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Studies shows that teenagers are very active in sex, they are having sex with increasing frequency. Every year, the frequency is increasing among teenagers and they are starting at younger ages. Today, over half of all unmarried teen-age girls report that they have engaged in sexual intercourse at least once. Teens are not only having sex at ever-younger ages, they are also having sex with more than one partners. This can leads to very serious circumstances. Having this serious issue, it becomes very important that parents should become more actively involved in conversations about sexuality with their teens; these studies show the importance of discussing not only abstinence, but contraceptives as well. Even more important, are for parents to foster an environment where their teens may acquire positive self-esteem and a confident self-concept. Many people believe that there would be less teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases if contraceptives were simply more available to teen-agers, hence the call for sex education at younger ages and expanded family planning programs in general. Although the conception rate among teens is declining, the enormous increase in sexual activity has created a much larger base against which the rate is multiplied. Thus there have been sharp increases in the rates of abortion, out-of-wedlock births, welfare dependency and sexually transmitted diseases as measured within the whole teen population. Teen-age sexuality does not have to translate into pregnancy, abortion, out-of-wedlock births or sexually transmitted diseases. Western Europe, with roughly equivalent rates of teen sexuality, has dramatically lower rates of unwanted pregnancy. The reasons for this indulgence in the teens are anybody's guess. But it seems that girls are more vulnerable to take part in sexual activity. The average teenage girl wants to be accepted by her peers, and wants to fit in and do what everyone else is doing. Boys also want to fit in amongst their peers, but girls often take fear of not being accepted to a new level. Girls are more likely to be insecure and they crave constant attention from the opposite sex. This leads girls to engage in serious relationships with the opposite sex. Often feeling they have to; many girls will begin having sexual intercourse with their boyfriend. Engaging in sexual activity leads back to feeling comfort and security, but many teens do not realize that this activity is not a healthy or safe way of finding comfort. But girls are not the only ones pressured into having sex. For many teens, having sex or saying they're having sex means being accepted and cool. Teenage boys also want to be accepted, but not in the same way girls do. Teenagers do not realize that having sex is a big decision to make. Perhaps the reason teens do not think twice about having sex is because they are misinformed about the dangers involved. Television, magazines, and other sources of media make having sex look like the "cool" thing to do and do not include facts about the risks. Although, not all teens are engaging in sexual activity. Statistics show that many teens abstain from having sex and claim they are waiting until marriage. Whatever decision teenagers make about this issue, it is clear that many are being misinformed. And it becomes the duties, not only of their parents, of society, and most importantly the Media that plays an important role in everyone’s life, to inform them all about sex. | 
