Does sexy TV lead to teen pregnancy?

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Elizabeth Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 03:14 PM EST

Watching television of a teen being pregnant the child will feel sorry for her but do you think that this child will not still try to attempt. From watching television, two lessons she had learned. One, sex is okay if you love him and he loves you back. Two, having sex is okay as long as you are not and do not get pregnant. “When in love you, you become blind.”
I was informed that “when a person is in love the person starts to shine”. The “feeling is un-explainable” to others, sound like heaven. These scenes in movies give out encouragement to the viewers. “You do what you see” is very true it seems. Media is a very powerful way to send a message.

Elizabeth Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 03:12 PM EST

Television is like a promotion, it air and gives out a hint of clue to the viewers. That’s one reason why media was created for, to get words out faster. Showing such scenes in televisions, it a way of saying, “it’s okay to have sex”. Parents’ usually do not want their child to be in a relationship due to these kinds of circumstances but it is seen in movies that lovers begin at young ages. “Youth” the best part of life, destiny, fantasy, everyone seems to have it. Television just encourages them to strive for it which is good that it gives out encouragement but at the same time it could give the child the wrong impression of life.
Although, sex was to be taught in High School, it wouldn’t make any different. Learning about sex, STD, and AID does not make any different. Most students that got pregnant all knew about this and yet they are and done. I personally think that people has their own judgment in life. Knowing what is right and what is wrong just by the out come of stories. Wa

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This is why sex education should be a manditory class in High School. Sure high schools have a health and hygene class, but a seperate course on sex education like those taught in colleges and universities would give teenagers a serious wake up call. Plus parents of pre-teens should sit and watch these shows with them and then ask questions.

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Yeah it dose have something to do with it but its more important to remember its the parents who are responsible im not saying its all the parents fault but if a kid watches this stuff and has no direction they have to make decisions on there own and tv defiantly does not help yes we have to make our own decisions but we need direction parents im not out to get you i love and respect all, well almost all, parents im just saying "Hey help us out a bit we need your help" i think that is part of what this problem is students are calling out for help we live in a mixed up world and we need our parents to be a bit more involved loved and all we need more help

ja'shiah Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 08:28 AM EST

teen pregnancy is not a bad thing or a good thing its just something that happens when you dont think about wat ur doing at that point of time people that get pregnant as a teen are not dumb they just dont think before they act so for all those who are prego congrats and keep ur head up high it will get better soon and those who said that prego people are dumb stop hating and support

amanda Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 03:04 PM EST

i think tv has a small part to do with pregnancy. i am 15 and i am a single mom of a 2 year old. it had something to do with tv but mostly my choice. i take care of my baby and so does his dad, so TRY AGAIN!!!

Stephaine Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 05:50 PM EST

I don't think T.V has nothing to do with it.There just to many teens out there that think there is love.Cause there haveing sex.Hell they don't know what love is.They need to weak up.

Brianna Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 09:58 AM EST

I feel bad for those teens who get pregnant an get left as a singal mother it is hard now im not saying that i am one of those teens but one day youll wake up and see your babe an know that everything will be okay.

chelsea Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 10:10 PM EST

AND!
just because someone gets pregnant doesn't mean it's a bad thing, it just means that they are forced to grow up quicker and make a decision. and if they abort it that's their choice, and if they keep it then that's their choice, and they get to be an adult sooner.

chelsea Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 10:08 PM EST

this is complete bull. the people who get pregnant as teens are uneducated people with high libidos. it doesn't matter what television shows they watch, sex is omnipresent these days, what matters is the choices that they make, and if they make the wrong choices it's because they didn't know any better or don't fully understand the consequences of their actions.
So in conclusion, the television shows that people watch don't affect their sexual decisions, they are purely entertainment.

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lauren Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 12:36 PM EST

yes i do think that i what leads to most of the pregnancys

ben dover Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 09:53 AM EST

uhhhhhhm not all teen pregnancys are bad, they make people be better parents earlier

Dillon Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 07:14 PM EST

this is the excuse Bristol Palin used...

Xena Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 05:34 PM EST

EinCT, nice of you to call people idiots. Do you behave this way to your family and people at work? Aslo, do you have any scientific proof to back up these claims of yours?

EinCT Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 04:55 PM EST

You're an idiot if you think sex on tv, movies and music doesnt increase sexual activity in kids/teens. Kids are having sex younger and younger every year, more often and more casually. Open your eyes people! Lets remember that no-pregnancy doesnt mean no-sex...just means they are smarter and wear protection the proper way more often.

