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STUDENT COMMENTS

 

"You can have a great relationship without sex."

"More and more people are choosing to be abstinent now than in earlier years."
"You don't have to have sex to be cool!"

"I'm looking forward to having sex when I'm married, but not before!
"I've had sex in the past but I've stopped due to the fact that they used me and that's all they wanted."

"Having sex can cause all sorts of emotional stress!"
"Sex lasts a minute, being a parent lasts your whole life, so make wise choices."

"Besides pregnancy and STD's, there is also an emotional risk in having sex."
"It's much better to stay abstinent in high school than to just give it away!"

"It's important to be abstinent because that's the best birth control."
"I'm a secondary virgin because the emotional burden of sex is so painful and hard to deal with, it hurts, it really does!"

"There are ways that you can say "NO" to sex if people try to pressure you."
"I'm a virgin and thanks to this program I've decided to remain a virgin until I meet and marry that one special person."

"Abstinence is the best (100%) way of not having a STD or a baby."
"You don't have to be cool by having sex and you should never be pressured into it if you don't want it."

"People respect you when you don't have sex."
"I am a secondary virgin.  I lost my virginity when I was 13 years old.  I regret that decision very much and IT WASN'T WORTH IT!"

"For the first time I feel really good about my choice to be abstinent.  Thanks to SPAM I don't feel alone!"
"It is OK not to have sex until you are married!"

"Having sex will leave you with emotional baggage!"
"Sexual abstinence equals FREEDOM!"

"Save sex for your future!"
"My life is much less stressful now that I'm a secondary virgin!"

"Communicate your sexual boundaries.  It takes a lot of pressure off the relationship!"

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