19.1 Building Responsible
Relationships – Review
• Why are teen relationships important?
• Teens are forming their own identity
• Developing relationships with others of the
same age is part of forming your own
identity.
What are the positive characteristics to look for
in a dating partner?
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Is unselfish
Treats others well
Is tolerant & respectful
Has similar morals & values
Is fun to be with
Respects himself or herself
What Is Appropriate Dating Behavior?
Do
• Find out some things that
he/she likes to do – even if
they are not your favorite
activities
• Focus on getting to know
your date
• Be respectful of your date’s
wishes & independence
• Observe parents’ rules for
dating.
Don’t
• Always insist on being
the one to decide what to
do
• Focus only on having a
good-looking or popular
date
• Be manipulative or
arrogant
• Cause difficulty by going
against parents’ wishes
How Can You Maintain A Healthy
Relationship?
• Treat the other person the way you want to be treated
• Be prompt – Being late makes you seem unreliable or
uninterested in the date
• Be courteous & polite
• Think of activities you will both like to do
• Don’t break a date because something better comes along
• Say “Thanks” You don’t owe anything else
Key Terms - Vocabulary
• What is any activity that includes
intentional sexual contact for the
purpose of sexual arousal?
• Sexual Activity
19.2 - Benefits of
Abstinence - Review
What Are The Health Benefits Of
Teen Sexual Abstinence?
• Don’t have to worry about becoming pregnant
• Don’t have to worry about STDs – STI’s.
• Don’t have to worry about the consequences of
STD’s - STI’s: social stigma, incurable, cancer,
restricted or inability to have children, & death
• The younger you are when you become sexually
active, the more sexual partners you are likely to
have, increasing risks of pregnancy &/or STDs –
STI’s.
What Are The Consequences Of
Being An Adolescent Parent?
• Being sexually active distracts from
other important things, such as friends,
school & good jobs.
• Adolescent mothers have difficulty
finishing school & often don’t.
• Adolescent fathers legally must
support their child financially &
may have to work.
• What is Abstinence?
• The conscious decision to not participate in
sexual activity.
• What is a Responsible Relationship?
• One that has physical & emotional
intimacy, i.e., trust, mutual respect, & love
• What is a Sexually Transmitted
Infection/Disease?
• An infectious disease spread by sexual
contact.
• What is Sexual Intimacy?
• Sharing sexual feelings & sexual
contact
• What is Emotional Intimacy?
• Sharing thoughts & feelings, caring
for each other, & learning to trust
each other
19.3 Coping With Pressures Review
19.3 Coping With
Pressures – Review
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What is Internal Pressure?
Pressure from within yourself
What is External Pressure?
Pressure from another person or group
What is a Protective Factor?
Anything that keeps a person from
engaging in harmful behavior
What Are The Two Types Of
Pressures To Be Sexually
Active?
Internal Pressures
• Your body’s desire for
sexual intimacy
• Your mind’s desire for
emotional intimacy
External pressures
• Boyfriend/Girlfriend
• The Media
• Peers
How Can You Nonverbally
Refuse Sexual Advances?
• Stand straight up & look the person in the eyes
while talking
• Don’t send mixed messages
– Body language should match what your saying
• Avoid nervous behaviors
– Laughter
– Fidgeting
What Are Verbal Ways To Refuse
Sexual Advances?
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Clearly identify the problem in your mind.
– Your partner is trying to convince you to have sex.
• State your thoughts & feelings.
– “I’ve decided not to have sex until marriage.”
• State what you would like to do instead.
– “Let’s go to a movie or do something else.”
• State what will happen.
– “ I really like you, but if you don’t stop pressuring
me, I’m leaving.”
What Are The Top 5 Protective
Factors?
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A close relationship w/ parents or guardians
Being involved in school activities
Good performance in school
Practicing religious beliefs
Being committed to being sexually abstinent
What Are Four Risk Factors
That Cause Teens To Become
Sexually Active?
1. Alcohol & Drugs - Reduces your inhibitions & make
you more likely to engage in sexual activity
2. Dating Older People - Resisting sexual pressure is
harder when it comes from an older person. Most states
have laws stopping adults & older teens from having
sex w/younger teens
3. Having Sexually Active Friends - Can influence you
into becoming sexually active. Hang around people
who share your same values
4. Being Previously Sexually Active - Increases the
chance of becoming sexually active again.
What Are Four Nonsexual Ways
To Show Someone You Care?
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Make or buy inexpensive gifts
Spend time talking w/each other
Spend time together
Be there for them in good times & bad