Sex Education Messages In The Media
The media should not be blamed for the sexuality of american
youth.
First concern in sexual activity is too much media. Television is
something that kids watch all the time. Television shows that show sexual
activity and children pick up on those events quickly. Teenagers dream about
marrying someone who is good looking and has money and then starting a
family with them. A lot of teens watch soap operas and romantic shows.
Teens see kids, their age, having sex and getting pregnant and they think they
can do it, too. Parents should watch what types of TV shows and movies that
their children are watching. TV commercials are explicit when it comes to
showing sex. Teens can pick up ideas about sex from commercials. Such as,
the Trojan Man and the Durex commercials shown frequently on MTV and
other stations. The media could be more discrete about that sort of material
on the airwaves. In light of these statistics, it would appear that the
nonjudgemental/safe-sex approach can add up to a dangerous combination.
Dr. Theresa Crenshaw, a past president of the American Association of Sex
Educators, Counselors and Therapists, in testimony before a House
subcommittee in February 1987, said, “To say that the use of condoms is
‘safe sex’ is in fact playing Russian roulette. A lot of people will die in this
dangerous game.” Yet despite warnings like this, schoolteachers routinely
present homosexuality to their students as just another option about which
they must decide for themselves (Kilpatrick 598). On the other hand, with
the popular television show, Ellen, the main character and the actress who
played her, Ellen Degenerous, was an open lesbian. This views homosexuals
as nice, fun loving people and not the hated figures that some community
activists portray them as. In turn, the media can be a blessing to the gay
community because they show the lighter side of their sexual preference.
Then again, some parents view this as a wrong statement and refuse to let
their children watch this display. Another show is Will and Grace, Will is a
gay man living with his friend Grace. This show was aired after the Ellen
show was cancelled because of it’s bad ratings after she came out into the
limelight with her “secret”.
Second concern in the media. All sorts of teen’s and women’s
magazines that are in stores today are filled with sex and what types of
protection to use. Parents should watch what their kids are reading.
...Spinoza insists, it is nonetheless possible that two substances can be distinguished in virtue of them sharing an attribute and yet be distinct in nature by possessing an attribute not shared by the other. So, whereas substance A shares an attribute with substance B - namely, both share attribute C - the former differs in nature from the latter in terms of each one possessing an attribute not contained by the other. If the nature of Substance A is attribute C and attribute D, and if the nature of substance B is C and E, then it appears that the nature of each one, though each shares an attribute in common, is fundamentally distinct. So, it appears that Spinoza’s commitment to the thesis that no two substances share the same nature or attribute stands in error, and thus I conclude under the possibility two substances sharing an attribute while differing in nature.
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(CDC) Casual sex is never just casual but rather a game of Russian roulette with bullets of emotional damage, unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmittable disease.
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are said to have launched the “gay rights movement.” As the anger of many individuals,
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He entails that a substance is in itself, followed by being conceived through it. Therefore, it is impossible for us to be classified as a substance, so beings according to Spinoza’s interpretation meant we’re instead a Mode of a Substance. For him we’re all modes of God because we depend on God for our existence and are conceived through God’s essence. Hence, a mode being in another and conceived through another. Moving on to the next definition an attribute, which is an essence of an object or being. For example when examining a ruler, the extension is an attribute of the eraser. Last but not least axions, which implies it’s rather in itself or in another. Spinoza firmly grasped the ideology that by them being conceived through other things, everything as a whole is conceived through itself or another. Wholly by that every contribution of nature can be comprehended by rationalizing the foundation. From establishing the cause the comprehension follows necessarily. An exhibition of this would be if you’re a bachelor then you’re unmarried considering one cannot be a married bachelor. Now that the definitions have been untangled one ought to display how they mold into the previously mentioned
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...dual changes are closely related to the media because the actors carry out the roles and thus the members of the society play out those roles in their daily life style. “Homosexuality exists in different societies and cultures and with some minor exceptions it is considered abnormal and disdained. It affects social order, invades personal privacy and rights, and leads to criminal behaviour. As a result, homosexuals are more likely to encounter and be penalized administratively and criminally” (Likosky, 1992, pp. 38)