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The CDC estimates that there are more than 19.7 million new STIs (STDs) in the United States each year in a new study published in February of 2013. The study noted that some of these new STIs are prevalent, which means that they do not go away by themselves, they last for a lifetime. The study also stated that “Young people (ages 15-24) are particularly affected, accounting for half (50%) of all new STIs, although they represent just 25% of the sexually experienced population.” An Italian study, published in 2012, explains the reasons for the high rates of STDs among young people. “Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are increasing worldwide, mostly due to changing sexual behaviors (larger numbers of sexual partners, concurrent relationships, increasing proportion of adolescents engaging in sexual intercourse at young age, and inconsistent condom use with new partners.” (Giornale italiano di dermatologia e venereologia)
This dramatic increase in the amount of people infected with STDs, not coincidentally, coincided with the rise of the divorce rate, and those who chose to cohabitate. Also, the introduction of “the pill” and the legalization of abortion made it much easier for everyone, of both sexes, to be sexually irresponsible. Furthermore, the social and economic conditions of the 1960s and 1970s: the rise of the baby-boomers, the emergence and acceptance of women’s and homosexual liberation; the popularity of mass-produced pornography; created the perfect conditions in which sexual promiscuity and experimentation could thrive. Now, we are all living with the results: disease, abortion, suicide, drug abuse, clinical depression. But, this does not fully explain the fall of Western morality. What does? How did the world go from dates at the ice-cream parlor and drive-ins to flavored condoms and sexting? Down to this very day, the amount of people who regularly attend church services has steadily declined. The lesson: Try to live without God; you end up living in Hell.
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