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Collegiate
NOVEMBEHi^
The Ostrich As Mascot
CX)LRSE 101 PREMATIRE
PARKNTHOOD -
Prerequisite: Irresponsible Sex
It's a snap course Pass or fail.
No exams, term papers, not
e\en any classes .All that's
required is complacency about
ytHir oun sexuality and a basic
naivety that’s sure to keep you
from being in control of your sex
life
If your general altitude on the
subject of sexual relations is not
unlike Scarlet O'Hara's 'ril
think about that tomorrow,” and
if birth control is something you
choose to leave up to "him" or
"her" or to "fate." this course is
for you
Women will learn to shorten
their college years considerably
and reduce lifetime earning
power substantially through the
birth of an unwanted child or
deal with choices, such as
alwrtion or early marriage
Men will explore the joint
decision-making process on
issues such as abortion,
marriage, paternity, etc..
perhaps ultimately experiencing
the opportunity of learning to
deal effectively with irate
parents, social pressure,
fatherhood, divorce, child
si4>port and so forth
The foregoing course
description is fictitious. It is an
attempt to raise the sub rosa
issue of premarital sex and to
call attention to the fallacy that
ostrich-like behavior will
eliminate having to deal with the
danger of unplanned or un
wanted pregnancy. To bury
one's head in the proverbial sand
most assuredly will not
eliminate that possibility and.
with the ostrich as a mascot, one
day your luck is apt to fly right
out the window.
The focus of attention appears
to have shifted in recent years
from the sexual behavior of
college students toward that of
teenagers in general and of
yx)unger teenagers in particular,
thus statistics regarding in
tercourse on campus which is
notoriously difficult to estimate'
are not very current. Never
theless, in the early part of this
decade, it was estimated that on
a national average about 65
percent of male college students
engage in "coitus" and about 50
percent of college women. No
doubt this means that a high
percentage of college students
engage in "balling. "
Perhaps you've heard about
Semicid Vaginal Contraceptive
Suppositories, which contains a
powerful spermicide called
nonoxynoI-9: and you fH'ohably
already know that it's about one
inch long, can be purchased
without prescription and is ef
fective within minutes after
insertion Perhaps, on the other
hand, you're really not sure
which days of the month are
"safe" or whether there is such
a thing as a "male" pill and a
"morning after" pill.
In any case, the .New Vork
Times points out as recently as
June, 1978 that "Half of the 11
million sexually active U.S.
teens used no contraceptive the
last time they had intercourse."
Futhermore. it is believed that
one out of every teen-age girls
aged 15 or over in the L'.S. will
become pregnant thus year; and
roughtly 30 percent will bear
illegitimate children.
Theories are lately being put
forth to explain this epidemic of
teenage pregnancy, that fear of
pregnancy is not as great as it
once was and that motherhood is
subconciously desirable as a
substitute identity and rite of
passage into adulthood. One
womens magazine indicates
that "Many girls think that sex
should be spontaneous and that
contraception would make it
calculated and unromantic "
Richard F Hettlinger. M.A..
author of several books and
articles on sex among young
adults, particularly college
students, writes: "I suspect that
sexual behavior on campus is
more often less free of con
vention than it appears. Rather
than being based on independent
values, it frequently seems to be
motivated by a continuing need
to reject traditional mores. It
continues to be an extension of
the necessary adolescent
celebration of escape from the
confines of eslablishment anti-
sexualism. rather than a mature
and considered pattern based on
reflection and critical
judgement."
A study done by Greer Litton
Fox for the Merrill-Palmer
Institute, published in 1977,
reports that “patterns of con
traceptive use among
collegians, taking into account
their increased maturity,
education, independence and
presumably greater access to
contraception .,. do not seem to
differ very much from teenage
patterns."
Apparently confirming this
lack of responsible sexual
behavior at the college level,
Richard Hettlinger points out in
his book. Sex Isn't That Simple,
that “Men oflen assume quite
wrongly that any girl who agrees
to heavy petting or intercourse
has automatically equipped
herself for casual sexual ac-
liviiy. .Many fail to check that
their partner is protected, and
some couldn't care less whether
she is or not. Some men an
women assume thal because
abortion is available as a last
resort, there's no reason to
worry about pregnancy,
ignoring the fact lhai abortion is
never just a matter of a simple
\isit to the doctor's office.”
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In defense of collegiate
morals, Hettlinger says,
“Unwanted pregnancies (at
least among college students)
are much more likely to occur if
a couple are (sic) struggling to
avoid intercourse than if they
have accepted it. Babies are
often conceived because the
parents, not wanting to admit
their desire or accept respon
sibility of their actions, failed 'on
principle’ to take adequate
precaustions and were carried
away by passion. It is not the
promiscuous who get caught, but
the idealists who discover (too
late) thal they were not able to
control their sexual needs and
then find their marriagestanij
out with the heavy burden oij.
unwanted child.”
We propose that you bet*
judge. Ask yourself whethejj,
statements that have beenimj
about you are on target,
yourself whether you andvoj
friends are adequately iniomK,
and behaving realistically an
responsibly toward sex.
Perhaps you're right on top if
the latest contracepthi
development. But, most litet
you're not thoroughly infonuK
about the various methods, l»
they work, how effective
are and how safe they are. %
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