Kyle Robyn D.

Caada

8-SJ

November 25, 2015

Premarital Sex
Hebrews 13:4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the
marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and
adulterous.
Marriage is a sacred union between a man and a woman. During this
holy sacrament, they are joined as one body with God as their witness. Being
bounded by marriage has its own privileges. One of which is the license to
have sex with your husband or wife. Sex should be done in the realms of
marriage. Otherwise, it will be considered as adultery, and consequently, a
mortal sin, premarital sex, that is.
Nowadays, premarital sex has become a vital issue in the society
simply because the number of people doing it is increasing year by year and
they are affecting a large portion of the youth. According to the 2013 Young
Adults Fertility and Sexuality Study (YAFS 4) done by the University of the
Philippines Population Institute (UPPI), one in every three youth, aged 15
24, has engaged in premarital sex, the number increasing by more than 14%
from almost 20 years ago. This translates to about 6.2 million youth who
have engaged in sexual intercourse before marriage.
One of the reasons for this is the easy access of youth to pornography.
Pornography is a visual material containing explicit display of sexual activity,
intended to stimulate erotic feeling. When a child first sees an explicit video,
his/her mind is being manipulated and inactive sexual desires are now being
awakened. When it becomes a habit, the child cannot control his urges
towards having a sex. Basically, the point being made here is to restrict the

childs access to such material and this should be done primarily by the
parents.
But the problem doesnt end here. Based on a survey, 25% of teenage
mothers end up in abortion, which, again, is a mortal sin. Aside from killing
the baby inside the womb, teenage mothers are more likely to have a
depressed life, coping up with the stress the event brings. On the other side,
if the mother decides to keep the baby, the conflict lies on providing the child
with a complete family and essential resources that he/she will need.
Complete family in the sense that 80% of teenage mothers do not marry the
father of their children.
Furthermore, providing the child of its basic needs will be a problem
because about 50% of all teen mothers lie below the poverty line, as
suggested by a study done during 2009 2010. Also, though there are no
conclusive results yet, some of the children encounter difficulties in school
activities, mainly because of family problems and had some issues with
being bullied.
Premarital sex may provide pleasure and sexual gratification but
indulging in this affair would bear more suffering that one could imagine.
Sexual pleasure was, is, and will always be temporary but the misery and
sorrow youll get goes on and on. It may be complications on mental,
emotional, psychological or social aspect but one thing is for sure, your
suffering doesnt end until you change your perspective about premarital
sex. Remember that it is not only you that will be affected but also your
family, the people around you and most especially, if you get impregnated,
the child you are bearing in your womb. In todays society, it may be well
accepted but then again, each one of us must remember that there is a
greater Being above us which created us and has set rules that will govern
mankind in its entirety.