Advantages Of Non-Marital Abstinence
Students will be able to:
- identify the social, psychological. and/or health benefits to be realized from abstaining from sexual activity outside of marriage. (PRIORITY A)
- identify some "freedoms from" and the "freedoms to" of premarital abstinence (PRIORITY B)
- recognize that unhealthy habits and behaviors can be eliminated and new decisions can be made; Renewed Virginity (or Secondary Virginity) may be difficult but it is the healthy decision
- define sexual self-control and describe it in different hypothetical risky situations
- recall ways to avoid getting into risky situations
"Weigh the Facts about Teen Sex"
"Nobody Told Me About All the Dangers"
- Dangerous Places
- Dangerous Attitudes
- Dangerous Behaviors
- Dangerous Consequences
Abstinence — Safe, Possible, Healthy!
- Sexual Self-Control = Chastity
- Benefits of Abstinence
- Social
- Emotional/ Psychological Health
- Better Places – avoid risky situations
- Better Attitudes – changing habits
- Better Behaviors – Renewed Virginity
- Healthy Consequences
"Ride the Abstinence Wave. It’s a Lifesaver!"
Give It A Mental Try
- Getting Out Of Some Dangerous Situations – Think It Through
"Don’t Take the Bait…Just Wait!!"