I came across a stupid ass "newz" story and decided I could write it better. So, the stuff written in black is from the original article and stuff in purple-ish whatever is my version. Sexual lyrics, math quizzes, detention, the new Jordans, hard-ons, deaths in the family and books of any kind prompt teens to have sex
CHICAGO - Teens whose iPods are full of music with raunchy, sexual lyrics start having sex sooner than those who prefer other songs, a study found.
All teens since the beginning of time, listen to music with raunchy, sexual lyrics. They’re horny and like horny music. Those who prefer other songs are called Band Geeks and they don’t have the option to start having sex. Band Geeks couldn’t get laid at the Bunny Ranch. Wait, yes they could. Bunny Ranch gals would have a “trombone party” for $50. Still, BGs aren’t likely to get any within a 30 mile radius of their hometown, provided that the Bunny Ranch isn’t located within said radius.
Whether it's hip-hop, rap, pop or rock, much of popular music aimed at teens contains sexual overtones. Its influence on their behavior appears to depend on how the sex is portrayed,
whether the participants are black, Puerto Rican or just plain white, how many ‘sexy’ moans/groans are uttered and the releasing record label, researchers found.
Songs depicting men as "sex-driven studs," women as sex objects and with explicit references to sex acts are
not scientifically more likely to trigger early sexual behavior than those where sexual references are more veiled and relationships appear more committed, the study found.
Researchers desperately tried to prove otherwise but failed. However they did discover that time spent with other teens, whether walking to school or engaging in no particular activity whatsoever, may also trigger early sexual behavior. Other prominent studies have also found that teenage boys fantasize myriad lewd sexual acts while they are in church, having dinner with their families, taking a bitch for a ride, and at band practice. Many of those fantasies, teens confessed, involve veils.
When I was a young woman, a friend spoke to me of how she lost her virginity. “My boyfriend, Scott,” she fondly recalled, “fucked me in the ass while Janet Jackson , ‘Let’s Wait A While’ was playing in the background.” Later my friend added that she could hear the song through the pillow pressed over her face and that she didn’t lose her vaginal virginity that day, “Just the butt one.”
Teens who said they listened to lots of music with degrading sexual messages like
sex is dirty, sex is bad, having sex means you’re dirty and bad, sex is OK only when a man and a woman who are married do it, God watches you masturbate and cries when you think about sex , were almost twice as likely to start having intercourse or other sexual activities,
for no apparent reason, within the following two years as were teens who listened to little or no sexually degrading music.
Those teens were able to freely express their sexuality. They described their sexual experienced as shameless and natural.
Exposure to lots of sexually degrading music "gives them a specific message about sex, that it’s bad" said lead author Steven Martino, a researcher for Rand Corp. in Pittsburgh. Boys learn they should be relentless in pursuit of women and girls learn to view themselves as sex objects, he said.
This knowledge is filtered through every means of communication and expression available to typical teenagers. It has been integral to American culture since the Continental Congress. Boys have one role to play and the girls quite another.
"We think that really lowers kids' inhibitions and makes them less thoughtful" about sexual decisions and may influence them to make decisions they regret, he said.
“Maybe we should tell kids the truth about how gender identity is formed, that sexuality is uniquely expressed by the individual, much like hair color and clothing style. Let them know that we can only blame ourselves for the objectification of women in music, all music, not just rap and hip-hop. It is up to educators, families, cultural institutions, communication mediums from traditional news to cyberland if change is to occur.”
The study, based on telephone interviews with 1,461 participants aged 12 to 17, appears in the August issue of Pediatrics, being released Monday.
Children aged 12 to 17 are notorious for frank and honest contributions to phone conversations with strangers, especially those centered around the topic of sex. The results of the telephone interviews, therefore, should be regarded as facts.
Most participants were virgins when they were first questioned in 2001. Follow-up interviews were done in 2002 and 2004 to see if music choice had influenced subsequent behavior.
Natasha Ramsey, a 17-year-old from New Brunswick, N.J., said she and other teens sometimes listen to sexually explicit songs because they like the beat.
"I won't really realize that the person is talking about having sex or raping a girl," she said. Even so, the message "is being beaten into the teens' heads," she said. "We don't even really realize how much."
Teens. Oblivious. Confused. About music. And sex. Wow.
"A lot of teens think that's the way they're supposed to be, they think that's the cool thing to do. Because it's so common, it's accepted," said Ramsey, a teen editor for Sexetc.org, a teen sexual health Web site produced at Rutgers University.
"Teens will try to deny it, they'll say 'No, it's not the music,' but it IS the music. That has one of the biggest impacts on our lives," Ramsey said.
Teens will also elevate television and sports personalities to the level of Gods and Goddesses. Teens’ moods swing rapidly from one moment to the next. Teens want 9 different cell phones just because they’re awesome.The Recording Industry Association of America, which represents the U.S. recording industry, declined to comment on the findings.
Benjamin Chavis, chief executive officer of the Hip-Hip Summit Action Network, a coalition of hip-hop musicians and recording industry executives, said explicit music lyrics are a cultural expression that reflect "social and economic realities."
"We caution rushing to judgment that music more than any other factor is a causative factor" for teens initiating sex, Chavis said.
“Let’s not forget about hormones, you accusatory crackers.”
Martino said the researchers tried to account for other factors that could affect teens' sexual behavior, including parental permissiveness, and still found explicit lyrics had a strong influence.
However, Yvonne K. Fulbright, a New York-based sex researcher and author
who knows what the fuck she's talking about, said factors including peer pressure, self-esteem and home environment are probably more influential than the research suggests.
"It's a little dangerous to just pinpoint one thing. You have to look at everything that's going on in a young person's life," she said. "When somebody has a healthy sense of themselves, they don't take these lyrics too seriously."
David Walsh, a psychologist who heads the National Institute on Media and the Family, said the results make sense, and echo research on the influence of videos and other visual media.
The brain's impulse-control center undergoes "major construction" during the teen years at the same time that an interest in sex starts to blossom, he said.
Add sexually arousing lyrics and "it's not that surprising that a kid with a heavier diet of that ... would be at greater risk for sexual behavior," Walsh said.
“On the other hand, it’s not surprising that a kid will wake up one morning and stab the mailman in the face either."
Martino said parents, educators and teens themselves need to think more critically about messages in music lyrics.
Fulbright agreed.
"A healthy home atmosphere is one that allows a child to investigate what pop culture has to offer and at the same time say 'I know this is a fun song but you know that it's not right to treat women this way or this isn't a good person to have as a role model,'" she said.
“Let’s sit down and watch Fox News. It’s fair and balanced and will give us the right opinion about what to say, read, buy and do,” concluded parents from all U.S. states, except Maine, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, California, Illinois, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Oregon, Hawaii, Minnesota and Washington.
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