Hey Tish, I thought this was relevant-

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Hey Tish, I thought this was relevant-
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Sat, 11-13-2004 - 9:03am
Found this in a little section of various new news items when I signed on today. Thought this was interesting in regards to your recent 'Respect' post.

It's strange though, because about a month ago when we were discussing if teen girls enjoyed sex, I was definitely in the minority when I'd said I didn't think so (and that I hadn't much enjoyed it). Now, remember, I was talking about younger teen girls - not 18-19 year olds who are legally adults even if still in teen years. But younger ones, just starting out on the BF/GF thing, figuring out relationships and this *thing* between males and females, figuring out who they are, what they really want, how to stand up for themselves. Sex for young teen girls are usually younger girls with older guys, and there isn't a lot of time for *her* to learn how to feel good, what makes it work for her. And they know that their parents generally are not approving of them having sex, so there's a secret and they're feeling guilty. They're worried about getting pregnant or catching something and not sure enough of themselves to insist on condom use. And with a BF, they're worried about pleasing him, about keeping him. *We* all know that sex isn't the way to do it, but you don't know that when you're young. That BF is so all-important, making him happy is what you do. It's only when you gain some maturity and wisdom that it changes. All part of growing up and making not-so-good choices.

Anyway, here is the article:

"A New Twist For Sex on TV

Sex on TV is changing. Television shows aimed especially at teenagers are now showing fewer sex scenes with physical repercussions, but instead are emphasizing the emotional and social consequences of engaging in sex, such as humiliation, rejection, guilt, anxiety, and rejection.

That's the word from a new study by Jennifer Aubrey of the University of Missouri, who watched 84 hours of one-hour prime-time television shows broadcast between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. on ABC, CBS, NBC, the WB, and UPN networks. The characters on the show that Aubrey studied ranged in age from 12 to 22.

During these 84 hours, there were 676 scenes containing sexual references:

--Only five percent dealt with the physical consequences that can come with sex.

--32 percent focused on the emotional ramifications of sex.

--4 percent contained positive consequences.

--60 percent of the time when negative repercussions ensued, the sexual activity was initiated by a female.

It wasn't too long ago that sex on TV came without any consequences at all, including unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease.

What are the implications of this new approach to sexual consequences? On the one hand, Aubrey acknowledges that adolescents are concerned with the emotional issues. "In many instances, teens are more concerned about the maintenance of their sexual reputations, about uncertainty and confusion about their bodies, and about their emotional relationships with their partners than with the physical dangers of sex," she explained in a news release announcing the study findings. But she is concerned that when adolescent girls identify with sexually punished characters, their own sense of sexual esteem could be "reduced, and this, in turn, could be disempowering for them when making healthy sexual decisions." The study findings were published in the academic journal Sex Roles."

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Sat, 11-13-2004 - 11:23am
Interesting article.

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Sat, 11-13-2004 - 1:36pm

I just saw a thing on TV the other day discussing Teens and anyway "The last part of the teenage brain to fully develop is Reasoning and Logic, and usually takes until they are past 20"


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