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Being Sexually Active
Directions: Here are comments that reflect some attitudes of youth about being sexually active. Do you agree or disagree with them? Check off your choice and then discuss these statements and your feelings with someone you trust, like your parents, doctor, or other health care professional.
1. If our relationship is based totally on sex, there is no relationship. Disagree Agree
2. If a boy tells me that I have to have sex with him to show my affection, I should.
Disagree Agree
3. If you really love or like enough to think about marrying him or her someday, sex is okay”
Disagree Agree
4. Sex is okay as long as you practice “safe sex.” “As long as I use a
Condom I’ll be okay.”
Disagree Agree
5. There’s nothing wrong with being a virgin (not having intercourse).
Disagree Agree
6. Teenagers today have to think about getting AIDS and HIV. We have to be more responsible than our parents were at our age.
Disagree Agree
7. Most kids don’t have sex until they are about 17. That’s old enough to make responsible decisions.
Disagree Agree
8. After my boyfriend and I had sex, he seemed to lose interest in me. I felt like I had been used.
Disagree Agree
9. I know of several friends my age who have already had babies. I don’t want to have to deal with that. I want to stay young and have fun for as long as I can.
Disagree Agree
10. It’s not a big deal to say you chose to not have sex. It’s becoming more and more accepted. It’s a good thing.
Disagree Agree
11. Having premarital sex is totally against my religion. I just don’t believe it is morally right.
Disagree Agree
12. If it feels good, do it.
Disagree Agree