Reducing Adolescent Sexual Risk: A Theoretical - ETR Associates

Activity 7-1Lines That People Use to Pressure Someone to Have SexDescription of ActivityObjectives: Students will be able to:1. State and identify specific, common lines that people may use to get someone to have unwantedor unprotected sex2. Express specific responses to those linesRisk and Protective Factors Affected:1. Knowledge2. Perception of peer norms about avoiding unwanted or unprotected sex3. Skills to refuse unwanted or unprotected sexActivity:The instructor asks students for lines that young people use to get someone to have sex. Afterstudents state a line, the instructor asks for possible responses to those lines. This process iscontinued until students have identified multiple lines and at least one response for each line.Humorous responses and different styles of responses should be encouraged.Notes:1. Because the students describe the lines that their peers are involved in, these situations are realto the students.2. Because the students suggest response to the pressure lines, they establish a clear norm thatyoung people should not give in to these lines.3. They also suggest particular responses that students can use if needed.Important Considerations in Using ItPossible Pitfalls That Might Reduce Effectiveness:1. Students are not given enough time to describe the situations.2. Students are not given enough time or encouragement to describe methods of avoiding orgetting out of such situations.3. Students do not identify many solutions. (If the students struggle to come up with ideas, theeducator should have suggestions ready.)References for Lessons That Describe a Similar Activity More Fully1. Becoming a Responsible Teen, Session 4, Activity 4: Different Communication Styles2. Safer Choices, Level 1, Class 7, Activity 2: Responding to LinesChapter 7 Increasing Self-Efficacy and Skills 91