The Impact Of Social Forces On Teenage Pregnancy

Teen pregnancy has become a problem over the past decade. This issue can be looked at using sociological imagination. C. Write Mills explaing the idea of sociological imagination as the ability to see the connection between personal experiences and larger society. On a personal level, teens with children experience many difficulties juggling the responsibilities of parenting, school, work, and everything else. The teenage years can be very complicated, but adding a child to the mix can really impact young men and women’s relationships, emotions, and future. Looking at this problem on a public level, society has a huge role in preventing teen pregnancies. Also, the media plays a large role in influencing teenagers to engage in sexual activities.Many

According to the “Social Forces” note sheet, social forces are the most influential aspect of society and they are big part of everyone's everyday life The many social forces can all come into play throughout

When I was in high school I became pregnant and it became difficult for me to focus on school. I was not sure what would become of my life.

The issue being addressed is teen pregnancy rates in the United States. We can measure this problem by giving statistics on teen pregnancy related information and by describing the magnitude of the problem. Teen pregnancy exists everywhere in the world but the main focus of this policy memo is going to be that of the United States.

Each year around 90,000 adolescents become pregnant in the United States. Around 51% of adolescents pregnancies end in live births, 35% end up in induced abortions, and 14% result in miscarriage or stillbirth (Frick, 2007). Historically, the highest teen pregnancy rates in the United States were during the 1950’s and 1960’s before the legalization of abortion and the development of many the current forms of contraception(Frick, 2007). Rates enlarged steadily until 1991; since then, the birth rate among teenagers has decreased 35% for 15-17 year olds(Frick, 2007). Three in 10 teen American girls will get pregnant at least once before age 20. That is nearly 750,000 teen pregnancies every year. In 2013, there were 26.6 births for every 1,000 adolescent females ages 15-19, or 274,641 babies born to females in this age group. To prevent teen pregnancy, we should teach them abstinence, safe sex by using protection, and communication skills to discuss prevention from peer pressure.

Teen pregnancy is a controversial issue that Americans are facing in society today. The problematic behavior that comes along with teen pregnancy is a cultural phenomenon that exists on many domains. A bulk of the teenage population is starting to believe that teen pregnancy is customary and okay. A persons’ background has a lot to say about how weakly or strongly this norm is enforced. Although it is difficult to get a full variation of pregnancy norms in high schools across the nation, the three main aspects that influence teen pregnancy are race, religion, and social status.

Our society is shaped in a way that causes us to view it through our experiences and social forces. The types of social forces, such as housing and cultural trends, are about the same across the society. However, many of the social forces are experienced differently across the individuals. Whether the experience was negative or positive, the social forces shape us into the people that we are

. . there were several times that I remember sprinting to the bathroom in fear of spraying the halls with my morning sickness because of this I made certain to always get a seat near the trash can when I was in class. And those square wooden desks definitely weren’t made for a pregnant belly. In spite of all that It might be pretty hard to believe but being pregnant as a junior in high school was the easy part the hard part for me came from the judging eyes and glances that I received from everyone else around me. What truly irritated me was when girls that never felt the need to speak to me before would ask, “Why do you always wear a hoodie? Everyone knows you’re pregnant, so why are you trying to hide it?” Besides the pregnancy hormones already doing a number on my mood swings, these comments weren’t helping me at all; they annoyed me to no end. I wasn’t trying to hide anything but suddenly now everyone “just” noticed that I liked wearing hoodies . . . “I’m just cold!” I’d say

Raising a child as an adult can be very demanding at times, but can you imagine how difficult it would be to raise a baby as a teen, when you are still a child yourself? Although the teen birth rate in the United States has been on a decline for the past decade, teen pregnancy is still a significant issue affecting many people (Teen Pregnancy and Childbearing). Teen pregnancy has been considered morally and ethically wrong in the United States for centuries (Sprague). Taxpayers all across the country, the parents and the child are all stakeholders of this social epidemic and are affected in many ways such as economically, educationally, and martially.

(Introduction) Since the late 1990s teenage pregnancy in the United States has declined. In the United States teenagers become sexually active earlier than those in other countries. The vast majority of teenagers who are sexually active do not use any type of protection. Since this is not being done it allows the rate of unexpected pregnancies to be higher than if protection was being used. Teenagers start early having sexual intercourse for various reasons such as sexual pleasure, intimacy with someone special, or to increase his/her social status. According to Manlove, Steward-Steng, Perterson, Scott & Wildsmith (2013), in the United States five hundred thousand teenage girls between the ages of thirteen to eighteen years of age give birth

In my eighteen years of living, I’ve been conforming to the societal norms set for me. Ranging from the career path I’m taking to simple everyday activities, society has impacted all aspects of my life. Sometimes we fear going against what is normal for us to do because of the consequences that might happen. Ironically, most people do not fully understand that these norms have been pushed on them, but they continuously follow them day-to-day. The majority of what affects our daily lives is socialization, with the addition of social construction, organic solidarity and culture (Giddens, A., Duneier, M., Appelbaum, R., & Carr, D., 2014). In every attempt to break free from the chain put upon us by these societal norms, we only dig ourselves deeper into what society wants from us. Recently I’ve attempted to dig deeper into how the high demands of society has affected me personally and I’ve realized that it started from the time that I was born. Ideally, one needs to understand the cultural turn in their lives to understand how everything surrounding them in their daily lives (Giddens, 2014, p. 60).

Teen pregnancy in the United States is a continuing outbreak. We all may not realize that we are all affected by teenage pregnancy it is not just the girl giving birth. Teen pregnancy is not something that is just shunned upon in the US but something that affects our taxes too. We all sit back and let early pregnancy continue and do nothing to put a stop to it because we are all unsure of why it is happening. Some may argue that Title X is something that should be demolished. Is it because we as society are unsure of what Title X does? It is now that we learn what our government tries to provide us to keep the rate of teen pregnancy down. The United States is one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy worldwide. Today is where our opinions

Too often GED programs are seen as inferior, phony education, and/or unsuccessful. I have to admit that I also shared some of those thoughts when I first started my field experience this semester, however I soon realized that I couldn’t be more wrong. Many students “are embarrassed because they didn’t graduate from high school but received General Educational Development diplomas instead.” (Steinburg 1991). Getting your GED doesn’t make you any less of an intellectual person nor is it “the easy way out”, for some it is the only way, a last hope if you will. There is this common phrase in America’s youth these days used when speaking of GEDs, “GED= that good enough degree” but I’ve learned that nothing could be further from the truth. Some

This paper will tell how the people, places, and social institutions shaped and influenced my socialization. Also, this paper will tell about the different cultural values, social norms, and beliefs that I have learned throughout my life. The people that you associate yourself with can have an impact on your life whether it be big or small. Everything that I have encountered has shaped me into the person I am today. This paper will tell about my belief in Christianity and how it changed the way I look at things. Also, it will tell about how family income could be a barrier in whether or not you attend college. It will tell about how my doctor influenced me, and how social media influences young people today. It will help others understand me

Teenage pregnancy rates have been declining in the United States, but when compared to pregnancy rates in other industrial countries such as Canada and the United Kingdom they are still relatively high. (Office of Adolescent Health, 2016). Teenage pregnancy is defined by UNICEF, as an adolescent between the ages of thirteen to nineteen becoming pregnant. (UNICEF Malaysia Communications). Teenage pregnancy is viewed as a social issue because of the way it affects a country’s economy, the mother and father’s future, the baby’s quality of life, and the parent’s extended family and community