I will use the law, books, the Internet, Journals, Academic essays and my surveys of students and parents to prove to my audience that the senders of television and the Internet are intentionally destroying the minds of young people in order to gain recognition, popularity, high ratings, and money. In my research paper I will present information from the past regarding sex on television and on the Internet and connect it to the present "which will include my own quantitative analysis about what I found to be the closest truth in respect to the controversial issue of sex on television and the Internet. Finally, the meat of my paper will entertain the thought that children must be educated from young as to what is valuable and invaluable to their longstanding self-esteem, respect and future.
EXPOSURE.
In general, back in ancient times before the Roman Empire, through art and writings on walls, sexual images have been depicted. An individual was able to easily figure out which image of sexual activity was acceptable or unacceptable by society. Byrne and Kelley, authors of the introduction portion of Pornography and Sexual Aggression state that:.
About the time of the Reformation, religious bodies did begin to respond to erotic works on moral grounds. The general assumption was that certain activities were.
intrinsically immoral. Exposure to sexual stimuli was to be avoided because of the dangers involved in inciting impure thoughts, initiating improper desires, and .
motivating sinful behavior (p.3).
Exposure to inappropriate content was clearly not acceptable by the clergy during the Reformation period. Likewise, as time passed as far forward as the 1960's, "a few bold investigators- started to figure out how "hard-core pornography-erection, penetration and ejaculation- effected minors. "Further, in some investigations, response measures began to include assessment of subjective and physiological excitement- (p.
