The best birth control of all obviously is abstinence, but in
today’s world this is not likely to happen.
Sex is a normal biological function in my opinion, and is something to
be enjoyed and not suppressed but this is not the debate that is at hand.
The second best form of birth
control is education, and I can’t
emphasize that enough. It amazes me that
there are still a lot of grown adults who cannot discuss sex, who turn red at
hearing words like penis and vagina, and who will go out of their way to avoid
discussing sexuality with their children or even their spouse. Many young people, and I was one of them,
trudge through puberty without any information about sex much less what happens
if you have unprotected sex. There are
still many young adults who, though they understand the mechanics of sex, have
no concept of the consequences of
sex. Not just the fact that, yes, if you
have sex you might end up with an eight pound bundle of screaming joy that
you will have for the rest of your life,
but also the fact that sex has a profound emotional tie to it as well. Sex affects others and involves feelings and
emotions that one or both people may not be ready for. Unprotected sex also has its ways of giving you
other little gifts; gifts that often times keep giving like herpes, and
HIV.
Many think that the birth control pill is the answer to birth
control. It is not, in fact I think it’s
the worst solution! Being on the pill does not protect you or your partner from STDs! The pill also promotes the idea that sex has
no consequences for others. The pill
does not protect you from bad decisions, hurt feelings, and from having sex
with someone before you are not emotionally ready nor will it protect you from
catching lifelong diseases like HIV and herpes.
Education about safe sex with a
condom, how relationships work, about responsibility to you and how to protect yourself, and also a
healthy dose of self- respect will go
a long way to prevent unwanted pregnancy and unwanted diseases.
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