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04.03.06 (9:06 am)   [edit]
Sexy media a siren call to promiscuity?

By Michael Conlon

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sexually charged music, magazines, TV and movies push youngsters into intercourse at an earlier age, perhaps by acting as kind of virtual peer that tells them everyone else is doing it, a study said Monday.

"This is the first time we've shown that the more kids are exposed to sex in media the earlier they have sex," said Jane Brown of the University of North Carolina, chief author of the report.

Previous research had been limited to television, said the study which looked at 1,017 adolescents when they were aged 12 to 14 and again two years later. They were checked on their exposure during the two years to 264 items -- movies, TV shows, music and magazines -- which were analyzed for their sexual content.

In general it found that the highest exposure levels led to more sexual activity, with white teens in the group 2.2 times more likely to have had intercourse at ages 14 to 16 than similar youngsters who had the least exposure.

The effect was not as pronounced for blacks, the study said, perhaps because the black youngsters in the study were already more sexually experienced than the whites were when the research began and thus were less influenced by media exposure over the two-year period.

The teenage pregnancy rate in the United States is three to 10 times higher than that found in other industrialized nations, making that and exposure to sexually transmitted infections a major public health concern, the study said.

At the same time parents tend not to talk about sex with their children in a timely and comprehensive way, leaving a vacuum in which the media may become a powerful sex educator, providing "frequent and compelling portraits of sex as fun and risk free."

"Interestingly one of the strongest predictors of risk for early sexual intercourse for both black and white teens (in the study) was the perception that his or her peers were having sex," the report said.

Youngsters "may begin to believe the world view portrayed and may begin to adopt the media's social norms as their own. Some, especially those who have fewer alternative sources of sexual norms, such as parents or friends, may use the media as a kind of sexual superpeer that encourages them to be sexually active," the report added.

The study was published in the April issue of "Pediatrics," the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. A portion of the data was previously published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

The study was done in several schools in North Carolina. The authors said that they did not measure the impact of exposure to sexual material on the Internet because when the research began in 2001 relatively few of the early adolescents in the sample had Internet access.

Additional research should include exposure to Web-based material, the study suggested.

"It took many studies over a number of years to establish that violence in the media increased children's violent behavior and to begin initiatives to reduce harmful effects," the study said.

"Given the consistent findings regarding media violence, it may be prudent not to wait decades to conclude that the media are also important sources of sexual norms for youth," it added.
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posted by: care (reply)
post date: 04.06.06 (12:07 pm)

a couple of questions to add to this study...

as a basis for white/black relations, how many white vs. black shows were watched that portray sex? I don't see many black teenage couples on the O.C. do you? Also, I think religious right aspects of the government NOT teaching the proper aspects of sex in school and the results of potential sex at an early age may be a big factor in such activities of kids as well. Abstinence only goes so far, what happens when someone does decide to have sex then? How do they know how to protect themselves? and how do they know that their partners are fully accepting of abstinence before meeting them... etc etc etc... people who practice abstinence should also know about condoms and other such things as well as how some stds are still spread even with condom use.

its like someone saying, I'm disease free, but they've never been tested to be proven so.

and yes, I'm good with disliking spears and hilton...



posted by: SNEEVIL (reply)
post date: 04.08.06 (9:35 am)

Yes, parts of the study do appear a little sketchy, but the point is pretty solid.
I don't watch the O.C. so I don't know how many black people are on it. In fact, the results of this study (generally) are the reason why we don't watch T.V. I will not poison my kid's mind. I understand that I will not shield her from everything, that she will be exposed to the shitty things the media tries to do to kids...but I am doing my part, and hopefully she will emerge with some meaningful values that will make her a good person.



posted by: SNEEVIL (reply)
post date: 04.09.06 (7:42 am)

Okay,I can see what you're trying to say...but I think what you're bringing up is somewhat outside the scope of the study. It isn't about education in schools or government advertising, although I'm sure these factors play a part. This study focuses on media attention and promotiuon of promiscuity by shoving it in kids' faces. What is that poor kid thinking when she watches Britney spears dressed like a whore parading around the stage for all her teeny-bop fans? I mean..come on. I'm sure you can appreciate the significance of this without trying to blame the stinking schools.



posted by: care (reply)
post date: 04.10.06 (6:51 pm)

there was a good oprah show today which specifically dealt with this subject, quite interesting, they had Pink on with the song stupid girls, and showing how media music and entertainment in general marginalize girls into being 'stupid' or playing such things. we need a coffee to talk about this... verily interesting...

sorry bout the ranty thingy earlier, well not ranty, but I have a tendency to keep going on about one subject and then hop over to another one that could be somewhat related but not really... hee.. just me gotta love me...

ttyl

carrie

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