European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Teens and sex facts help dispel widespread myth by Susan g. Campbell the Hartford courant really happened not Long ago word i spread at a Connecticut High sch Otthat a boy a i and girl could have sex in the school s swimming. A a. Pool without the girl getting pregnant. Rumor was. That the chlorine killed the sperm. That same year there were five unplanned pregnancies in the the chlorine. Rumours and sex just done to some of you teens have made the decision not to have sex until you Are older maybe your religion insists on your parents insist on it maybe you made that decision on your own. R. But some of you have already started having sex or you Are thinking about it. And maybe you Don t really know Why or what can happen if you Haven to thought the whole thing through. _ this Story is for you because there is much More to. Know than How to Quot do yes we know you have sex a education in schools but As one planned parenthood spokeswoman says what you Are hearing is often Quot too Little too later to 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 t come to his office for birth control until they have been sexually Active for at least six months. And boys coming i re y i amp waiting six months to get informed about birth control when you have already started having sex is like skipping minefield. Never mind the potential for. Sexually transmitted diseases which includes the deadly human immunodeficiency virus which causes aids. Even if your partner is hot 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 1 Clark says that girls Don t 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. A a fears about a Pelvic exam Are Normal you can talk to a doctor or ask a female Friend Jan older sister or Cousin or your mom about what to expect. A and by the Way sex rarely Quot just happens Quot Quot the boys plan it and Hope for it but oftentimes i think they re reluctant to produce a condom because the action Lin Price increase in new cafes Catalon a and my fellow soldiers have really appreciated the efforts made by cafes to bring a Little bit of Home 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. Quot by the new Spring summer Catalon a tremendous difference in prices was noticed. Prices a. Seemed to have jumped anywhere from 5 percent to 15 percent Over the previous Catalon prices especially in will think it s scheming so there s a lot of Mutual a a. Deception at that Point Quot Clark says. Sound familiar listen to Sandy Dudzinski site manager of health. Stop planned parenthood. Connect tic Fin Meriden she a. Sees teens for for sexually transmitted diseases Quot they Don t know about diseases they really done to Quot she says. Quot and then when they do Leam about them they wont happen to them. They re going steady with someone they say that s their Protection Quot a 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 like most teens you Wilt have More than one Boyfriend or Girlfriend before you set Leon a life. Partner. And each will have other girlfriends and boyfriends and if you re All sexually Active that is intimate Contact with a Tot of 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 is Tough. You have to believe in yourself and that May be hard when it seems like everyone a but everyone is. Having sex but you. They Aren t. By far More teens choose not to be. Sexually Active. And to. Those who have made that a decision we applaud you. It takes maturity and a Good sense of self to make that Choice boiling it All Down a and Isnit it time we did a it Alt 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 wed better get started pretty quickly Quot Skerker says. A. Talk to an adult you Trust a a teacher a coach yes even your parents. You might be surprised at How much they Knower they Are willing to learn so that they can talk to you. You Don t have to make your a decisions in a certainly weren to born in one there Are More than 20 different sexually. A a transmitted diseases with symptoms ranging from itching and burning to insanity and death. The More Are gonorrhoea syphilis herpes chlamydia and aids 1 a -. A gonorrhoea a it is also called the the drip because of the mucous substance that accompanies it. The bacteria that cause it attack the sensitive the urethra and the cervix in women and in men the Arius the Throat and the eyelids if left untreated de amp the i Ere syphilis a it is caused by Spira shaped to bacteria an cols detected first a within a month or two of. Infection a by a Reddish oozing sore on any part of the skin called a heals within 10 weeks but then the disease goes into the secondary stage when a rash covers Jarge 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 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. Aids you be heard and read about it but what you May not know is that Many Young people in their Quot 20s Are infected with it who contracted their virtual death sentence in their teens. Aids Breaks Down the body a 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. Quot 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. _ the Home entertainment d like to know Why there was a dramatic increase in prices a the Dollar can t be that bad in our absence wed appreciate any Type of explanation. A spec. Richard t. Bailey operation desert storm in master sgt. Dayton p. Strickland customer relations he cafes Europe replies the increase in electronic prices from the fail Winter a 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 Mai order Catalon is planning a 10 percent Olf Sale during the month of june. The Sale applies to All foreign procured items in the Spring summer �?T91 Catalon and the Quot collectibles Catalon. All items with Quot a Quot or Quot a Quot coding i be reduced 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 done to know where to turn for the answer write to readers action line co. The stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211, All tetters must be a signed and preference will be Given to those seeking information of general interest to our readers. \ Page 16 a the stars and stripes tuesday May 28, 1991 a f7 v
