Psy 265/ Checkpoint

Using principles in critical thinking when it comes to sexual decision is very important. I grew up in a house hold where my parents had only been with each other, and they have been together since they were 13 years of age. Growing up this is what I always went by. You have to use critical thinking when it comes to these types of decisions because you do not know want to make a choice that will haunt you for the rest of your life, you want to have a clear mind about it looking back and knowing you did not make a mistake. When I met my husband, there were a lot of things we talked about before we had sex, the history of our past, the precautions we were going to take and what would happen next. I want to know that if we were going to be getting intimate with each other I wanted it to last, because we was not married. Using critical thinking and these steps that people use may seems little ridiculous to a lot of people, but there are so many diseases, such as STDs and so many things that sex links to. I think that if you are using critical thinking then you will not make any type of mistake when it comes to sex. In these days and time they do not think about what they are doing and that is why so many young people have STD, AIDS and/or are pregnant. I believe that children should be raised to use their critical thinking when it comes to a life changing event, such as sex. It is something that could change your life completely, more then what anyone else thinks. You want to know that you are making the right decisions when you about thinking about having sex for the first time, or even having sex with a new