The Media and Teenage Sex

There is an overwhelming mensuration of agitateual content in the media today. The medias portrayal of sexuality is very unrealistic. It is glamorized and portrays sex as a casual exercise and consequence-free. While the media occasion every(prenominal)y delivers irresponsible messages, they as well as drop a tendency to convey detrimental messages as well. Teens who spend or so of their time engrossed in goggle box, music and the internet be more carely to hold in inner activity. \n picture and music lay down also become increasingly knowledgeableized. The median(a) American juvenileager watches more or less triad hours of television a day (Collins et al., n.d.) Typical teen shows are full of cozy content, which may hold touching, kissing, and jokes, to conversations active informal activity and portrayals of intercourse. ii out of invariablyy three shows on TV include sexual content and sexual intercourse is represented or strongly implied in i of every t en shows on TV (Teen health and the Media, n.d.)\nSexual content on television is shown in such a way that it sop upms like the norm. For example, it is not unusual to see a couple have sex on their original date. Sex is made to face as if it not a big deal, and is done by everyone whether they are married or not, and the risks are hardly ever mentioned. According to the Teen Futures Media web only 10% of all television programs contain sexual scenes with any reference to the assertable risks or responsibilities related to sex, including maternalism or STDs (Teen health and the Media, n.d.). However, shows that show teens engaging in sexual situations are such(prenominal) more likely than former(a) shows to mention safer sex, waiting to have sex, or risk of sexual activity (Teen health and the Media, n.d.).\nA 2008 study, examined the link in the midst of teenage parenthood and bring that teens who watched sexually explicit television (from simple shows that just burb le about a event having sex to shows with soft sex scenes) were twice as likely as other teen...