Premarital Sex and its Plague

Premarital sex is a huge problem in society today. People everywhere are not waiting until they get married to have sex. People doing this are not aware of the consequences that may come with having a sex before marriage. They just think it’s fun and there is nothing other than fun comes with having sex.

Some people tend to have a lot of sex and they do it for the satisfaction. They believe sex is fun. It is perceived to be a great thing from the time one is young. Going to elementary school kids, they always talked about the day they were going to have sex and they looked forward to it. Where do they got the idea that sex was such a great thing? Well, it’s a question that one must answer. The movies, maybe or the magazines that one sees when digging through the drawers of an older brother, uncle or ones father. Sex is all over the society. You cannot watch cable television without seeing people kissing intimately, or even having sex. Just because cable does not show full nudity does not make it any better to let an eight year old child watch a television show full of sex.

In today’s society women are not held to that same standard as men are when it comes to having sex.

Now that the reasons of people having sex before marriage has been somewhat discussed and is out of the way, let us now tackle the consequences that come with having sex. First in my list is AIDS. This is a deadly virus that kills ones immune system. A person never dies from the actual virus. They die from the diseases that they can get due to a weak immune system. The immune system doesn't die slowly either it takes at least five years for the immune system to eventually give out. A person can die from a simple cold if they have contracted the AIDS virus. The cold starts of as a normal one does but it just keeps getting worse and worse. People suffer before they die from this disease. People having AIDS die slowly in pain. This disease has been responsible for killing millions of people. The way this virus is contracted is through exchange of bodily fluids. Sex is the number one way this virus is spread. What people are not realizing is that this disease is deadly and by having premarital sex and not being monogamous they too can get this disease. People are very aware that this disease is just out there but they do not understand that it can affect them.

There are many other diseases out there other than AIDS that are caused by having sex. Most other sexually transmitted diseases are deadly but they are curable if found before they cause your body a damage. Let's not forget how painful these diseases are. All I can say when I think of contracting something as painful as a disease is “OUCH”, and keep on pumping! Why would someone even want to take the chance of contracting one of these horrible diseases? Because sex is fun? There is a very simple solution if one would want to avoid contracting one of these horrible diseases. It's just as easy as having sex and not worrying about it.

Let's not forget how bad a reputation could a people have if others found out that they have a sexually transmitted disease. They would be laughed at and ridiculed. People would think that a person was dirty if they knew they had disease. What kind of feeling would a person have knowing that they have a disease that they have contracted through sexual intercourse.

The major religious belief in the Philippines is Christianity. It teaches that having sex before getting married is wrong. Having sex before marriage is a sin and when people commit sin they go to hell. Many people do sex as a past time activity. They don't think for the feelings of others. Christianity teaches people to treat others as they would like to be treated. I'm sure no person likes getting his or her feelings hurt. People should think about others before they do such things such as use others for sex. Christianity also teaches that lust is a sin. It is one of the seven deadly sins and it should not be taken lightly according to religious teachings. Lust leads to sex, and if sex is taken lightly, more and more people will begin to have children out of wedlock.

Pregnancy is also a result of sex. Those who are not married and have children doesn’t only make their own lives harder by burdening themselves financially but they also make it harder for their children to live without both of their parents. In some cases, children are left with just one parent and have to grow up the rest of their lives feeling unwanted because their biological father did not stick around. It is hard for a child to understand why he/she only have one parent knowing that the real reason was Premarital Sex. How would you explain this to a child? You couldn’t and if you did there would definitely be something wrong with you. An even worse case is a child who is put up for adoption and wanting to have sex with adults. He/she knows nothing about his/her real parents and is never given the opportunity to be given the love that every child deserves from his/her parents. I believe it would be hard not to know who your parents were. It would kill me to think that I could have a mother and father like most normal people but does not want to accept me.

Sex is not entirely bad. In my opinion, sex should be treated like everything else and be done in moderation. People should learn to understand each other and understand that sex is a big step in relationships and could only be done by those couple who are legally married. If it were not a big step there would be no point in getting married. Why would a person want to buy a used car when they could buy a new car? Sorry that it has to be put this way but this is the harsh reality of it. People who have slept around are not going to have an easy time finding a life mate. Nobody wants somebody who had slept with all of their friends. Why would you? How could you? It would be really awkward having all of my friends standing in my wedding knowing that I had sex with somebody before.

Hopefully people will begin to look at everything they can lose from having sex before marriage. The same goes for those who can not be monogamous. People should hold themselves to a higher standard. If people had more confidence I believe that they would feel they needed to have sex to impress people or to make people happy. Sex should be a result of love and should have more meaning than it does to some people.

The entire point is sex before marriage have consequences. There are many and I have only touched based on a few. If I were to go over every reason that sex was wrong, the list would never end.