Chapter 6 Section 4

Question 1

Risks of sexual intimacy

Answer 1

1. emotional health
2. effect on relationship
3. risk of pregnancy
4. risk of STI

Question 2

What emotions can be triggered if you become sexually active, while going against your values?

Answer 2

• feel ashamed
• sense of loss of self-respect
• lower self esteem

Question 3

unhealthiness of teen’s babies

Answer 3

• smaller/less healthier

- health problems during pregnancies (because teens don’t always eat well/get adequate medical care during pregnancy)

Question 4

effects of babies on teen parents

Answer 4

drop outs
feeling of overwhelming
fathers dont care for child
work at low-paying jobs

Question 5

What percentage are women teen mothers?

Answer 5

1/3

Question 6

effects of STI

Answer 6

• inability to have children
• shorten life
• medical treatment throughout life

Question 7

emotional intimacy

Answer 7

openness, sharing, affection and trust that can develop in a close relationship

Question 8

2 things needed to develop emotional intimacy

Answer 8

honesty and acceptance/support

Question 9

What couples can/cannot achieve with/without sexual intimacy and emotional intimacy

Answer 9

close couple can have no sexual intimacy; but it’s hard for them to keep the relationship without emotional intimacy

Question 10

abstinence

Answer 10

act of reframing from sex

Question 11

abstinence skills

Answer 11

• setting clear limits
• communicating your limits
• avoiding high-pressure situations (avoid alcohol situations)- have family outings!
• assert yourself

Question 12

You will respect yourself more for…

Answer 12

sticking to our limits than for giving in to pressure