Adolescence

The World's Young People Talk About Sex

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 28th, 1997

"Those who use contraceptives become prostitutes," says an 18-year-old female from Uganda. But another 18-year-old, from Albania, says, "Without contraceptives, I would feel like a fish without water."

"If I'm pregnant, I will still go to my parents," confides a teen-aged girl from Malaysia. "There will be drama at home and a lot of screaming and shouting. Then they may say, 'we shall work it out.'"

These are just some of the everyday, seldom-acknowledged voices from an unusual survey of nearly 700 young people from around the world thinking aloud on sexual and reproductive health matters. The survey was published recently by the London-based...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1997-07-28)

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