Salient. Victoria University of Wellington Student's Newspaper. Volume 31 Number 2. March 12, 1968
More promiscuous
More promiscuous
Dr Platts blamed this on "teenage behaviour."
Teenagers were more promiscuous, lacking in responsibility and had "total disregard of consequences", he said.
When questioned after the forum, Dr Platts said student cases of gonorrhoea were not numerous at present in New Zealand, but were rapidly increasing overseas, a trend that could occur here.
"The incidence of venereal diseases is increasing at an alarming rate, we are told, but this is merely a symptom of something underneath," said Mr C. J. Cross, headmaster of Burnside High School.
Parents must be decisive on moral issues and standards of conduct.
Young people wanted a decisive and plain lead, he said.
Parents should instruct teenagers on the best way to live before they had sexual experience.
"You can't undo an experience. Total abstinence is the only answer," said Mr Cross