Teen Sex and the Media “Rap It Up”‚ a familiar phrase heard all too often in today’s very influencing media sources. In today’s society teen sex is becoming an issue because of this misleading phrase. Many companies try to decrease the percentages of teen pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases through promotion of protected sex but also forget to include the possible “accidents” that may occur while having “safe sex”. When these percentages are presented it is not out of the
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S Desk Professor O English 110 The lesser sex: Exploring the portrayal of women in “Boys and Girls” The role of females and males is a touchy subject for many. Added to this sensitivity and further complicating the topic of females and males are the values‚ beliefs‚ views and stereotypes associated with the two sexes. As some stereotypes go‚ women are often attributed to have ‘softer’‚ ‘caregiving-like’ qualities‚ and men are expected to be rough and always ready for the next adventure. Munro
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debate over sex education and its influence on our children. "The question is no longer should sex education be taught‚ but rather how it should be taught" (DeCarlo). With teenage pregnancy rates higher than ever and the imminent threat of the contraction of STD’s‚ such as HIV‚ the role of sex education in the school is of greater importance now then ever before. By denying children sex education you are in a sense sheltering them from the harsh realities they are bound to encounter. Sex education
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Juvenile Sex Offenders: A new issue in the Juvenile Justice System Morgan Cotter Juvenile Justice CJ 307-A Dr. Monica Robbers Marymount University December 7‚ 2009 Juvenile Sex Offenders: A new issue in the Juvenile Justice System The classification and treatment of juvenile sex offenders is a unique issue in the Juvenile Justice System today. This is either because we do not have much research on the recidivism rates of repeat
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Sex Education Sex education in the United States has experienced serious changes over the past three decades. It all started in 1981 the Reagan Administration‚ with federal funding promoting abstinence-only-until-marriage to sex education programs. The support of this abstinence only until marriage idea has increased exponentially since 1996. Although this approach seen to be beneficial to many in the sense at rates of teen pregnancy would decrease. Many others see the prohibitive nature of this
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Does Sex Sell? Whether they are on TV‚ radio‚ or in a magazine‚ there is no way that you can escape advertisements. They all have their target audience who they have specifically designed the ad for. This is a multi billion dollar industry and advertisers study many ways that they can attract people’s attention. One way that is used the most and is in some ways very controversial is use of sex to sell products. Evan Williams‚ a company who sells whiskey‚ released a print ad of a young woman dressed
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Sex Education is Necessary in High-School Does sex education encourage sex? According to Benjamin Spock the author of Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care‚ “Many parents are afraid that talking about sex with their teenagers will be taken as permission for the teen to have sex. Nothing could be further from the truth. If anything‚ the more children learn about sexuality from talking with their parents and teachers and reading accurate books‚ the less they feel compelled to find out for themselves
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the sex trade may experience rage toward the unknown father and misplace these feelings onto the child. Because of this‚ they may elect to place the child up for adoption out of the fear of abusing or hurting them in any way ( 9). Pregnancy is completely unwanted by the pimp because then that woman is unable to make them money‚ and unwanted by the mother because she does not want a reminder of
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government for a sex offender registry to be implemented here in the Bahamas. Prior to Marco Archer’s cruel killing‚ in 2003 four young boys between the ages of eleven and fourteen were found dead with signs of sexual assault in Freeport‚ Grand Bahama. These two alarming cases sparked a fuse in the House of Assembly and more emphasis was now being placed on the creation of a sex offender registry. While it is true that something needs to be done about the situation‚ is the implementation of a sex offender
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arital Sex and Religion The Catholic Church teaches that premarital sex is wrong‚ yet it is still widely practiced around the world. The reason marriage was created was to join two people of the opposite sex together in a holy sacrament that would make the couple one. God’s reason for marriage is quoted in the bible when he said‚ "For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife‚ and the two shall become one flesh." The Sacrament of marriage is one of the most
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