Response 10/5

I found it really interesting to look at the transition of increasing the acceptance of sexuality in society. When you really sit back and think about the shows and their content that were on television ten years ago in comparison to now, it is almost as if we are now watching soft-core porn television. It also seems like even the ratings for movies are more lenient. What qualified for an X rated film 10 years ago would now be considered R or even PG-13. Even magazines have transformed the messages they send readers. The ridiculous titles and articles Cosmo comes up with always amuse me. Its subject matter should definitely be read with a grain of salt. One time I sat down with a group of my guys and dissected its contents, and they thought it was the most absurd advice they had ever heard. The combination of this hyper-sexuality mixed with sub-par sexual education is lethal for teen audiences. While the media shows that sex and sexuality is the norm, schools and government are preaching for abstinence. Shows like MTV’s “Teen Mom” are even making teen pregnancy into a fad. All the attention on these moms gives off the message that it’s cool to get pregnant in high school, and if you do, maybe you’ll become famous. The relationship between the media and the people actually interacting with teenagers cannot lead to anything beneficial. I also really liked the reading about different culture’s interpretation of the increased sexuality in American society. I never really thought about that issue until reading that article. It is interesting to look at the way sexuality is expressed in different cultures around the world.