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Study: Sex on TV linked to teen pregnancies - Watching lots of racy shows can affect adolescents over time

Think Christianly: Study: Sex on TV linked to teen pregnancies - Watching lots of racy shows can affect adolescents over time

Monday, November 3, 2008

Study: Sex on TV linked to teen pregnancies - Watching lots of racy shows can affect adolescents over time

Should we really be surprised by this revelation? It's just TV right, how harmless can it be???

"In the world of television programming, sex sells — perhaps a little too well with young viewers, a new study suggests."

"The RAND Corp. study is the first of its kind to identify a link between teenagers’ exposure to sexual content on TV and teen pregnancies. The study, released Monday and published in the November edition of the journal Pediatrics, found that teens exposed to high levels of sexual content on television were twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy in the following three years as teens with limited exposure."

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