Research Paper on Teen Pregnancy
Teenage Pregnancy: Who’s To Blame?
Over the past 10 years, teenage pregnancy has escalated about 10%. As the years pass, more blames for teen pregnancy come up. The first few years that teen pregnancy became a problem, the people blamed the girl that became pregnant. Then as it progressed worse and worse, the blame pointed to the father of the unborn child. When the movie “Juno” came out in around 2009 that became blame. Then came “16 and pregnant” and “Teen Mom”. Hollywood started glamorizing teen pregnancy pretty much saying its okay to be a teen mom because you can become famous. This made the girls of the U.S think “Maybe since these girls are becoming famous for being a teen mom maybe I can too”. Then there’s the no sex education in the schools. Schools these days think that all teens know about sex so why teach it? Teenage pregnancies are 100% preventable. Teenagers should make the right decision and choose abstinence. If they choose to have premarital sex then they should take the right precautions to prevent pregnancies.
Media and society plays a huge role in teen pregnancy. “16 and pregnant” is a show that publicizes pregnant teenage girls. It shows their struggles in life as a pregnant teen, how they try to deal with the judgment of their peers, trying to go through school, having the baby, and trying to be a teenager.
Another blame for teen pregnancy is peer pressure. Friends getting pregnant and boyfriends are the main peer pressure girls get. When a friend gets pregnant some girls get jealous of the attention their friend is getting so they go and get pregnant so they can have the attention too. Then there’s the boyfriend factor; most teenage boys are sexually active and continue that way with all the girls the boy comes in contact with. Most guys think “oh well since all these girls she hangs around with are doing it I’ll push her into doing it with me”, or they’ll pull the “if you love me” card. As a teenage girl there are many things going
Over the past 10 years, teenage pregnancy has escalated about 10%. As the years pass, more blames for teen pregnancy come up. The first few years that teen pregnancy became a problem, the people blamed the girl that became pregnant. Then as it progressed worse and worse, the blame pointed to the father of the unborn child. When the movie “Juno” came out in around 2009 that became blame. Then came “16 and pregnant” and “Teen Mom”. Hollywood started glamorizing teen pregnancy pretty much saying its okay to be a teen mom because you can become famous. This made the girls of the U.S think “Maybe since these girls are becoming famous for being a teen mom maybe I can too”. Then there’s the no sex education in the schools. Schools these days think that all teens know about sex so why teach it? Teenage pregnancies are 100% preventable. Teenagers should make the right decision and choose abstinence. If they choose to have premarital sex then they should take the right precautions to prevent pregnancies.
Media and society plays a huge role in teen pregnancy. “16 and pregnant” is a show that publicizes pregnant teenage girls. It shows their struggles in life as a pregnant teen, how they try to deal with the judgment of their peers, trying to go through school, having the baby, and trying to be a teenager.
Another blame for teen pregnancy is peer pressure. Friends getting pregnant and boyfriends are the main peer pressure girls get. When a friend gets pregnant some girls get jealous of the attention their friend is getting so they go and get pregnant so they can have the attention too. Then there’s the boyfriend factor; most teenage boys are sexually active and continue that way with all the girls the boy comes in contact with. Most guys think “oh well since all these girls she hangs around with are doing it I’ll push her into doing it with me”, or they’ll pull the “if you love me” card. As a teenage girl there are many things going