Persuasive Speech Outline

I. Introduction A. Attention getter: Imagine you are 17 and confronted with the very real situation of having unprotected sex with your high school sweetheart. You don’t really want to do it, but you don’t want to look like a prude. You ask for a condom and your boyfriend or girlfriend says they thought you had it. You sigh in relief when suddenly he or she says, “Let’s just do it without one.” This is the point in our story where we give the cliche of teen pregnancy but what about all of the other possible outcomes: chlamydia, genital herpes, genital warts, gonorrhoea, HIV, and syphilis. Those are just a few. B. Introduce topic and motivate audience:Unfortunately, situations like this happen all the time

Need or Problem Step 1. Describe the need: The problem is that teenagers find it hard to seek the proper protection when needed. 2. Explain the importance of the problem: Over the past decade condom use in both male and female teenagers has been going down according to a study done by Child Trends. Going hand in hand with that fact is also the fact that one in four teenagers contract a sexually transmitted disease every year.Condoms may not be the only way to protect us from STDS but they are the most effective. Besides for the fact that the STD epidemic is on the rise teenage pregnancy is on the rise and is to evolving to almost a norm in our society. I understand that some of you may think, couldn’t offering condoms in school could be disrespecting some religions. But just because we are offering protection, does not mean that we would be forcing people to take it. We are just offering a better way for those who need that type of protection to get it. 3. Describe what could happen if the problem is NOT solved: If these statistics keep on the path they are on soon more of our youth will be throwing their potential down the drain just because of a few mistakes they made while they were an