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Essay / The wrong messages sent about sex and sexuality
In the film 2 Young, there were two teenage girls, Ka fu and Natalie. After they meet and fall in love, there is an opportunity for both of them to experience a moment of weakness in their budding love, which results in Natalie's pregnancy. Before Natalie gave birth to the baby, Natalie and Ka fu considered abortion and living alone, but it was too dangerous and too hard for two teenage girls. When I was a high school student, I did not receive any proper and formal lessons on sex education, and I read a lot of news about teenage pregnancy, then I started to become aware of this topic . After learning and reading research studies for myself and for this talk, I am here to ask you to listen with an open mind as we discuss some of the problems associated with lack of sex education, its cause major and how we can do it. deal with problems. But let's start by looking at the problem more closely. According to the Hong Kong Economic Times, Hong Kong's teenage pregnancy rate has increased in recent years, with most of them from low-income groups. Alia Eyres, executive director of Mother's Choice, a community-based nonprofit organization that provides care to single girls and their families facing unwanted pregnancies, said statistics from last year show that a total of 3,066 unmarried pregnant women asked them for help. 8.6% more than the previous year. And 27% of them were under 18 years old, the youngest was only 12 years old. Additionally, according to a survey conducted by the Federation of Youth Groups, around a third of teenagers aged 10 to 15 believe that sex and dating come in a package, and a fifth of respondents admitted that they were at middle of paper......to be active, and should not be afraid to ask questions about sex to older people, we should start opening our minds to receive proper sex education. Therefore, we can overcome the feeling of embarrassment about teaching our own child in the future and try to avoid the problems I talked about before. The effect of this cannot be underestimated; this could create a better society in the future with fewer problems such as teenage pregnancies. In conclusion, we really need to move away from old traditional thoughts and open our minds about “sex”. Having a positive attitude towards it and promoting better sex education among adolescents is the only way to combat teenage pregnancy and misunderstanding of sexuality. “Knowledge is power, education is key to what we do to change entrenched views, raise awareness and take a preventative stance.” by Mother's Choice.