Exploring the Reasons for Choosing Abstinence

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Abstinence is the fact or practice from restraining oneself from indulging in something like sex. My reasons for Abstinence are STI’s, Pregnancy, Emotional Distress, Spiritual Conflict, Social Challenges, You’re not ready, Parents, and finally Responsibility. STIs or Sexually Transmitted Infections is a major reason for Abstinence because if you don’t communicate with your partner and they don’t give you the lowdown about themselves and you have sex which all ends up in you having a STI then that’s your fault because you choose that you were ready but your partner and you didn’t get tested so one of you ended up with AIDS and there is no going back for that. STI’s are important in being Abstinence because nobody wants to hear from the doctor …show more content…

So by making choices in life you can damage your social life with friends or any other things. So that’s my reason of why people should consider practicing …show more content…

This can switch a person’s perspective of whether they should and if they already did it then that’s when they start to neglect doing it, wishing they could go back in time and stopping themselves from doing it but no everything is a fairy tale to where you have happy endings but everybody should if they are ready or not because it’s just the right thing to do, if you knew that weren’t ready then you could prevent yourself from having sex but if you didn’t know then that’s when you should just think on whether it’s right for you to do it or not. That’s my reason why Knowing if your ready or not to have sex or better yet this is a reason for considering into practicing

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