Tel-T 192Lecture 13Outline of Last Lecture I. Movie Day!! Outline of Current Lecture II. Sex and the mediaIII. Where do young people learn about sex?IV. TV as a source of sexual informationCurrent Lecture- Sex and the Mediao Primary public concern US has highest teen pregnancy rate- Half a million babies it comes out to roughly - Babies born to teen moms have more complicationso Low birth weight, cognitive development, etc- Teen moms have more health issues Why is this?- Don’t have access to birth control- Sex ed is highly censored- Biggest reason is because we limit teenagers access to birth control in three ways:o Sex education Most are abstinence onlyo Physicians themselveso The media Media loves to show and talk about sex Doesn’t talk about birth control or the consequences- Where do young people learn about sex?o Parentso Schools Most programs are abstinence only Programs are a failure Evidence to support they jeopardize health- By the time they get their first sex talk, they’re already having sex- How they constitute what sex is, is wrong- Assume teens won’t learn about sex from anywhere elseo PeersThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. Where do they get their info from?o Media The “sexual super peer”o If teens get the contraceptive information they need, they are more likely to protect themselvesduring that first sexual experienceo Heavy viewers are more likely to overestimate the number of people around them who are having sex Cultivation theory- TV as a source of sexual informationo “sexual” media content Definition is very broad Kissing, clear sexual activity, naked people under sheetso How common is sex on children’s shows? Not at all common Children don’t just watch shows that are made only for children- Seeing sexual portrayals here- Most shows that come up early on primetime use sexual innuendoso How common is sex in TV shows popular with adolescents/teens? Almost 85% (7-8 sex portrayals) per hour Put more sex in these shows because those people are interested in ito How is sex portrayed? Explicitness- How much is left to the imagination? Sex is shown as common and recreational- Most characters don’t have a discernible relationship- For the young, beautiful, and single Risks of sexual activity aren’t talked about - Easier to not talk about it - Talks a lot of money to incorporate it into a plot Males vs. Females- Female sexual identityo Virginal but not sluttyo More sexualizedo Not supposed to talk about sex, enjoy sex, or seek sex out- Male sexual identityo More sex you have, the cooler you areo Not interested in a relationship, just want