Sexual Misinformation

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Dealing with the responsibility of being a parent is one of the hardest tasks to take on. Becoming a parent involves emotion, compassion, dedication, strength, knowledge, protectiveness, and being able to financially support the child. Parenting also involves many other components, which sometimes come with the responsibility of being a parent. It's a hard job but someone's got to do it.

The sexual revolution has ushered in a period in which the average adolescent experiences tremendous pressures to have sexual experiences of all kinds. Filipino teens get a higher exposure to sex from the Internet, magazines, TV shows, movies and other media than decades ago, yet without any corresponding increase in information on how to handle the input. So kids are pretty much left to other kids for opinions and value formation when it comes to sex.

Sexual misinformation is therefore equally shared in the group. Parents at home and teachers in school feel equally inadequate or uneasy to discuss the topic of sex with youngsters. The problem mounts because the barkada (gang) has a more profound influence than parents do and they exert pressure and expect the adolescent to conform to the rest of them.

In fact, female adolescents whose friends engage in sexual behavior were found to be more likely to do the same compared to those who do not associate with such peers. If the teen perceives her peers to look negatively at premarital sex, she was more likely to start sex at a later age.

One of the major concerns of having a child or becoming a parent is to do so when you're old and mature enough to take on the responsibility. One of the problems in today's society is teenage pregnancy. The risk of pregnancy in teenagers is increasing largely. Many teenagers don't know how big of a responsibility it is to raise another human being when they themselves still have a lot of growing to do. Teenagers need to be more educated about themselves and their bodies as well as ways to protect themselves from getting pregnant if they're sexually active. Also, teenagers are more prone to risks during a pregnancy than a twenty or thirty year old woman would be. Becoming a teen parent automatically gives you a big responsibility to deal with. This means that all of your personal priorities are set aside and that your child comes first. Most teens don't even know how to take care of a child. "Taking care of your own child isn't like babysitting; it is a full time job". Dealing with children involves a lot of patience, which a lot of teens don't have. This is why kids are not emotionally or physically able to take on another child and should focus on more ways in preventing pregnancy

and sexual activity.

Background of the Study

Unmarried, pregnant teenagers face a variety of difficult decisions. They must decide whether to give birth or to have an abortion, and whether to raise a child they bear or to place the baby for adoption. Simultaneously, they must make the same critical decisions about school, work and relationships as other teenagers must make. In designing interventions to help young women make the transition from adolescence to adulthood without having an unintended birth, it is important to understand the life circumstances, motivations and events that lead some unmarried teenagers to become pregnant and the processes involved in the decision to carry a non-marital teenage pregnancy to term.

Statement of the Problem

The purpose of this paper is to orient the readers specially youngsters about the topic. And the researcher wants to impart some information and answers some queries from the readers.

1. Why do teenagers engaged into early premarital sex?

2. How many percent of teenagers are already mothers?

3. What are the greatest concerns of early pregnancy?

4. What are the effects of early pregnancy to their academic performances?

5. How can we reduce the increasing number of early pregnancy?

Significance of the Study

The significance of this topic (teenage pregnancy) is to reduce the number if not totally prevent teenagers from getting pregnant at early age. It shows how teenagers protect themselves to others, how will they give importance on what they have and how to prevent diseases that they may get in premarital sex and to protect their future plans on pursuing it. The motive of this paper is to increase awareness of teenagers regarding pregnancy.

Scope and Delimitation of the Study

As the researcher goes on to the research I have found a survey from in the internet about teenagers who got pregnant. According to the teenagers who are now mothers and other are pregnant, they have different cases why they belong, some are voluntary and some are involuntary which includes dating, violence and rape cases. In 2002, a study by (UPPI) and Demographic Research and Development Foundation shows that 26% of Filipino youth had experienced premarital sex.

CHAPTER II

Conceptual and Theoretical Framework

Review of Related Literature

Wikipedia states that teenage pregnancy is defined as a teenaged or under-age girl (usually within the ages of 13-19) becoming pregnant. The term in everyday speech usually refers to women who have not reached the legal adulthood. This varies across the world, which became pregnant. According to NSO-ORC macro's national health and demographic survey 2003 in the Philippines 6.1% of 2648surveyed females aged 15-19 are already mothers. Each teenage girl has their own reason why they belong. As the researchers review their research, they have learned that many things can cause teenage pregnancy. And can be classified as a voluntary case which includes culture effect and adolescent stage (peer pressure) and the involuntary cases which include dating, violence and rape cases. Teenage pregnancies also face greater financial difficulties and marital conflict. With a lower capacity for earning and less emotional maturity, relationships are under more stress for breaking. Young unmarried mothers also face social stigmas that can have harmful