Gary R. Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 04:40 PM EST

I DO believe sexy TV encourages sex. The teens on shows like Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, 90210 and such are all sexually free. Let's face it - the picture-perfect scenarios in these shows entice kids. The people on the CW are hot, and, no surprise, their sex hotter. No, no kid's gonna call up their significant other and say "Hey, let's do it like they do it on Gossip Girl." But, it does make a imprint, however faint, on the conscience of kids that, hey, sex might be OK. TV makes it look good, and (normally) without consequences.

Xena Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 04:09 PM EST

No, watching sexy TV doesn't cause teens to get pregnant. That's like saying that watching SpongeBob causes people to go jellyfishing. It's just a load of bunk.

Stephanie T. Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 04:04 PM EST

This is why sex education should be a manditory class in High School. Sure high schools have a health and hygene class, but a seperate course on sex education like those taught in colleges and universities would give teenagers a serious wake up call. Plus parents of pre-teens should sit and watch these shows with them and then ask questions.

Anyway, from what I have seen on tv lately, it's not as bad as it was in the early nineties when MTV showed videos with women in suspender bikinis and fake boobs. They had similar women when they had their spring break specials.

Jeffrey Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 03:58 PM EST

The issue isn't whether sexy TV actually causes teen pregnancy, or whether violent TV causes violence. It's whether TV influences people. So does it? Well, advertisements are on television due to the belief that they will influence your buying habits. And the same networks that air those ads deny that the content of their shows has any bad influence on viewers, as if we have a magical switch in our heads that automatically turns on when commercials start (INFLUENCE ME!) and off when they end. Well, we can't delude ourselves. Media images saturate our psyches and will influence us. At the very least teens will make this totally unconscious connection: adults allow all this sex on TV, ergo it is not all bad, ergo they don't totally disapprove me doing it, leads to some pregnant teens that might otherwise not have been.

Amy Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 03:52 PM EST

I don't know whether the causal link in this study has any validity or not but I do think that any teen that has sex because they saw it on TV is pretty dumb. And they probably have dumb parents too.

My parents were always open and honest about sex when I was teen, they never treated it as a taboo topic never to be discussed. I didn't get pregnant when I was a teen, I didn't even have sex for the first time until my early 20s. Parents can do a lot more to curb teen pregnancy but I guess they're afraid if they talk about it then their teens will do it. Flawed logic as far as I'm concerned.

Anna Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 03:02 PM EST

If you click through the link you'd see that the researchers aren't claiming that it causes teen pregnancy, just that it is predictive factor. Chandra explicitly says it is not causal in her statement. But just because you watch sexy TV and didn't get pregnant doesn't mean there if no impact. Social Learning theory is a well substantiated theory in the field and points to the influence of what people see int he social environment on learning.

Teebird Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 02:41 PM EST

There have been several experimental studies demonstrating the causal influence that media messages have on children and adolescents. This has been shown not just in the area of risky sexual behaviors but also substance use initiation and obesity. However, there are many other very important influences on children's and adolescents' behaviors including parents and peer groups.

I would be shocked if the researchers who conducted the RAND study did not do a more than adequate job discussing the many alternate hypotheses regarding why adolescents have sex.

The problem here is that too many people in our society choose to rely on a second hand regurgitation of research by news outlets instead of reading the original source.

dma69 Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 02:14 PM EST

No, it's not sexy TV that leads to teen pregnancy. I've seen my share and I never got pregnant. The cause of teen pregnancy is because teens can't be bothered using birth control or have no clue how to do so. It don't cost much to get a condom and it's not hard to use IF YOU DO IT PROPERLY.

Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 01:36 PM EST

Was there any consideration in the study of whether these kids had ever even learned about safe sex? Some kids are too stupid to use condomns, sure, but some have parents and teachers who are too stupid to TEACH them to use condomns. It's not the responsibility of TV to raise children - it's there to entertain, which it does quite well.

Josh Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 01:21 PM EST

I watch tv. I see teens having sex on tv. I don't impregnate teens. I don't see it as a problem. Teens have sex. Shocker!

Vicky Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 01:02 PM EST

Maybe this RAND study should also get the IQ's of their subjects. Or maybe...
Is there a way to test commmon sense.
Teenagers who have unprotected sex are idiots. I know not everyone can afford birth control, but god damn, at least use a condom. You don't learn that from TV.

Elizabeth Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 09:57 AM EST

No TV doesn't cause pregnancy, inspite of Tracy Jordan's threats to take us behind the middle school and get us pregnant.