Sex and Virginity: Why is it such a big deal?
When we are young we are taught that sexual activities (sex) such as kissing, masturbating and anal/vaginal penetration are a big no - no, but as we grow older, we learn that those things are part of our lives. Yet, even as we are old enough to understand it people around us especially parents are cautious to drop the word "sex" or to even talk about it, but why? Because parents are not receptive. According to Popcom - National Capital Region director Lydio Espa ñ ol (as cited from Philstar, 2019) that Filipino parents still refuse to discuss and teach the rudiments of sexuality to their adolescent children, and they are not open in discussing about STI (sexually transmitted infections) HIV/ AIDS, about teenage pregnancy and a stigma with premarital sex. We are already in the age of digital media and people are more knowledgeable and more understanding, yet knowledge about these things are being deprived and ideas about it are labelled as taboo. We had also t...