Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)

Sexual Risk Behaviors

• researchers saw a consistent rise in the number of 15- to 24-
year-olds engaging in premarital sex from 18 percent in 1994 to
23 percent in 2002 and 32 percent in 2013
• In 2021, only 22 percent of the respondents reported having
premarital sex, the study found.
• The UPPI study also looked into the level of participation by the
young male and female population in “potentially high-risk
sexual activities,” including casual sex, such as one-night
stands, transactional sex, having “friends with benefits” and
same sex intercourse
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Sexual Risk Behaviors
• About 9.4 percent of young males surveyed admitted to having casual
sex but this declined in 2021 to 6.2 percent. Among female youth, less
than 1 percent of the respondents reported having casual sex
• In 2021, only 5 percent of young men and less than 1 percent of young
women reported having so-called friends with benefits, much lower
than casual sex
• As for same-sex intercourse, the study said such interactions declined
among male youth from 5.1 percent in 2013 to 4 percent in 2021.
Among female youth, only 2.1 percent of the age group had this
interaction in 2021, compared with zero or negligible numbers in 2013
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Sexual Risk Behaviors
• In February 2022, there were 1,054 confirmed HIV-positive individuals
reported to the HIV/AIDS & ART Registry of the Philippines (HARP) and
were accounted to the total (96,266) reported cases since January
1984.
• Further, 50% (528) of the cases were 25-34 years old at the time of
diagnosis, 30% (311) were 15-24 years old, 18% (188) were 35-49 years
old, 2% (26) were 50 years and older, and <1% (1) was less than 15
years old. The median age was 28 years old (age range: 2-70 years old).
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Why NOT an Abstinence-Only Sexuality Education
• Reality is, one-third of today’s young people are
sexually active
• Young people will later become sexually active
either before or during marriage
• It is not an option for some
Make informed decisions now and in
the future; Enhance your
independence and self-esteem; and
Help yourself experience your
sexuality and relationships in a
positive way.