Opening Questions

NOTE: 

Your response to these questions will greatly affect your interpretation of this chapter and the characters involved. Make notes in your learning blog (public) or workbook (private). Be sure you understand alternative perspectives that are different from yours if you want to explore the literature fully. CRITICAL THINKING ESSENTIAL!

• How much do you talk to your friends or family about sex?

I do not talk about sex with my family members as the topic never comes up within my household and it is a very awkward and uncomfortable issue but I do occasionally speak about sex with a couple of my friends at schools  

• How important are the issues of sex to a teenager in your experience?

I feel it's quite important to understand sex during the teenage age as it allows us to better understand ourselves and to ensure that we understand the elements that accompany sex such as STD's.

• How do you differentiate between sex and sexuality? What are the different issues connected to each one?

• Do you think 'sex' is an open topic in your social circle or is it very much taboo?

Sex for me is a open topic for my social circle, it's not considered taboo among my family, it's just not touched upon at my household

• Whatever your response, do you think this is the best way for your social circle to be?

I suppose it's ok that my social circle does talk about sex

• Do you think sex outside of marriage is OK? Explain your answer.

Sex outside marriage for me is really up to the individual. If the individual feels that he or she is ready to have sex and has feels that they have enough maturity and sense to have sex, I see no restrictions in having sex after marriage.