Posted on 11/03/2008 8:09:19 AM PST by Publius804
RISKY BUSINESS
TEEN PREGNANCY TIED TO SEXY TV WATCHING
CHICAGO - Groundbreaking research suggests that pregnancy rates are much higher among teens who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behavior compared with those who have tamer viewing tastes.
"Sex and the City," anyone? That was one of the shows used in the research.
The new study is the first to link those viewing habits with teen pregnancy, said lead author Anita Chandra, a Rand Corp. behavioral scientist. Teens who watched the raciest shows were twice as likely to become pregnant over the next three years as those who watched few such programs.
Previous research by some of the same scientists had already found that watching lots of sex on TV can influence teens to have sex at earlier ages.
Shows that only highlight the positive aspects of sexual behavior without the risks can lead teens to have unprotected sex "before they're ready to make responsible and informed decisions," Chandra said.
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If television has no effect on human behavior, why are billions of dollars spent on advertising?
The human mind does not automatically distinguish between reality and fantasy. For example, Barack Obama is considered a Presidential candidate.
I'm going to go way out on a limb here - no PhD research and all - but my guess is that hormones are what influence kids to have sex. Since I'm just making it all up, let me follow that with another guess. The parents who let their kids watch sludge like "Sex in the City" unsupervised are the same parents who let their kids have a friend of the opposite sex over unsupervised or visit with a "friend" whose parents are out of town or working late. It's not that sleazy TV leads to sex, but that both are results of neglectful parenting. BTW, I know that kids had sex before TV and even with attentive parents, but some parental neglect makes it a whole lot more likely.
I suspect the cause of pregnancy is something other than watching TV. - JMO
She was stupid.
Just like all the nice Christian ladies who rentend Titanic with their daughters over and over and then were upset when daughter dearest had sex outside of marriage.
Children are who we train them to be.
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