1 Students’ Perception Towards Premarital Sex

Compelling Reasons of the Study *vulnerability of the teenagers to engage pre-marital sex (PMS) * the alarming fact that some students discontinue their studies due to early pregnancies Objectives : to examine the * insights of the college students on PMS * source or from whom the respondents’ obtain much of their information about sex 2

Framework of the Study Male and Females’ insights on PMS * Conservative view * Liberal view ( 12 indicators are utilized) 3 *Adapted from online article Premarital Sex - A Survey Analysis ( 1992) in a modified form Sources of information * mass media ( television, internet, social networks) * sex education in school / teachers * books * magazine * parents * friends

Methods Research Design  descriptive survey Research Environment  La Salle University Research Respondents  120 Sociology students (30 males; 90 females ) 4

Methods cont. Research Instruments - Adapted from online article entitled Premarital Sex - A Survey Analysis ( 1992) in a modified form Statistical Treatment of Data - frequency and percentile distribution are utilized 5

Results and Discussion more than 50 % of the female respondents - conservative more than 50 % of the male respondents -slightly conservative towards pre- marital sex This signifies that the respondents did not absolutely submit to the liberal view of pre-marital sex. 6

To those who oppose the idea of premarital sex is believed to have disprove the words of Leyson ( n.d.) which verbalize that “ virginity is no longer a universally expected prerequisite for the marriage covenant”. Results and Discussion, cont. 7

Source of respondents’ information about sex Males - got much (56.67% ) from mass media Females - rated significantly (43.33%) the school Results and Discussion, cont. 8

Conclusion The inherited values of conservativeness are still present in the minds of the young respondents. Teenage pregnancies Early or untimely experience of motherhood or fatherhood could be avoided when young people are informed and aware about results of PMS 9

Recommendation 10 No. 1. Students should equip themselves with the correct information about the effects of premarital sex in their life and future to avoid erroneous decisions; they should not stop learning the good values of a Filipino woman.

Recommendation 11 No. 2. Teachers should enhance and continue to instil to the minds of the young students correct values to let them feel the importance of their life and good future.

Recommendation No. 3. Parents should initiate moves to educate the young children so that they will be guided in all aspects of their life especially the challenges of this permissive time. 12

Recommendation No. 4. School administrators should remind their teachers specifically those who are teaching the course on sex education to create more clear, good approaches towards learning the disadvantages of premarital sex. 13

Recommendation No. 5. Local government should make the first move to extend education about premarital sex so that those young people who cannot access the formal education still able to learn the significance of preserving oneself for their future legitimate partner. 14

Recommendation No. 6. People should be cautious in giving information about pre-marital to the young ones so that misinterpretation could be avoided. 15

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