{"id":117,"date":"2008-11-14T22:26:22","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T04:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sebersole.wordpress.com\/?p=117"},"modified":"2008-11-14T22:26:22","modified_gmt":"2008-11-15T04:26:22","slug":"sex-on-tv-promotes-teen-pregancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/sex-on-tv-promotes-teen-pregancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex on TV Promotes Teen Pregancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-118\" title=\"teen pregnancy\" src=\"http:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/pregnant.jpg\" alt=\"teen pregnancy\" width=\"389\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/pregnant.jpg 389w, https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/pregnant-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/>According to a recent study published in <em>Pediatrics<\/em>, teens who watch more explicit sexual content on TV are twice as likely to become pregnant or father a child before they reach age 20.This is the first time that a study has actually shown a relationship between exposure to explicit content on TV and pregnancy. This is alarming when you consider that the US has double the teen pregnancy rate of other developing countries. It is particularly troubling now as the country has seen its first increase in teen pregnancy in 14 years.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not just that kids are watching sexually-charged content on TV, but also that the sexual content fails to portray sex in a realistic way. According to one of the researchers, &#8220;most TV shows portray sex as having few life-altering implications, such as pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases&#8221; (quoted in <a href=\"\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/health\/2008-11-03-tv-sex_N.htm\">USA Today<\/a>). And while there are many variables that affect a teen&#8217;s decision to become sexually active, the researchers indicated that, &#8220;TV-watching was strongly connected with teen pregnancy even when other factors were considered, including grades, family structure and parents&#8217; education level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And what were the TV programs that contained sexually-explicit content? Several mentioned included; <em>Sex and the City<\/em>, <em>That &#8217;70s Show<\/em>, and <em>Friends<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>If this study is replicated and the finding supported, what should be our response as concerned citizens and consumers of media?<\/p>\n<p>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/ap.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5jCRhv3sCIFapCoqm9dKFAoezEzLQD947M4PO0\">more<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent study published in Pediatrics, teens who watch more explicit sexual content on TV are twice as likely to become pregnant or father a child before they reach age 20.This is the first time that a study has actually shown a relationship between exposure to explicit content on TV and pregnancy. This &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/sex-on-tv-promotes-teen-pregancy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sex on TV Promotes Teen Pregancy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,23,26,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-effects","category-research","category-tv","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}