The headline in the nst of 18th August 2006 is a classic case of "Didn't you know all this is happening".An excerpt:
One in two young adults are having sex. Unnerving? Try this. Eighty per cent of them do not use contraceptives.
What do you expect? When sex education is still a mundane taboo subject. Any student who does attend the classes may know the basics but practicising safe sex is a different ball game altogether. The sexual urges that peaks during the growing up years has to find an outlet somewhere and somehow irrespective of the edicts reprimanding the sexual act between unmarried couples. So, in the throes of passion, a lot of safety factors are conveniently forgotten.
The young ones do not think of death. The future is theirs. A different and a more holistic approach has to be found or else we will see more youth falling by the side..
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