Dear Editor,
Minister Sandrea Falconer is so out of touch with our youth.
She seems to miss some simple truths. Many teen pregnancies are caused by boys of the same age. Also some youthful pregnancies are driven by economic necessity.
Moving the age of consent from 16 to 18 is just a waste of time, and will only result in no change.
The Government needs to tackle the root causes of these unfortunate events, such as poverty, ignorance, lack of opportunities, and poor access, for teens, to birth control devices.
With the bombardment of sexual imagery across the entire media spectrum, it is no wonder teen curiosity soon blossoms into teen promiscuity.
What Minister Falconer should be doing is a study that seeks to know why teens are drawn to sexual activity, and how do we re-school them.
Tony Goffe
Mandeville
tony@peeniwalli.com
Wake up, Sandrea
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Minister Sandrea Falconer is so out of touch with our youth.
She seems to miss some simple truths. Many teen pregnancies are caused by boys of the same age. Also some youthful pregnancies are driven by economic necessity.
Moving the age of consent from 16 to 18 is just a waste of time, and will only result in no change.
The Government needs to tackle the root causes of these unfortunate events, such as poverty, ignorance, lack of opportunities, and poor access, for teens, to birth control devices.
With the bombardment of sexual imagery across the entire media spectrum, it is no wonder teen curiosity soon blossoms into teen promiscuity.
What Minister Falconer should be doing is a study that seeks to know why teens are drawn to sexual activity, and how do we re-school them.
Tony Goffe
Mandeville
tony@peeniwalli.com
Wake up, Sandrea
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