1. Television and sexual messages
... treated teens for over two decades, Meeker sounds the alarm about how sexually transmitted diseases are killing the children of America. It is obvious through stories like this that the promiscuity of America's teens is a plague sweeping the nation. With teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases on the rise, parents ... are a haven for misrepresentation of sexual behavior. In one study of soap operas, there was only one representation of a married couple engaging in sex for every 24 portrayals of unmarried characters performing sexual acts. None of these situations dealt with th...
- Word Count: 2162
- Approx Pages: 9
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate