Unprotexted

Sexual Activity
WHAT IS IT?
Unprotected sexual activity describes the absence of
any type of barrier method utilized during sexual
intercourse. Barrier methods are used to reduce the
transmission of STIs or to prevent pregnancy by limiting
the transmission of bodily fluids, skin-to-skin contact,
or skin-to-mucous membrane contact. Examples of
these are the external condom, (AKA the male condom),
which is a latex, synthetic, or natural material shield
designed to fit over the penis while the internal condom
(AKA the female condom) is a loose-fitting nitrile sheath
inserted into the female’s vagina.

CONSEQUENCES
IN 2017, THE AUSTRALIAN
GOVERNMENT REPORTED THAT 456
000 ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG
WOMEN YOUNGER THAN 20 YEARS
BECAME PREGNANT; 448 000 OF
THOSE PREGNANCIES WERE AMONG
15- TO 19-YEAR-OLDS, AND 7400
Your Sweet Sixteen WERE AMONG THOSE 14 YEARS OF
AGE AND YOUNGER. THAT SAME
RISK TAKING BEHAVIOR YEAR, STATISTICS SHOWED THAT 
421 000 ADOLESCENTS DID NOT
UTILIZE ANY KIND OF
CONTRACEPTION METHOD WHEN
ENGAGING IN SEX. OF THOES 421
000, 73% WERE DIAGNOSED WITH
SOME FORM OF STI. THE
CORRELATION BETWEEN THESE TWO
REPORTS DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE
FACT THAT NOT USING ANY BARRIER
METHOD DURING SEX RESULTS IN A
MUCH HIGHER CHANCE OF UNWANTED
OR EARLY PREGNANCIES AS WELL AS
BY JULIA CHEN AND A HIGHER CHANCE OF CONTRACTING
ANASTALIA YURAKOVA AN  STI
 Drug use
before/during sex
WHAT IS IT?
The act of ingesting any mind-altering substance,
whether it be legal or illegal, before engaging in sexual
activity of any kind is identified as drug or alcohol use
before/during sex.
For instance, a 2019 study conducted on marijuana use,
alcohol use, and sexual intercourse among adolescents
found that 82% teens regularly ingest some form of
depressant drug before sex, reporting that it “help set
the mood”.
CONSEQUENCES
BOTH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AFFECT THE WAY
A PERSON PERCEIVES AND PROCESSES THE
WORLD AROUND THEM. THE INGESTION OF
THESE MIND-ALTERING SUBSTANCES BEFORE
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE RESULTS IN A LOSS
OF CONTROL, FURTHER LEADING TO
CONSEQUENCES LIKE UNPROTECTED SEX OR
SUDDEN BURSTS OF ANGER, SNOWBALLING
INTO CRIMES LIKE SEXUAL ASSAULT,
PHYSICAL ABUSE, AND EVEN MURDER.
THE PERSON TAKING THE DRUGS MAY NOT
HAVE A MEMORY OF EVENTS THAT OCCURRED
AND BE UNABLE TO RECALL THEM IN THE
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
FOR INSTANCE, STATISTICS SHOW THAT
TEENS WHO HAD INGESTED ALCOHOL OR
DEPRESSANT DRUGS LIKE MARIJUANA
BEFORE ENGAGING IN SEXUAL CONTACT OF
ANY KIND HAD AN 82% HIGHER CHANCE OF
FORGETTING TO USE CONDOMS THUS
INCREASING THEIR CHANCES FOR
CONTRACTING STDS LIKE CHLAMYDIA AND
GONORRHEA. IN ADDITION TO THIS, OF
TEENS WHO HAD CONSUMED HALLUCINOGENS
SUCH AS MAGIC MUSHROOMS OR LSD, 12%
REPORTED THAT THEY REMEMBERED GETTING
AGGRESSIVE WITH THEIR PARTNER WHILST
ENGAGING IN SEX.
Absence of Contraceptive
Contraception Failure
WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT?
When engaging in sexual intercourse of any kind, many Despite the prevalence of sex related education, many
adolescents choose to not utilize any contraception teens make mistakes involving the usage of
methods at all. This means that they don’t use any type contraception during intercourse. The user may not
of barrier method, whether physical or medical, to realise that they have failed to correctly apply or ingest
prevent pregnancy or STIs. any barrier method.
Examples of this include: Not taking medication as
CONSEQUENCES directed, not applying barrier methods correctly,
breaking and/or damaging the contraception method, 
THE ABSENCE OF CONTRACEPTION or not using the correct sized barrier methods.
PUTS BOTH PEOPLE IN DANGER OF
CATCHING A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
INFECTION AND CARRYING THE CONSEQUENCES
BURDEN OF A CHILD. PEOPLE MAY THE MISUSE OF CONTRACEPTION IS
COME UP WITH REASONS FOR NOT
DANGEROUS FOR BOTH YOU AND
WEARING ONE WHICH MAY BE THAT YOUR PARTNER. IT MAY NOT ONLY
THEY ARE ALLERGIC TO THE MATERIAL AFFECT YOU AND YOUR BODY  BUT
THE BARRIER METHOD IS MADE OUT
OF OR THAT THE SENSATION MAY NOT
ALSO YOUR PARTNERS. NOT TAKING
BE THE SAME WITH THE PROTECTION MORNING AFTER PILLS REGULARLY
ON. THE POSSIBILITY OF NOT USING A CAN AFFECT YOUR MENSTRUATION
CONTRACEPTION WILL INCREASE IF CYCLE AND IF TAKEN
SPORADICALLY, MAY NOT WORK AT
THE USERS HAVE NOT USED ONE ON
THEIR FIRST EXPERIENCE, IF THEY ALL, RESULTING IN UNWANTED
DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY, ARE PREGNANCIES.
EMBARRASSED OR THEIR PARTNER
DOES NOT WANT TO WEAR ONE. IF
ONE DOES NOT USE A TYPE OF
CONTRACEPTION, THE RISK OF
GETTING AN STI IS INCREASED AND
THE CHANCE OF CATCHING AIDS WILL
INCREASE. A 2019 STUDY FOU6ND
THAT, OF THE TEENS WHO DID NOT
USE A CONTRACEPTION, 63% WERE
DIAGNOSED WITH AN STI WHILE 23%
REPORTED HAVING AN UNWANTED
PREGNANCY.