European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Teens and sex facts help dispel widespread myths by Susan g. Campbell. The Hartford courant this really happened not Long ago word spread at a Connecticut High school that a boy and girl could have sex in the schools swimming Pool without the girl getting pregnant. Rumor was that the chlorine killed the sperm. A a. A that same year there were five unplanned pregnancies in the school. So much for the chlorine. Rumours and sex just Don t mix. a a a a a a a a a a some of you teens have made the decision not to have sex until you Are older maybe your religion insists on it. Maybe your parents insist on it. Maybe you made that decision on your own. But some of you have already started having sex. Or you Are thinking about it. And maybe you done to really know Why or what can happen if you Haven t thought the whole thing through. A this Story is for you because there is much More to know than How to Quot do yes we know you have sex education in schools but As one planned parenthood spokeswoman says what you Are hearing is often Quot too Little too ,. A last year 2.5 million teens in the United states caught a sexually transmitted disease. Jonathan Clark education director at planned parenthood of connecticut., says that most girls Don to come to his office or birth control until they have been sexually Active for at least six months and boys coming in rare. Very rare. Waiting six months to get informed about birth control when you have already started having sex is minefield. Never mind the potential for sexually. Transmitted diseases which includes the deadly human immunodeficiency virus which causes aids. Even if. Your. Partner is not infected each drop of seminal fluid from a Penis can include 120 million sperm. And it takes Only one sperm and one egg to make a baby. Clark says that girls done to seek help because they re afraid they la have to have a Pelvic examination. Or they want to pretend that sex is something that is done to them that they have not made a conscious Choice to be half of the sexual partnership. Fears about a Pelvic exam Are Normal. You can talk to a doctor or ask a female Friend an older sister or Cousin or your mom about what to expect. And by the Way sex rarely Quot just a a the boys plan it and Hope for it but oftentimes i think they re reluctant to produce a condom because the girl readers action Lin Price increase in new cafes Ca Talog and my fellow soldiers have really appreciated the efforts made by cafes to bring a Little bit to us. From the Exchange at our site to the various facilities around saudi Arabia. Cafes has come through. Many of us have used the cafes Cata logs provided by some of the exchanges to buy some of the Many items cafes has to offer our purchases were accompanied by the new Spring summer Catalon a tremendous difference in prices was noticed prices seemed to have jumped anywhere from 5 percent to 15 percent Over the previous Catalon prices especially in a we will think it s scheming so there s a lot of Mutual deception at that Point a Clark says. Sound familiar listen to Sandy Dudzinski site manager of health. Stop planned parenthood connect Curin Meriden. She sees teens for pregnancies and for sexually transmitted they done to know about diseases they really Don to Quot she says. Quot and then when they do Leam about them they think it won t happen to them. They re going steady with someone they say. That s their Protection Quot a. But and this is a big but a going steady is in no Way a guarantee against sexually transmitted diseases. Going steady with someone is not considered Safe because if you re like most teens you will have More than one Boyfriend or Girlfriend before you Settle on a life partner. And each Boyfriend or Girlfriend will have other girlfriends and boyfriends. And if you re All sexually Active that is intimate Contact with a lot of people. And besides sometimes boyfriends and girlfriends lie. And stray. And have sex with someone else maybe you have already started having sex and you. Know now that you Are not ready for it. Just saying no is Tough. You have to believe in yourself and be hard when it seems like everyone a but everyone a is having sex but you. A. They Aren t. By far More teens choose not to be sexually Active. And to have made that decision we applaud you. It takes maturity and a goo sense of self to make that Choice a. -. Boiling it All Down a and in t it time we did a it All comes Back to self esteem. The pregnancies. The aids cases. The drug abuse. You be got to think you Are Worth something to make smart decisions.,. Quot with the pregnancies aids and drug abuse in this state i suggest we d better get started pretty quickly Quot Skerker says. Talk to an adult you Trust a a teacher a coach yes even your parents. You might be surprised at How much they know. Or How much they Are willing to learn so that they can talk to you. You Don t have to make your decisions in a vacuum. You certainly weren to born in one. There Are More than 20 different sexually transmitted diseases with symptoms ranging from itching and burning to insanity and death. The More a. Serious ones Are gonorrhoea syphilis herpes chlamydia and aids \ gonorrhoea a it is also called the clap or the drip because of the mucous substance that accompanies it. The bacteria that cause it attack the sensitive tissue lining the urethra and the cervix in women and in men the anus the Throat and the eyelids. If left untreated death will result. Syphilis a it. Is caused by spiral shaped bacteria and is detected first a within a month or two of infection a by a Reddish oozing sore on any part of the skin called a Chancre. That heals within 1.0 weeks but then the disease goes into the secondary stage when a rash covers Large portions of the body. Hair May fall out. The infected person May develop flu like symptoms with a fever and feelings of being run Down. Left untreated syphilis leads to insanity and death in men and women chlamydia a this one is a Tough one because. There Are no clearly identified symptoms until serious a complications have developed. In fact 70 percent of women May have no symptoms until the disease is Well on its Way to infecting the body. Untreated it causes sterility. A aids you be heard and read about it but what you May not know is that Many Young people in their 20s Are infected with it who contracted their virtual death sentence in their teens. Aids Breaks Down the body s immune system and makes a person susceptible to illnesses that in a healthy person would pose no real herpes a this is probably one of the More common sexually transmitted diseases the germ that causes herpes is similar to the one that causes cold sores around the Mouth. The virus never leaves the body and the symptoms a blisters and swelling a May. Crop up any time. Doctors believe that it May cause some cervical cancer in women. The Point a if there has to be a Point a is that if you Start exhibiting any of these symptoms Don t be stupid. See a doctor. Call planned parenthood. Think about talking to your parents. They just might be your Best support. A . The Home entertainment d like to know Why there was a dramatic increase in prices the Dollar can t be that bad in our absence we d appreciate any Type of explanation. A \ spec. Richard t. Bailey operation desert storm items in the Spring summer 91 Catalon and the collectibles Catalon. All items with Quot a Quot or Quot a Quot coding will be reduced. &Quot.a. The master sgt. Dayton p. Strickland customer relations he cafes Europe replies the increase in electronic prices from the fall Winter. Catalon to the Spring summer Catalon was necessary because of the weakening Dollar at the end of the year the Dollar has since strengthened somewhat and has remained steady enough that the Exchange mail order Catalon is planning a 10 percent off Sale during the. Month of june. The Sale applies to All foreign procured to write us readers action line is the readers Quot court of last resort striving to answer some of the questions about life overseas in a military environment or questions about policies and guidelines when other avenues for answers Are not readily available. If you have a question and Don t know where to turn for the. Answer write to readers action line co. 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