Lifestyle Push Prostitution Involved Teens

Lifestyle Push Prostitution Involved Teens Author: Derrick Dahuri
JAKARTA - MI: Lifestyle factors considered to be one of the main drivers of teenagers involved prostitution.
Lifestyle teens now affected one of them by viewing soap operas on television. Adolescents described as a modern figure with all the stuff he had.
Moreover, adolescents are in transition from children to adults. They usually want to experiment something. They also want to be appreciated peergroup Her (peers), said Executive Director Indonesian Planned Parenthood Association (IPPA) Inne Silviane while in Jakarta, Friday (16 / 1).
Inne admit there involved teenage prostitution due to economic factors. But, he said, the trend is now more influenced lifestyle. Therefore, teens should understand about reproductive health and sexuality.
IPPA has done research on adolescents (aged 10-24 years) in several major cities in Indonesia. The result is surprising, because 15% to 20% of teenagers claimed to have premarital sexual intercourse.
IPPA has never worked specifically junior high students and their involvement in prostitution. However, Inne said, from its organization dilakukam research reveals there are many teenagers who do not understand about sexual and reproductive health.
In fact, he said, most teenagers do not understand why the pregnancy, menstruation, and other things related to sexuality. The lack of knowledge has made the teens did not have the antidote in the matter of sexuality.
And by being involved prostitution, the teens are very vulnerable to infection infectious diseases such as HIV and AIDS, he explained.
Inne asserted, sexual and reproductive health education in secondary schools is very important. The material taught is not about sexual relations, the article speaks of sex in Indonesia is still considered taboo. Sex education is more pressing at sexual or reproductive health is good.
He said currently there are several high schools in big cities have included reproductive health into the curriculum. However, the numbers are still very small.
To ward for teens not involved prostitution, Inne also assess the role of parents is very important. Parents should have the knowledge about reproductive health. Moreover, adolescents who begin to grow up normally need an adequate knowledge of sex.
Communication between children and parents should also be established. With a warm rapport will usually be more open with the problems it faces. Parents should learn to resolve conflicts faced by teenagers and able to give a solution, said Inne. (Drd/OL-01)
Source: Media Indonesia Online http://www.mediaindonesia.com/index.php?ar_id=NTY1MDU =