Sex, Are You Prepared For It?

Sex – Are You Prepared For It?
Sex is a private act, or so it is, ideally. However, sex has been highly publicize especially with its pervasive social implications such as: sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), unwanted / teenage pregnancies and abortions. With this, we will realize that when it comes to sex – there’s always an issue.
Here, we will discuss sex and your issues about it in a personal level. Sex in itself can be pleasurable and fulfilling, but, some complications, health-wise, specifically, must be taken into consideration. Let us first consider how prepared you are for it. How do you know when you are ready for sex? Here are some questions that you should seriously engage in before jumping into sex.

• Are you fully knowledgeable about herpes, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STD's)?
• Do you feel comfortable doing the act with your partner? Do you trust and respect him / her?
• Have you and your partner discussed the possibility of STD's and / or pregnancy?
• What will each of you be willing to do to prevent the situation?
• What would you and your partner do if sex resulted in pregnancy or disease?
• Do you have any moral, cultural, or religious beliefs that might make deciding to have sex a wrong decision for you?
• What do you think might happen as a result of having sex? How do you think you will feel about your partner and yourself after it?
• Do you feel pressured to have sex?
• Do you feel that you and your partner can make a right decision now?
• Are you able to talk to your partner openly about your decisions, no matter what they are?

These questions are two-way, and so they should apply to your partner as well. If you’re going to have sex with him or her, you might as well also be open of talking about it. Just remember that it is your body and whatever you want to do with it, do not in any way be pressured with the decisions that you make. In the end, it will boil down to yourself, and a practical consideration of other factors like your partner, your parents, your religion, moral and social construct.
The decisions that relate to the sexual act involve the need to talk and consult people you trust. In a broad yet almost taboo topic such as sex, you need all the information you can get, just make sure you have the right one.