Abstinence/relationships Study guide

Refraining from sexual activity until marriage is

• Sexual harassment

• Pregnancy

• Abstinence

• Self esteem

Which one is NOT a benefit of sexual abstinence

• getting an STI

• No Pregnancy

• Allows time for growth and maturity

• Enhances healthy self esteem

What is a consequence of NOT practicing abstinence?

• Developing self control

• Allows one to make and keep commitments to oneself

• Pregnancy

• Develops the ability to express feelings in more appropriate ways

A couple can find out how they interact with and feel about each other through

• Group dating

• Casual dating

• Intamacy

• Being exclusive

What is NOT part of a healthy relationship?

• Sudden infatuation

• Balance with other relationships and activities

• Mutual honesty, respect, and open communication

• Feeling of safety for personal boundaries and well-being

It is important to recognize when a relationship is not working, even if it is sad or painful

• True

• False

Infatuation and passion are typically short-lived because they are based on physical attraction alone.

• True

• False

The consistent, violent mistreatment of a person is abuse

• True

• False

Physical abuse is:

• When someone punches, pushes, kicks, chokes, slaps, or burns someone else

• Threats, insults, and isolation

• Sexual harassment

• Sexual activity to which one person does not or cannot consent

Emotional abuse is

• The physical injury of another person.

• Threats, insults, and isolation.

• When someone punches, pushes, kicks, chokes, slaps, or burns someone else.

• The threat of physical injury or forced sexual activity to another person.