[SteveMcKing]

Who is forcing people to buy these magazines that the very same people complain about?

[AntiGuv]

I'm skeptical about this study. For several years now the rate of teen sex (i.e., the percentage who've had sex by a certain age) has been dropping. Yet, I see no reason to think the media has become any less sex-charged. Quite to the contrary, it's become more so.

[rellimpank]

--if that took a study to determine, I am the uncle of a monkey---(sarcasm)--

[MineralMan]

It occurs to me that the kids who were not exposed so much to these influences are also probably kids who have parents who are more conservative about what their kids see and do.

If that is the case, then this study is flawed by not covering that variable.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Has anybody ever thought of the fact that before the 20th century, people were getting married in their teens?

I suppose back than, you were already married by the time your hormones raged and "teen sex" was never a problem. Now we send our kids to school, send them to college, and delay marriage until the mid-20s and even early 30s.

[numberonepal]

I don't know what the culprit is, but it's getting kinda gross. I took my niece to Six Flags Over Georgia on Saturday. The young girls (11, 12, 13) were dressed so provocatively that I was a bit embarrased to be looking at them. There were way too many little girls with white shirts and white bras getting soaked on the water rides. Many simply walked around the park in their bathing suits. Dang near all of them were showing crack and mid-drift. I'm certainly no prude in any shape, form, or fashion, but this stuff really impacted/disgusted me.

[FormerLib]

Of course it can have an impact. How many guys grew up wanting to be just like James Bond?

[Always Right]

"This is the first time we've shown that the more kids are exposed to sex in media the earlier they have sex,"

Boy, now there is a shock.

[Battle Hymn of the Republic]

the media is screwing up our children? in other news, the sun rose in the east today...

[2banana]

Funny how certain liberals think smoking ads will cause more children to smoke but don't think sexual explicit ads will cause more children to have sex...

[TheForceOfOne]

Did anyone see Dennis Leary on Rescue Me the other night?

They showed Dennis and a woman having sex, she was bent over and he was behind her doing his thing. The sexual areas were covered but they acted out the deed. I couldn't believe what I was seeing on regular TV (FX).

[Oztrich Boy]

Not the slightest possiblity those adolescents inclined to have sex^* are also likley to seek sexual content in media?

^* Yeak I know - that's all of them

[tx_eggman]

The effect was not as pronounced for blacks, the study said, perhaps because the black youngsters in the study were already more sexually experienced than the whites were when the research began and thus were less influenced by media exposure over the two-year period.

I don't even know what to do with this little side note from the middle of the story ...

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

We live in an era in which erectile dysfunction medications are openly sold during the family hour on even Fox News. Duh!

[ArGee]

OK - so there will be those who jump on this thread and remind us about personal choice and responsibility. There will be those who jump on this thread and talk about how filth is ruining this country.

But what we all need to remember is that this is very likely true, and one more reason why children need parents and parents need to do their jobs.

Nobody should use this as a call to censorship. All should use this as a call to pay attention to what their children are watching and listening to.

Shalom.

[Tzimisce]

...if this is true, why can't I get any?

[nk_47]

Anyone catch the Britney Spears photo in the article? Ewww x 10.