Welcome to Pregnancy Guide
Sexual Abuse Teenage Pregnancy Article
. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for further reading, click here.
You may also listen to this article by using the following controls.
Understanding Our Teens – The Causes of Teenage pregnancy
from:Obviously, the reason at the base of any pregnancy is sexual intercourse. But many researchers would like to know why the phenomenon of teenage pregnancy is so widespread. The easiest answer is that teens want to become pregnant; while this is not untrue in all cases, at least 80% of teen pregnancies are unintentional.
Research has shown that one of the causes of teenage pregnancy is the lack of a sense of personal responsibility for their actions, lack of maturity, and most importantly a lack of knowledge regarding sexual intercourse and contraception. Related to this, teenage pregnancy is often closely associated with poverty, limited education and employment opportunities.
53% of teens admit not understanding sex or birth control and this is a reflection of one of the most fundamental causes of teenage pregnancy, ignorance. Indeed, teens in America, especially girls, are bombarded with mixed messages concerning sex. Sex is seen as immediate gratification with no consequences, but preparing for sex makes a girl promiscuous. Sex is seen all over the television and in movies, but equal treatment for birth control methods is completely absent. Open discussions about sex are very rare.
If an adolescent female experiences low expectations for her future or lack of control over her life, she is more likely to become pregnant. Depression in general is another one of the causes of teenage pregnancy, leading girls to engage in risky sexual activity. Abuse of alcohol or drugs also leads to poor choices about sex and contraception, often ending up in pregnancy. Growing up in a family without an adequate amount of love or a father figure could also be one of the causes of teenage pregnancy; an adolescent girl will fall prey to the attentions of an older man in the hopes of receiving affection. Most girls are pressured by their boyfriends into having sex because they believe this will make their boyfriends love them more.
Researchers have studied European pregnancy rates and have seen that the large difference (10 –fold between US and Holland, for example) in pregnancy rates between the US and most European cities lies in the fact that the European countries had better sex education, contraceptive services, acceptance of teenage sexuality, and low child poverty.
Surveys of adolescents have been performed to try and understand how they view the causes of teen pregnancy. In a 1996 study, 76% of girls and 58% of boys reported that teenage girls had sex because their boyfriend wanted it. One in three young men between the ages of 15-17 admitted having had sex because pressured to do so by his friends. 70% of girls in a 1997 study said that it was embarrassing for them to buy birth control or request information from a doctor.
The exact relationship between factors associated with teen pregnancy and teen pregnancy is unclear at the moment. What the majority of researchers agree on, however, is that teenagers need to be more educated about the real consequences of sex and contraceptive methods.
Warning: file(http://www.searchfeed.com/rd/feed/TextFeed.jsp?trackID=Q3835304521&pID=62408&cat=sexual+abuse+teenage+pregnancy&nl=5&page=1&excID=) [function.file]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
in /home/cwatchco/public_html/preparents/teenage/datas/searchfeed.php on line 8
Sexual Abuse Teenage Pregnancy Specific links
Sexual Abuse Teenage Pregnancy News
The queen of teen issues - The West Australian
 The West Australian | The queen of teen issues The West Australian She's penned novels for young adults about drunken sex, teenage pregnancy, abortion, sexual abuse and what life is like in an adolescent psychiatric hospital. Immensely popular novels like her WA Premier's Prize winning Obsession, Skating the Edge and ... |
Mother's Too Soon - Teen Pregnancy - AllAfrica.com
Mother's Too Soon - Teen Pregnancy AllAfrica.com In Tanzania, a report by AMREF referenced teen pregnancy as a symptom of a larger problem. "Tanzania has one of the highest adolescent pregnancy rates in the world. In extreme cases genderbased violence, sexual abuse and female genital mutilation ... |
How grave a matter is child sexual abuse - IBNLive.com (blog)
How grave a matter is child sexual abuse IBNLive.com (blog) Child sexual abuse is a grave matter. Being a parent myself, I find that my one mission in life is to save my child from pedophiles. While all parents understand this, they may not know what to do about it. Aamir Khan the actor had an episode on his ... |
Ex-Buddhist priest accused with sexually abusing teenage girl who became ... - The Republic
 CBS2 Chicago | Ex-Buddhist priest accused with sexually abusing teenage girl who became ... The Republic AP ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A former Chicago-area Buddhist priest has been arrested in Anchorage on a charge of sexual assaulting a teenager. The Anchorage Daily News (http://bit.ly/Lc0tV5 ) says federal agents arrested Camong Bual Ubol at Ted Stevens ... Ex-Buddhist priest charged with sexual abuse Ex-Buddhist priest charged in years-old sexual assault |
Family of Sierra LaMar suspect considered him the good son - Inside Bay Area
 CBS News | Family of Sierra LaMar suspect considered him the good son Inside Bay Area By Julia Prodis Sulek and Robert Salonga Antolin Garcia Torres was arrested in connection with the disappearance of Morgan Hill-area teen Sierra LaMar. His father is in jail, suspected of sexual abuse. His brother died of alcoholism. Dissecting Torres' criminal past: Assault, obstructing a cop |
Mom of deported teen runaway files federal lawsuit - Fox News
Mom of deported teen runaway files federal lawsuit Fox News The Associated Press does not normally name alleged victims of sexual abuse, but Jackson said the teenager's family agreed to make the pregnancy public to help detail what had happened to Turner as a result of her wrongful deportation. |
Mom of Deported Teen Runaway Files Federal Lawsuit - ABC News
 ABC News | Mom of Deported Teen Runaway Files Federal Lawsuit ABC News The Associated Press does not normally name alleged victims of sexual abuse, but Jackson said the teenager's family agreed to make the pregnancy public to help detail what had happened to Turner as a result of her wrongful deportation. |