Sex and the media

This is another subject given to me, where I say my opinion about it.

 I will start by saying that I think through the years, sex has become more and more part of people’s everyday lives, in terms of people will see sexualised things everywhere they look, you can’t get away from it. For example in music videos, girls have featured in them; let’s just say not wearing a lot. This is because ‘sex sells’, having these girls in the video, does boost views on the video! I don’t think this should necessarily be what happens though. In fact, my personal opinion is that girls are put under a lot of pressure by the constant use of not only ‘perfect’ women but the fact that these music videos and other media related things make it seem that sex is the right thing to do. When you think about it, things like music videos and magazines tend to be read/watched by teenage girls, meaning the acceptance and pressure of sex is put upon them at a much earlier age then it would have been say 15 years ago.  In my opinion, girls are losing their virginity before they would normally be ready since the media has shown it so much, they don’t see the significance of it anymore. Sex should be an act of love. This is why I think that the average age for losing your virginity has gone down so much recently (last ten years).

Sex related to media, in my opinion and in someone else I know, has also made it harder for boys to wait for marriage. For example waiting for marriage to have sex used to stand some purpose, now the only people who tend to save themselves for marriage are people who have some form of faith, meaning they have a reason for doing so. Now days it has almost become a challenge for boys to lose their virginity as early as they can, they don’t see how special it should be. In my opinion this is because of how easy it is to watch things like pornography. I admire people who are determined to save themselves for that one special person, especially if they are a boy, because of the added pressure they are put upon them. This boy I know has decided that this is what he is doing, but says things like pornography makes it harder. I totally agree that there are things nowadays that put so much pressure on teenagers to have sex so I admire him and anyone else who is waiting for marriage because it is a very rare thing for people to do now days and I don’t think it should be.

The pressure put upon young people nowadays to huge due to media and I don’t think it is fair for anyone to lose their virginity before they are ready, because if they are not, it will not be worth remembering. I’m not saying everyone should wait for marriage, but I don’t think people realise how young they are, until they really think back on what they have done when they were younger.