Youth Culture and Media

Media

  1. TV, movies, video games, Internet, music and magazines are the most under-rated influence on your teen.
  2. Most forms of media promote sexual activity without informing your teen about its consequences.
  3. The media many times glamorizes teen drinking and sex without
    showing potential physical and emotional risks that can last al lifetime.
  4. Teens believe that the media affects everyone else but themselves.
  5. According to studies, adolescents who are exposed to television with sexual content are more likely to overestimate the frequency of some sexual behaviors, have more permissive attitudes toward premarital sex, and, according to one research study, initiate sexual behavior.

    Pornography

    1. American adults have made the adult porn industry a 10 billion dollar enterprise.
    2. Many middle school boys are looking at pornography over the internet.
    3. Studies are looking at the relationship between pornography consumption and aggressive sexual behaviors.
    4. Pornography can be as addictive as any substance.

  1. The media many times glamorizes teen drinking and sex without showing potential physical and emotional risks that can last al lifetime.
  2. Substance abuse, low self-esteem, poor parental relationships, fatigue, having an older boyfriend or girlfriend all increase your likelihood of participating in early sexual activity.