Sex, Love, and You: Making the Right Decision

by Thomas Lickona, Judith Lickona, William Boudreau

Overview

The pressure on teens to be sexually active only increases and multiples as the years go on. Today, teens are under enormous pressure to be sexually active. Popular culture tells them that uncommitted responsible sex is possible. Television, movies, and the Internet anxious to depict "reality" find themselves promoting as perverse of sexual behavior imaginable. More than ever, teens continue to need a clear understanding of the physical and psychological fallout of acting out sexual behavior apart from marriage. Strongly rooted in Catholic Tradition, Sex, Love, and You: Making the Right Decision promotes the value of chastity and tells teens how their lives will be better if they refrain from sexual intimacy before marriage. In a direct, no-nonsense fashion, authors Tom and Judy Lickona examine the dangers of sexual activity and the rewards of waiting. They explore all side of the sex debate—from helping distinguish between myth and fact, to examining the physical and emotional dangers of uncommitted sex; from unearthing fallacies and popular misconceptions about premarital sex, to developing a personal plan that will allow young people to live a chaste life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594717437
Publisher:	Ave Maria Press
Publication date:	03/03/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	333,733
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Tom Lickona holds a doctorate in psychology and is a developmental psychologist and professor of education at the State University of New York at Cortland, where he has done award-winning work in teacher education and directs the Center for the Fourth and Fifth Rs. He is codirector, with Dr. Matt Davidson, of the Smart & Good Schools Initiative. He has also been a visiting professor at Boston and Harvard Universities.

A past president of the Association for Moral Education, Lickona serves on the board of directors of the Character Education Partnership and the advisory councils of Character Counts Coalition and Medical Institute for Sexual Health.
Judith Lickona is a wife, mother, and former higher education teacher. She partners with her husband, Thomas Lickona, in speaking to teenagers and their parents about sex, faith, and respect for life.
William J. Boudreau, MD, is a family physician in Norwich, New York. He coauthored the book Sex, Love, and You with Tom and Judy Lickona.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	7
Part 1	Distinguishing Between Myth and Fact	13
1.	Isn't Everybody Doing It?	16
2.	Why Are Some People My Age Choosing to be Sexually Intimate?	19
3.	Can Something That Feels Right Be Wrong?	28
Part 2	True Love Waits: The Dangers of Premarital Sex	33
4.	How Would Pregnancy Affect My Life?	37
5.	Why Is Premarital Sex a Danger to My Physical Health?	50
6.	What Are the Emotional and Spiritual Dangers of Uncommitted Sex?	66
Part 3	"Safe Sex" and Other Popular Misconceptions	83
7.	Doesn't Using a Condom Make Sex Responsible?	86
8.	How Far Is Too Far?	96
9.	Isn't Sexual Intimacy Okay with the Person I'm Planning to Marry?	103
10.	How Can You Marry Somebody When You Don't Know If You Are Sexually Compatible?	110
11.	What About Living Together?	114
12.	Special Concerns	119
13.	What Should I Know About Homosexuality?	131
Part 4	Creating a Vision	139
14.	What Is God's Plan for the Gift of My Sexuality?	142
15.	What Is Chastity?	151
16.	How Can I Be Chaste?	156
17.	What Can I Look Forward To?	170
	Appendix	185
	Notes	188