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Critical Assessment of Myths in Social Behavior and Society Why do kids need accessibility to contraceptives? How many kids really wait until they marry to have sex? Should adults make condoms and other contraceptives available in schools and other places where kids gather? It is a myth to assume that kids will abstain from having sex and that the availability of contraceptives somehow promotes and encourages kids to engage in sexual activity. If we make condoms available in our public schools, children will likely engage in sexual activity. Society’s conservative leaders and groups will argue this point until they are blue in the face. Is it true? It is highly unlikely that providing condoms and other contraceptives will encourage sexual activity in teens. From the post WWII era and well into the new millennium, teens routinely engage in sexual activity. It is a fact of life. Sexual self-discovery is a natural part of becoming an adult, a proverbial right of passage, if you will. Nature provides teens with the necessary mechanics for reproduction, and hormones provide the drive. Curiosity eventually sets in, and teens inevitably begin to wonder what all the hype is about, so they have sex.
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