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Top 10 Reasons for Choosing Abstinence
10. to keep your reputation
9. so you can know
the person likes you
for you
8. so your parent’s won’t be
disappointment
THINK ABOUT THIS: What regrets might you have if you wait
–versus- what regrets might you have if you have sex as a teen????
WHAT’S THE HARM IN WAITING?
7. because you’re not ready
for sex yet
6. to save yourself from
all the emotional baggage
teen sex can have (regret,
doubt, fear, anger, feeling
betrayed…)
5. you want to focus on
your education or
future career
4. because you don’t want a sexually
transmitted disease/infection
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Don’t ever be pressured into
sex - by a person, by society’s
messages, or by what you
think everyone else is doing…
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3. you want to save
sex for that one
special person
and/or marriage
No emotion – even love –
is worth losing your life over –
HIV is fatal !
2. because you don’t want to get
pregnant
1. because you want to uphold your
religious or moral values
Top 10 Reasons for Choosing Abstinence
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No emotion – even love –
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is worth losing your life over –
HIV is fatal !
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