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Its a good question and you have already given some good answers. I am astounded at the appalling level of ignorance of all matters sexual displayed by the people I meet, my patients and to be frank huge numbers of the questioners on YouQA.com . It is mirrored by the disastrously poor knowledge of all body functions and the massive unjustified belief in alternative therapy, technically known as absolute poppycock or quackery. All this is despite the unprecedented ready availability of factual information, from cyberspace,the media and books, not accessible to any generation before ours. So I certainly believe ignorance must take a good bit of the blame.
Drug and alcohol abuse may have a tiny roll, but I don't think it is a big player. I would have to say it is a further drop in moral attitudes, I don't think it is so much it will never happen to me, but more actually I don't care if it does!
I would say all of the above mentioned by you plays a significant role. IE: the lower classes of society has no access to medical care or a means to be educated about such things. Some people also believe that they are " invincible".Obviously, these people are in denial or they just don't care ( does lack of education cause this??). People who do drugs/alcohol, lose their sense of responsibility. It's astounding to know that such people are putting themselves in danger and, is it really worth it ?? I don't understand why people would want 2 put their lives at risk for something that can be preventable.
Alcohol and drug consumption, biggest culprit! And, dont care what happens, also.
lack of common sense and it wont happen to me attitude
mixture of them all unfortunatly. the scare factor has gone from sti's and hiv. condon use is not common place
actually they are now saying theres a huge increase in people my age 40/50 dating again and sleeping with no condoms, passing it on, so beware if your dating again wear a condom,
As others have said it's a mixture of all the reasons you suggested.
However, I believe the general reluctance of older generations to talk to kids about sex has a lot to do with it.
As someone who has worked for voluntary organisations in the sexual health arena, I have been in the frustrating position of trying to arrange lectures at schools and colleges.
It is a sad and telling fact that 75% head teachers we approached in the midlands and East of England refused to allow us to give FREE advise and education to kids between 14 and 18.
Their reasons ranged from 'It's not in the curriculum' and ' We don't have time to get parental permission' through to the just plain stupid, such as a catholic school who told us 'our kids will not do that before marriage, those who do deserve what they get'.
Cultural differences and difficulties in integration also play a part. As does the age difference between tutor and students.
I've been doing outreach and education for 15 years now and the older I get the less attention teenagers pay to what I have to say.
It has to be said that a small proportion of the increase in diagnoses is due to more people being tested. as the diagnoses figures rise so there is a corresponding decrease in the estimated undiagnosed cases.
What's really needed is another hard hitting, Government backed advertising campaign, such as the AIDS campaign of the late Eighties and early Ninties. And this time it needs to be before the watershed and online. the likes of Yahoo could easily run educational headers in place of the usual adverts for a while, and information distributed by sites such as bebo and face book would reach the relevant audience.
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