FREE ESSAY ON SEXUAL PRESSURES

SEXUAL PRESSURES

sexual pressures 
The media is just one of the factors responsible for the increase in teen sexuality.
Throughout a humans adolescents years they are subject to a number of sexual pressures.
Through research I have found that peers are among the most influential. An adolescent is
not limited to peer pressure though. They face pressures from the media as well. I
believe that media pressure is just a influential as peer pressure. There is also other
pressure, from people such as older friends, parents, and just adults in general. Peers
is a term that can be defined as friends. I have found that many teens have friends that
are athletes. In high schools, boy athletes outscore all of the other boys with the
girls(Elias 1). On the other hand , girls on sports teams are much less sexually active
than other females who do not play sports(Elias 1). This shows that male athletes are far
more pressuring each other on the issue of sexuality. So for males who are into sports
they are subjected to a host of pressures and can as a result do things they would not
normally do. On the contrary, I found that females who do sports are far less pressured
and influenced about sex. In fact they are far less likely to be sexually active than
teen females who do not participate in sports. I believe that all teens in general should
know the results of being a sexually active teen. There are many consequences of being
sexually active, one of the major one being sexually transmitted diseases. A sexually
transmitted disease might not sound so bad but, some can cause sterility and even worse ,
death. Even when condoms are used, a STD can still be transmitted. Depending on the type
of std they can or can not be cured. A few diseases that can not be cured include herpes,
HPV, And HIV, which later turns into the virus AIDS. The disease HPV can cause cervical
cancer and HIV results in a long, painful death. Almost a third of sexually active teens
contracted a new STD within a mere six months, reported one study, even among condom
users(Terilliger 2). Once a teen has become sexually active he or she must assume new
roles. Males must think about the issue of perhaps becoming a father by accident of
intentionally. Moreover, females must think about all the consequences of having sex. No
sex happens to be the safest form of sexual activity. It is not hard for a condom to
break of for birth control pills to be forgotten once or twice during a cycle to cause a
pregnancy. In addition, once a female becomes pregnant there are few options she can
explore. In a like manner, adults are an impact on a teens sexuality. Most teens look up
to an adult and admire them. Likewise, they want to try to be like there idol. This is
why an adult can have a profound impact on a teen trying to cope with the pressures of
sexuality. That is why all adults in all classes of society should watch what they do or
say in relation to teens. For example, The President of the United States was adulterous
and lied about it. We as society say so what? when the accusations surfaced at
first(Kavanagh 13). In the same fashion, the media plays a huge part of sexual pressures
exerted on a teen. One way being television. Television at the present time is full of
vulgarness and sex. As far as prime time television is concerned is safer to watch old re
runs of the Lucy Show and the Cosby Show. they ere from an era where sex was not such a
prime time staple(Riley 186). This show how much society has changed concerning sex. In
the old times sex was not a way to get better ratings like it is today. Similarly, music
has an impact on an adolescents sexuality. Rap lyrics at the current time are full of
obscenities and words concerning sex. In the rapper Eminem's song Role Model , he says,
Im going to rape her and leave her, once I get near her(mathers 1). When the media says
these kind of things teens are lead to believe that this type of behavior is normal and
should not be digressed. Every teen listens to some kind of music with obscenities and
vulgarness, so all are subjected to these kind of musical lyrics. Many teens even idolize
musical artists, so they would intern try to be like what they think the artist actually
does. Even though most lyrics are just lyrics and are not intentionally made to mislead
teens or anyone. In conclusion, I have found that the media is one of the factors
concerning teen sexuality. Furthermore, peers are another huge impact on a teens
sexuality. In addition, there where also pressures from adults. through this I search
paper I have found out a lot of interesting concepts concerning what a teen is pressured
by sexually, during the growing years. It was one of the most informative researches I
ever did.