Statistics
Resources

Reference these key facts as needed to support discussions throughout this lesson.

In the top 100 films of 2013, only 15% of all clearly identifiable protagonists and only 29% of all major characters were female. (http://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu)
Couples who do not use any method of contraception have approximately an 85% chance of experiencing a pregnancy over the course of a year. (http://www.guttmacher.org/media/inthenews/2013/06/05)
Among U.S. high school students surveyed in 2017, more than 46% of sexually active teens did not use a condom the last time they had sex. (https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/sexualbehaviors/index.htm)
Over half of teens in the United States are not having sex. In California, that number is even lower. Less than one third of California teens reported ever having sex and less than a quarter of California teens reported being currently sexually active.(https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/pdf/2015/ss6506_updated.pdf)