One thing I find funny about the topic of sex is the way that people address it. It’s funny how parents or adults talk about sex to teens like they have no idea what it is. Whenever sex is brought up to some people they look at it as if it’s disgusting or like it’s never crossed their mind before.

It’s no secret that staff and administrators try to cover up the topic by hardly speaking about it, and that’s not a good thing. The most you’ll probably hear about it is if you take a health class, but even then, you hardly touch on the subject. Well whether you want to admit it or not, sex goes on at every school, and covering up the topic isn’t going to help anything.

Don’t get me wrong, sex isn’t the worst thing you can do in your lifetime, but at the same time, it isn’t quite healthy to sleep around with everybody you find attractive. What people need to understand is that the average sexual intercourse last for about 8-14 minutes. Although it may feel like you’re having the best time of your life for that brief time period, you can’t ignore the long time effects.

In reality there are a couple handfuls of males/females that sleep around in almost every high school and you know who those people are. Of course this isn’t a good thing, but what’s the reason for all of this? It’s a possibility that the music you listen to or the TV/Movies you watch play a factor. For example it’s no secret that rap music often displays a message about sex, and there are often times that movies have little effort in covering up sex scenes.

You’ve heard it time and time again that you should always choose your sex partner wisely, and always use protection. This sounds extremely mainstream, but the cases of STD/Aids are rising, especially within teenagers. You may feel like this sex doesn’t happen that often in teenage lives, but according to Guttmacher Institute, 16% of teens have had sex by age 15, 48% by age 17, 61% by age 18, and 71% by age 19.

I’m not trying to sound like your parent, because quite frankly at the end of the day, the decisions you make affect you, and you alone when it comes down to it. All I’m trying to do is to warn my peers about the choices they make. The effects of sex is an issue everybody, including grown adults, should take in consideration, because those 8-14 minutes could effect for the next 30-40 years.