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need help with my speech
my teacher is makin everyone do an extemporaneous speech which is just a regular speech but u only git 24 hours to prepare for it and you have to answer a question. my question is which sex is more responsible for birth control. i need everyones opinions so tell me what you think and why you think that. i rate high cuz this is obviously easy. thnx in advance.
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It SHOULD be both. You really should mention that. Birth control's not really available for boys, except condoms, but they should consistently carry those if they're having sex. Condoms only have a slightly greater risk of pregnancy than birth control. Girls supposedly have the greater access to birth control, but also the greater risk of either misusing it, whether intentionally (to get pregnant, etc.) or unintentionally (forgot pill, etc). Girls also have a greater chance of health risks from the birth control than guys do. I really believe that boys and girls should have access constantly, should they choose to have sex, to methods of birth control they are able to use (condoms) or are already using (birth control). Then there's the social stigma of birth control; example: if a guy carries around a condom, he's a stud. If a girl does, she's a slut. In many cases, it's easier and less time and money-consuming for the boy to procure birth control like condoms. I don't know about you, but when I was a teenager, it was impossible to leave the house without telling parents where I was going (if I wanted to go to Planned Parenthood), whereas a boy could probably say he's going to the drugstore or gas station and be fine. Not to mention the fact that a girl couldn't really go to a family doctor without parents finding out (I know it's not legal, but it happens) and many girls that have sex won't go get birth control because you need to have a pelvic exam and that's a terrifying experience to them. I don't know. I say boys. It's much easier for them to get it than girls (unless the girls have really lenient parents), much easier to carry and remember it (anyone ever missed a pill?) and frankly, they're much more likely to use it. Most of the teenage girls I talked to are for some reason reluctant to keep condoms around or insist that a guy use them. Don't want to spoil the mood or something? On the other hand, a guy can carry around a condom (although he shouldn't for long periods) and it's RIGHT THERE when he's going to have sex. And then there's the empty place in his wallet he can show his friends. Yeah, he had sex with her. Protected sex. I really, honestly think that boys are at least half responsible for the birth control pill and doctor appointment cost if girls are taking them. Yes, we get pregnant easily, but not without the boy's help, you know? Look, I'm not saying girls shouldn't also be responsible. But, having been a teenage girl myself, I seriously would've loved for the stress of birth control to be a shared one, or sometimes not on my head at all. I dunno. We've taught our sons to be respectful toward women in every way. I think sexual health should include that respect.
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Hah, good one. It's mock-controvercial, which makes it a good topic of debate that won't overtly offend anyone. If you argue that it's the boy, boys will be offended but not say anything because they think it'll make them look like chauvanistic pigs, and if you argue that it's the girl, almost everyone will think that it's slightly feminist but logical. This is going to be a borderline, rant, but maybe you can get something out of it. ;p
Honestly, I'd have to say girls. As I mentioned, that viewpoint is generally looked down on as chauvanistic - it's the girl who will get pregnant, after all - but it seems more logical no matter how I look at it.
1) Girls have more and easier birth control options. Most of them are outmoded, but both the pill and implants (time release, not IUD) are easy and effective.
2) It's the girl that gets pregnant, so she should be the one that worries about it. This is the stickler, but I can't think of anything illogical about it.
I would recommend that you start off explaining the traditional view (it should be men because...), but I can't really think of an objective "because." Maybe "because they're getting a free ride," but with mandatory child support that's not true at all. I suspect that the old view exists in large part to the fact that the only birth control device available for many years was condoms, and because as a result of that the woman in an accidental pregnancy is thought of as a victim.
It may also be worth mentioning that even if the 'women should be the ones who use birth control' view is right, it's still irresponsible for men to not use it. There are women who lie about being on birth control, have a baby so that they can get the child support, and spend it on completely unrelated things. And there's *nothing* that the man can do about it (except prevent it from happening in the first place).
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I would have to say the girl should be more responsible. She does, afterall, have a much better idea of her menstrual cycle. She needs to make sure that she is well protected if she's expecting her period anytime soon while the guy would have no idea.
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Oh, not so easy really!
It is actually everyones responsibility I believe.
However, since you can only choose one, I would have to say the girls. She can get pregnant and so has the most life altering consequences should birth control not be used. :)
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