The average American child views about 4 hours of T.V. a day, and the average adolescent views about the same (Boyd & Bee, 284). It has been proven that the average American adolescent will view nearly 14,000 sexual references a year, and 66% of adolescents say they are influenced by television and the media (www.parentstv.org). Keeping these facts in mind, is television something we want our children viewing in excessive amounts? Each year the media broadcasts shows that contain sexual harassment, derogatory sexual comments referring to women's bodies, multiple accounts of nudity, and many other sexual references.
[...] If you choose to become sexually active, you should use your obtained information about STD and pregnancy prevention. Parents can also limit their children's exposure. Censoring their lives will never be enough. Parents should not be completely overprotective, but they should inform their children about sex in relation to the shows they watch, magazines they read, etc. Finally, people should realize the consequences of their actions. People who have many partners and are overtly promiscuous often end up regretting their decisions. Women especially should realize that the media does not run [...]
[...] Women's difference from men should not be something that is abused, but in reality, they are. Even in both psychological factors, the female is deemed inferior to men. Thus women have been seen as sexual objects in the media for decades. Women's inferiority can also be heard in music. There has always been a connection between sex and music, but in recent years lyrics have brought this connection to the limit. Lyrics contain extremely derogatory terminology when referring to women, crude language and sexual references. Infact, of individual artists' songs include degrading sexual content" (www.kff.org). [...]
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