If this is a perfect world...

If this is a perfect world, everyone will only engage in sexual intercourse after they are of legal age, are married and are ready in all aspects, emotionally and otherwise, for it.

If this is a perfect world, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) will not exist.

If this is a perfect world, engaging in unprotected sex will not result in unwanted pregnancies.

However, a perfect world this is not. Instead, this is a world in which the availability and accessibility of sexually stimulating information, images and pornography is widespread, if not rampant. This, combined with the young's innate curiosity and desire for sex, will most likely result in an increased likelihood of more young people engaging in pre-marital sex with all its possible negative consequences. It will be foolish to pretend otherwise.

The pertinent question will thus be: how do we manage such a phenomenon?

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Belated Happy National Day 2010

Here's wishing you all a belated Happy National Day 2010!

Petition to stop trafficking of children and young people for sex

I want to speak up but I do not (dare to) do so...?

For those of you all who read the Straits Times (ST), you would have noticed that on the front page of today's ST is a report about the results of a recent survey conducted by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS).

Specifically, the ST report highlighted how there is an increased proportion of respondents who "want to have a greater say and be more politically involved in the political process and policymaking".

This, in itself, is perhaps not all that surprising. However, as the ST report also pointed out, although there appears to be an increased demand for political participation and consultation, "when it came to actually making their views on public policy issues known to the Government, just 8 per cent actually did so".

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