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Real-life results of TV sex.(Indicators)(Television)(Brief Article)
Teenagers are much more likely to have sexual relations as the amount of television they watch increases, reports a study by RAND and University of California researchers published in the September 2004 issue of Pediatrics. Today, sexual innuendoes and depictions are present in two thirds of all television shows outside of news and sports, and this saturation is even heavier in programs aimed at teens. By watching an average of three hours of TV daily, teens are clearly hurried into sexual experimentation, the researchers find. TV seems to "create the illusion that sex is more central to daily life than it truly is," report the investigators. The result is earlier and ...
- Collins, R.L., Elliot, M.N., Berry, S.H. et al. (2004). Watching sex on...
- Magazine article from: The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality McKay, Alexander March 22, 2004 700+ words
...Berry, S.H. et al. (2004). Watching sex on television predicts adolescent initiation...youths in the 90th percentile of TV sex viewing had a predicted probability of...discussion, Collins et al. note that while "Watching sex on TV predicts and may hasten adolescent...
- VIEWERS MOAN AT TV SEX GLUT; Complaints soar by 60 per cent.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Hardaker, Paul July 14, 1999 700+ words
COMPLAINTS about TV sex have soared by 60 per cent over the last year, a report revealed...some sex on TV. It said: "People are ready to admit they enjoy watching sex on TV but that does not mean that they wish to see it on the hour...
- TV sex OK if in clean underwear.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) Methven, Nicola August 28, 1999 700+ words
...underwear". Sixty-four per cent said they were happy watching sex on TV, with 33 per cent voicing disapproval. Nick Elliot...viewers don't like sex. "My belief is viewers do like watching sex in drama - if shown in a fair and honest way and in the context...
- Viewers back TV sex scenes.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) August 28, 1999 700+ words
...of explicit sex scenes on TV, according to a survey for the ITV network. The poll found 64 per cent of people were happy watching sex, with 33 per cent voicing disapproval. But those in favour said the actors involved had to be "romantic, with clean underwear...
- 66% OF KIDS THINK THERE IS TOO MUCH TV SEX.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) November 11, 2003 700+ words
...s advice on sex. Only 34 per cent rated fathers as a good source of knowledge. But more - 73 per cent - felt awkward watching sex on TV with their mothers than with their fathers - 65 per cent. There was criticism of heavy-handed moral messages on...
- TV SEX ON RISE, BUT SAFETY FIRST.(News)(Statistical Data Included)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) February 5, 2003 700+ words
...shows among teenage viewers: 20 percent of those programs included implied or depicted intercourse. The foundation's initial TV sex study, released in 1999, found that 7 percent of shows overall included intercourse; previous studies did not detail figures...
- TV SEX SUCH A TURN-OFF.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) Atkinson, Steve June 7, 1999 700+ words
TV sex is outraging more and more Britons. Thirty eight per cent of viewers now think there is too much of it, a six per cent rise on...
- Watching `Sex' no longer is a guilty pleasure.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Gray, Ellen August 9, 2001 700+ words
...January), I'm realizing that some of those very questions have been addressed and that I no longer feel guilty about watching "Sex and the City." Where once Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) was the only one of the main characters I could imagine spending any...
