Many teenagers nowadays are falling prey to the “safe sex” slogan. Some young people labor under the myth that contraceptives prevent all the problems associated with sexual activity. The push for contraceptives in the media teaches the youth how-to-do-it-without-getting-caught lessons, thus sending the wrong message – “It’s okay to do ‘it’ as long as you are protected.”

Think about this: There are no contraceptives against getting hurt. Here are the 5 reasons why teens should not fall prey to contraceptives:

• Getting pregnant and catching diseases are not the only ways that sex can hurt you. – Since it is proven that contraceptives fail more often than you can imagine, then there is no such thing as completely “safe sex.” Even if you are lucky, premarital sex can leave emotional scars that you will feel for the rest of your life.
• You may have thought it was love, but it was really just sex. – Again, psychologists say that when you are having sex with someone, it is hard to tell what you love – the person or sex. So it is easy to wind up in a relationship, or even a marriage, with someone who is wrong for you. Waiting to have sex lets you find out if it is really someone you can love.
• How many teens that had sex still have each other? – You might argue, “What’s wrong with having sex with someone you love so much?” Well, according to psychologists, studies show that most teenage relationships do not last. Just because their bodies were ready for sex does not mean that their minds and hearts were.
• After you have given yourself to someone, breaking up hurts twice as bad. – When you trust someone completely and then that person walks away, you will feel used in way you never have before. After all, you can have sexual activity the rest of your life, but you can only give away your virginity once.
• Having sex is no guarantee you will stay together – Lots of teenagers give in and have sex to “keep” someone. And then that person leaves anyway. If you have to have sex to keep someone you love, is that person really worth keeping?

So, before you buy that “safe sex” thing, think about finding out that the pill did not work, getting pregnant, having to quit school, saying goodbye to your dreams, or marrying the wrong person. Then listen to thousands of hurting teenagers who will tell you it would have been a whole lot easier if they had just decided to wait.