Originally posted by: C3PX
Sure they are encouraging it. Seen any teen dramas lately? Ever watch the WB? The media glorifies sex and rarely mentions the consequences. By making it so appealing and casual they encourage kids to have sex, which in turn is what causes 15 year old to become pregnant. My not be directly saying to a fifteen year old, "hey go get pregnant", but it is not all that far from it.
Please give me an example of where an underaged character had sex on the CW (WB is defunct, C3PX) and has had no consequences. Pretty much any time an underaged character has sex on any TV show, they're either wracked with guilt, wind up pregnant, are tearing their lives up with drugs, are prostitutes, are rape victims, or generally have a shitty life. Give me a specific example of where underaged characters are encouraged to have sex in a consequence-free environment.
Originally posted by: ferris209
I wouldn't say they are encouraging, but their is little discouragement from certain portions of the media.
Sure they are encouraging it. Seen any teen dramas lately? Ever watch the WB? The media glorifies sex and rarely mentions the consequences. By making it so appealing and casual they encourage kids to have sex, which in turn is what causes 15 year old to become pregnant. My not be directly saying to a fifteen year old, "hey go get pregnant", but it is not all that far from it.
Please give me an example of where an underaged character had sex on the CW (WB is defunct, C3PX) and has had no consequences. Pretty much any time an underaged character has sex on any TV show, they're either wracked with guilt, wind up pregnant, are tearing their lives up with drugs, are prostitutes, are rape victims, or generally have a shitty life. Give me a specific example of where underaged characters are encouraged to have sex in a consequence-free environment.
Originally posted by: ferris209
I wouldn't say they are encouraging, but their is little discouragement from certain portions of the media.
Would you then agree that there is considerable discouragement from certain other portions of the media? If you say that certain portions of the media, while not encouraging it, are not going out of their way to discourage it, aren't other portions actively discouraging it? It seems to me that the only point of view, that of encouraging underage sex, the one that's being suggested is rampant, is actually absent.
You all are making some pretty damning accusations here, so you need to be sure of what you're saying.