Media Influence and Sexual Behaviors
The shift from childhood to adulthood is a very critical period for teens of this day and age. While while they were still young, kids have already been exposed to shows, movies, and magazines that inculcated a mindset that thrives on “sex appeal” as an indispensable quality that young adults should strive to possess. Thus, the consequences are that as the children grow up towards the pre-adolescence stage, they are already exposed, and somewhat encouraged, to follow this particular trend.
The fact that the young ones are being bombarded with adult content have imbibed in them an altogether different set of values about sex and beliefs and values with regards to sex.
On the average, it was found that music videos contain about an estimated 93 sexual situations in an hour, including scenes that unmistakably depict intercourse and oral sex.
True enough, the frequency of the available means for teens to get exposed to sex and pornography are directly related to the influx of sexually active teens nowadays. Parents are those advised to see to it that they guide their teens accordingly, just so their teens can avoid problems such as STD’s and unwanted pregnancies.
