How would you respond to "everyone is having sex at school"??

Question

okay, so i got a project due and i have to do a survey based on Jason Everett's book "If you really loved me"

How would you respond to "everyone is doing it"-aka having sex in a christian perspective, referring to the bible and christian morality

OR


How would you respond to "everyone is doing it" in your own opinion, regardless the religious part.





thanks ;]

Answer 1

must be a stinking catholic scghool.

Answer 2

Regardless of what everyone might or might not be doing, the only person you need to decide for is yourself.

If everyone eats green eggs and ham, you don't have to. If everyone jumps off the Brooklyn Bridge, you don't have to. If everyone gets a puppy, you don't have to.

It's those in history that have struck out and been different that we most often remember. It isn't easy to go against what everyone else is supposedly doing, and sometimes what everyone else is doing may be a good idea, but you as an individual has to look at the options and decide.

Doing something just because those around you are is a poor strategy.

Answer 3

"If everyone else decided to jump off a cliff, would you?"
Just because "everyone is doing it" does NOT mean that:
-It's smart
-It's safe
-It's right
-It's beneficial to you in the long run
-it's something you oughta be doing!
-or that it's the absolute best to way to go!!

I'm only 15, but I know this much without a doubt. I know right versus wrong. And yes, this is a gross generalization in some ways.
Also, if you are with someone, and you know they know you don't want to have sex till you are married, and they try to force you, why in the world would you want to stick around with them? You gotta have someone who is willing to respect you and your beliefs. Ideally and honestly, someone who shares your beliefs, ESPECIALLY in something like this.
Besides, there are so many cons (even ones completely unrelated to my faith) to having sex.
- Highschool relationships do NOT last, no matter how much you tell yourself this person is "the One". You WILL get hurt!!
-Um hello? Heard of something called and STD?
-How about kids? Your life will be so screwed up if you get pregnant at age 15.
-teenagers can't control their emotions and are totally overloaded with hormones. Wait till you got your head on straight and know what you're doing! (after marriage is good, hey, that's a thought!)

Answer 4

That's a gross generalization, and completely untrue. I personally know at least a dozen high school seniors who are not (and have not) having sex.

My own opinion is and always was that I'm not just "anybody". If you want to be with ME then you have to play by my rules and not push your own. If you care so little about me that you have to insist on sex, then I should have enough self-esteem and self-respect to tell you to hit the road!

...obviously not "everyone" is doing it, because even ONE virgin makes that statement false. And if everyone ELSE is doing it, and that's all that matters to you, then go find someone else. Good riddance!

Answer 5

First, *everybody* isn't doing it.
Second, while *everybody* might not be doing it, far too many people are doing it.
Third, the people that are doing it are far too casual about it. They don't protect themselves from pregnancy and disease, and they listen too much to what their friends tell them they should do to protect themselves. Considering that their friends don't know what you're supposed to do to protect yourself, this results in a LOT of misinformation. The only things that can protect you from disease are condoms and abstinence. The only things that can protect you from pregnancy is abstinence, condoms, and birth control.
Fourth, a lot of the girls that are "doing it" aren't really doing it because THEY want to do it, they're doing it because their boyfriends want to do it, and the girls aren't yet emotionally strong enough to say "no". They're too afraid of losing the boyfriend, so they'll do it once he starts telling them that "you'd do it if you loved me..." and other such nonsense. They don't stop to think that if he loved HER, he wouldn't press her to do something that she wasn't 100% ready to do. He would actually show concern that it wasn't the right time. Good rule to remember: If a guy is going to break up with you for not having sex with him, then he doesn't love you. And that same guy who would break up with you for *not* doing it with him WILL break up with you AFTER you do it with him, because (1) he doesn't love you, and (2) now he doesn't respect you, either. And...he will ALWAYS tell all his friends that you slept with him.

Answer 6

Never heard about peopel having sex at school, its a pretty stupid idea since there is plenty of room to get caught. So to that statement I would say, "Not likely"

Answer 7

I would you respond to "everyone is doing it" in my own opinion, regardless the religious part.

Which would be telling him/her, this is a kid right?, to wait until he/she is ready. Don't rush just because the other kids are doing it.

Answer 8

What school did you go to? We get kicked out of school for caught smoking a cigarette. Sex?? to many students and not enough room in a class room sorry.

Answer 9

God wants us to only have sex within marriage. Then we are free to enjoy God's special wedding present without worrying about disease, broken hearts, out of wed-lock babies, bad reputation, etc.

Answer 10

Not me. If that's what Everett's is saying in his book where did he get his research to back it up?

Answer 11

Simple...everyone isn't doing it. Half the people who claim to be doing it are lying about it. It's always been that way, and it always will be.