Also, music plays a part in sex, drugs, and violence. Society has a huge part in influencing teens. ... My secondary source found that one problem with violence is the influence form music lyrics. ... Another interviewee Shirley, declared, "Music videos show that teens have sex to be cool". ... Since media has such a great effect on how teenagers behave, hopefully it will start to portray positive images of teen actions instead of negative....

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"A lot of parents don't seem to understand that their children are being exposed to sex through rap music, videos, and television, so we need to talk to our children about what's appropriate and what's not appropriate as it relates to sexual contact "early,"" Dr. ... Paster agrees stating, "Children are being exposed to sex in a way that most parents wouldn't approve, and that's the only influence that they get. The end result is that because of a lack of role models who will reinforce a positive sense of responsibility for themselves and their sexuality, the chil...

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They watch music videos such as hip hop videos and see all these beautiful women in bikini's and hearing the men say that's the type of women they want, and of course this will bring any young girl who doesn't look like that feel unattractive. ... Young teenage girls can be easily influenced, and when they see this show and what the women are doing they feel that it is alright to sleep around with thirty different men. The media needs to start sending out positive messages to the children, whether it is on TV or in a magazine. ...

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Teenagers in the United States are experimenting with sexual activities more and more today than ever before. According to Charles Krauthammer, "Sex oozes from every pore of the culture and there's not a kid in the world who can avoid it." (Meier, 1994, p. 7). Teenagers are surrounded by some sort o...

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