowledge or not and the parents find it okay to enlighten the child about this type of