The pressure put on women through ads, television, film and new media to be sexually attractive—and sexually active—is profound. While this is nothing new, research has found that women’s representation in popular media has steadily become more and more sexualized over the last forty years.

From a health viewpoint, early sexual activity among US cents is a potential problem because of the risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. New evidence points to the media cents use frequently (television, music, movies, magazines, and the Internet) as important factors in the initiation of sexual intercourse.

Researchers measured each teen’s sexual media diet by weighting the frequency of exposure to sexual content in four major types of media: TV, movies, music, and magazines.

No sexual media content is appropriate for s ages 2-4. No sex and together. Unless the media’s focus is on the consequences of sexually violent behavior, it’s not appropriate for anyone.

Of course, in the meantime, sexual information and attitudes are still primarily coming from peer groups and the mass media. Old Values Crumble D espite all arguments to the contrary, any perceptive person who works closely with youth today knows that the strong behavioral controls imposed over most people by parents and churches are largely a thing of the past.

Portraying the risks of sex in television shows appears to help educate teens about the potential consequences of sexual behavior. A related study of the effects of music found that heavy exposure to sexually degrading lyrics predicts accelerated initiation of sexual intercourse and other sexual activities.

We reviewed the current scientific literature on cents and sex in the media—using searches of MEDLINE—and the psychological and media literature. The emphasis was on rigorous research and included accessing the expertise of health care professionals and other knowledgeable sources on …

The study concluded: "The strong relationship between media and cents’ sexual expression may be due to the media’s role as an important source of sexual socialisation for teenagers.

While newer media sources such as the Internet remain largely unstudied, there is a small body of literature linking sexual messages through television and teenagers’ sexual behaviours and attitudes.

We do not know if the lack of media exposure causes lack of sexual activity however. It may be that youth who are sexually active seek out or prefer sexual media, and youth who are not having sex