Sex Vs Tv Essay

Sex is present in everyday life, maybe not personally but it is. Teens in today’s society know more about sex then their parents want them to, and in reality the reason they know about it is probably because of television. Late night television will feature many different shows such as; Sex and the City, 50 Shades of Grey, etc. these shows may not necessarily show intercourse but it will more than likely be implied. Modern day television producers use the idea of sex to sell the idea of their new program to teenagers, to make them want to watch the show, and trying to make them curious. Studies have been done on the amount of sexual content that is found in television, and how it affects adolescents’ sexual activity. One study that was conducted by the Kasier Foundation said that among the top 20 most popular shows watched by teens, 70 percent included sexual content, averaging almost six sexual scenes in one hour (Graham, 2005). However, this study was taken nearly 11 years ago, when

Teens’ watching shows with their favorite actors, actresses, have a heightened reason to mimic the actions. Thinking that it is ok to do something because the person they look up to is doing that thing. Even though these things are only a television show, it makes acceptable for them to do these things in real life.
Sex on television doesn’t just have to do with intercourse; it also involves sexual beauty standards. Sexual beauty standards also affect teenagers because it gives a unreachable body types, saying that the only thing attractive is someone with a small waist, big breasts, and a large buttocks. This makes adolescents feel bad for being how they are. One article says that the current physical attractiveness and thinness standard on television advertising and programming, is the slimmest since the 1920’s (Brown JD,