SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR SOLUTIONS

Social Problems and Their Solutions

Social Problems and Their Solutions

Introduction

In this paper, we are discussing the social issues that are increasing at a high rate and how they can be resolved.

Discussion

Part A

1) Pregnancy in unmarried teenagers

Pregnancy in teenage girls is a social problem which is increasing at a higher rate in the recent times. About 90 percent of the teenage pregnancy is found to occur in developing countries. In rural areas, girls marry when they reach adolescence. These are cases in which the highest rates of pregnancy complications and mortality observed. The culture of a nation determines the rate of teenage pregnancy. For example, in sub-Saharan Africa, early pregnancy is seen as signs of fertility of young women. In India too, early marriage is a tradition and it leads to early pregnancy. Education plays an important role in this regard. Many teens are not aware of the results of sexuality (Silverstein, 2007). They lack the knowledge about the practices of safe sex. They are not aware of safe-sex practices.

According to the sociological imagination, adolescence plays an important role in teen pregnancy. It is the time when young minds tend to know what was previously beyond their reach. This leads to sexual activity, and many immature teenage mothers said they had to engage in sexual behavior because of pressure from their partners. Many teens do not know the use of contraceptives. In fact, they feel embarrassed to do it. It is also found that teenage pregnancies occur especially in relationships with older men. Most teen pregnancies result from rape. In many cases, sexual activities take place without the consent of a partner. There are many cases of molestation of girls around the world. A lot of girls who have been exposed to domestic violence and abuse in their childhood are more likely to get into the bad influences in early youth. A high rate of pregnancies among women was noted. Media has a huge influence on young people's minds, when exposed to sexuality in the media; they try to follow the same way.

2) Prostitution

Prostitution is a social evil prevailing in the society. It has produced devastating result in the society. Prostitution is a social anomaly that causes negative effects and consequences in society and its social impact every day builds a major concern. You cannot perform a comprehensive approach to highly complex phenomena such as prostitution and without taking into account the complexity of social phenomena, especially of sexuality itself (Adams, 2009). We must distinguish them from the beginning not to condemn just as well as attacks on the social and moral. Prostitution is the regular provision of sexual services a person in exchange for payment.

Venal prostitution was once a religious ceremony practiced in the temple of the goddess of love and the money originally paid into the coffers of the temple. Initially there is a reference to prostitution in the Middle East, starting with Mesopotamia. The early Mesopotamians trails offer of prostitution that marked all the ...