New Study Exposes Challenges in Teen Sexual Education
Study reveals Mexican teens face sexual health challenges due to social pressures, family dynamics, and traditional gender norms. Research of 444 adolescents shows lack of parent-child communication and domestic violence increase risky behaviors.
Let me paint you a picture. Picture the adolescent years—those wild, tempestuous, deeply irritating times of acne, awkwardness, and a heady cocktail of misguided confidence mixed with utter cluelessness. Now, add to that a society that bombards teenagers with conflicting messages about sex, relationships, and respect. It’s no wonder, then, that the results of a recent study on adolescent behavior by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) are less than rosy.
Enter Claudia Ivethe Jaen Cortés, a psychologist from UNAM’s Faculty of Psychology, who has taken a hard look at the various pressures and absurd expectations placed on young people. And what has she found? Nothing short of chaos. According to Jaen Cortés, adolescents are dealing with more risk factors than a Formula 1 driver on a rain-slicked track. In other words, they’re in trouble, and we’re the ones who put them there.
