http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/feb/04022006.html
The Medical Institute for Sexual Health recently released a study on teens entitled: Impact of the Media on Adolescent Sexual Attitudes and Behaviours.
The study reveals a woeful lack of knowledge about what the barrage of sex in the media really means for children and youth. This report is the most comprehensive review of the research into the impact of sexual imagery in the media on youth yet completed. "All we really know is that kids are over-exposed to sex. One thing this study makes clear - sexual imagery and content is finding children and teens everywhere. Even if they tried, kids can't escape it."- Joe S. McIlhaney, Jr., M.D., president of The Medical Institute. Statistics showed among other things that:
• The average teen watches 3 to 4 hours of television every day.
• Every hour of television watched by teens averages 6.7 scenes including sexual topics, and about 10 percent of these scenes show couples engaged in sexual intercourse.
• 22 percent of teen-oriented radio segments contain sexual content; 20 percent of these range from rather to very explicit.
• 42 percent of top-selling CDs in 1999 contained sexual contact, 41 percent of which is either pretty explicit or very explicit.
• 61 percent of teens using computers "surf the net," and 14 percent report seeing something they wouldn't want their parents to know about.