Today’s youth are loosing their virginity and such a young age. Little boys and girls are loosing their virginity as young as eight.

It has been noted that most people loose their virginity between 16 and 18 according to statistics. But the reality is that youth are often tempted at a young age to explore their body.

Many of us can go back to the first time we were asked to have sex or put in a position where someone of the opposite or same sex wanted us to have sex with them. Some of us gave in while others didn’t. This may be due to just wanting to fit in. Not everyone was really having sex though some were lying and just wanted to belong.

At an early age, we were taught what peer pressure is and didn’t hesitate to use it as an excuse for doing something such as having sex. At an early age youth are also being taught that a male having multiple partners is a good thing and a female with multiple partners is bad.

Today that stereotype is changing. Most youth aren’t looking out for there virginity, it’s more about pleasure than anything else. Also there’s that often used phrase “everyone else is doing it”.

For most college students it is the same. Most guys are more open and are willing to share the love, while most girls are looking for that special someone but you still have those few who give females a bad name. But now if a girl doesn’t have sex with a guy she is considered a tease and some times that guy will “lie on his d***” meaning he will tell his boys he had sex with a girl when he didn’t.

Because of the fast rate of virginity being loss both sexes are reaching an all time high of the number of partners they have been with by the time the average person looses their virginity, some youth are finding themselves with children at the age of 10 and 12 “babies having babies.”

So what is the problem? Are children not being taught enough by their parents, or should they be taught sexual education at school. A lot of today’s youth are learning from their peers and learning from their peers just means it either feels good or it doesn’t. If this is happening now at what age will our unborn seed begin to have sexual soul ties? Or will it even matter then? Probably not. The number of people who actually wait until they get married is at an all time low and it won’t be increasing anytime soon. So wrap it up, get tested and be a good role model for todays youth.

• Tamyia Turner