Study: Raunchy Lyrics Prompt Teens To Have Sex

local 6.com ^ | August 7, 2006 | local 6.com

[dsc]

Holmes, you astound me.

Or rather, "duh."

When will we stop underestimating the effects of the media?

[r9etb]

When will we stop underestimating the effects of the media?

It'd be wrong simply to blame song lyrics, however. I'd say it's probably far more correct to blame the overarching (and degraded) popular culture ... of which the song lyrics are merely an indicator, not a cause.

[Hatteras]

Will it work on adults too?!

[Calpernia]

>>>song lyrics are merely an indicator, not a cause

Chicken or the egg

[xsmommy]

whatchoo got on your ipod?

[r9etb]

Chicken or the egg

Nope. Songs reflect the culture, they don't create it.

[cripplecreek]

I'd say it's probably far more correct to blame the overarching (and degraded) popular culture ...

Eggzactly. I listened to excessive hours of Alice Cooper when I was a youngster but I never had an urge to dig up any dead bodies for lovin.

[billybudd]

Teens whose iPods are full of music with raunchy, sexual lyrics start having sex sooner than those who prefer other songs, a study found.

Man, the sheer retardation in media and academia never ceases to astound me. Repeat after me: "Correlation is not causality."

It's much more likely that kids who start having sex sooner like to listen to raunchy lyrics, rather than the other way around. Do you seriously think kids' behavior is driven by lyrics? Good God.

[Choose Ye This Day]

Not just the lyrics.

I'd imagine the rap and hip-hop videos that show bikini-clad sluts mindlessly grinding their backsides into the crotches of the "playas" may have a teensy effect as well.

Show humans acting like animals...don't be surprised when people start acting like animals.

[coconutt2000]

whatchoo got on your ipod?

My iPod has a playlist for the gym. It is full of raunchy rap music.

[weegee]

The schools encourage sexual experimentation. It is the goal of the Sex Positive agenda which seeks to end all moral judgments over all sexual pairings at any age.

[martin_fierro]

Had to buy a new one after the old one died mysteriously -- and I didn't know of a reputable local diagostic/repair place.

The ol' wallet is still wincing.

Got a whole section devoted to "Odd," which is where the racier stuff is.

How 'boutchu?

[TexasCajun]

...it's not just the lyrics!

[ShadowDancer]

Not once one of these is involved.

[Calpernia]

Traditionally yes.

But propaganda is used through media too.

[ClearCase_guy]

Do you seriously think kids' behavior is driven by lyrics? Good God.

Companies spend billions of dollars on ads. They seem to think that words and images, when beamed into your skull on a regular basis, will make you go out and buy things.

Crazy, huh?

There's no way that advertising affects anyone's behavior.[/s]

[ShadowDancer]

Did you put this in religion or was it moved here?

[Celtjew Libertarian]

The problem with blaming the lyrics per se is that they are nothing new. Go back into traditional folk music or even some of the more formal music from at least the English Restoration to the mid 19th century and there is material in there that's on par with anything heard today -- and some that would make a gangsta rapper blush.

[kawaii]

News alert; teens dressing like strippers promotes having sex too!

[Junior]

Might it not be possible that teens most likely to have sex are drawn to these lyrics, rather than the lyrics causing the kids to have sex?