(Warning: Adult themes, language, explicit content.)

Real talk, mga Bessies. Ito ang mga nag-huhumindig na katotohanan:

•  The World Health Organization defines sexual health as fundamental to the overall health and well-being of individuals, couples and families, and to the social and economic development of communities and countries. Sexual health, when viewed affirmatively, requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of coercion, discrimination and violence. 
• 2019 was the ninth consecutive year that the Philippines has reported a rise in teenage pregnancies
• The Philippines has recorded a 7% increase in births among girls aged 15 and below in 2019, up from the figure on teenage pregnancies in 2018.
• Filipino minors who gave birth in 2019 increased to 62,510 from 62,341 in 2018.
• There is a strong scientific consensus that providing people—in particular, adolescents—access to information and services related to sexual and reproductive health is not linked to increases in sexual activity.
• Population-level trends likewise affirm this conclusion, as interventions such as the HPV vaccine, affordable contraceptive access and comprehensive sex education programs have not led to more sexual activity.
• Despite strong evidence debunking the “promiscuity” argument, social conservatives continue to use it as a pretext to block or undermine policies and programs that make sexual and reproductive health information and services more available.

So what's stopping us from normalizing healthy conversations about sex, mga Bes?

Usapang+Sex Series na 'to!

Sources:
1. https://www.who.int/health-topics/sexual-health#tab=tab_1
2. https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/2/8/Teenage-pregnancy-cases-up-in-Philippines.html
3. https://www.guttmacher.org/gpr/2019/06/promiscuity-propaganda-access-information-and-services-does-not-lead-increases-sexual#

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