Did you know that 71.5% of all statistics are made up? That would be helpful information while deciphering the daily news paper and its rallying cry against teens as the moral corrupters of society. These teens did not grow up in a vacuum in which they had no one to influence them, there are people older than them who they look up to and imitate. If we want to look for someone to blame for this "corrupted youth" we don't have to look very far. What makes it into the news papers? Violence, Sex, and Crime. Who are these kids looking up to for their moral standards? In the 90's we had a president who was accused of having extra-marital sex with his secretary, and then lied about it. The biggest trial of the 90's was OJ Simpson and whether or not he killed his wife. We have TV showes like The Girls Next Door all about Hugh Hefner and his three busty girlfriends who are dumber than my 4 year old sister. Other showes include Flavor of Love, Rock of Love, Victoria's Secrets Lingerie Show, Law and Order SVU, etc... I could go on for an entire blog about the showes that promote Sex and show violence and sometimes show violent acts of sex.
The media has brought this upon us, Sex and Violence sell, and both are everywhere, what are we going to do about it? The best thing we can do is Education, but who doesn't like Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Edition? Commies, thats who.
I was deeply disturbed by the child "beauty" pageant article. The saddest thing is that, this isn't the only area where little kids are pressured into something by their parents. All around the world parents are trying to live their dreams out through their kids and most of the time the kids can not tell it is happening.
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I am in complete agreement with you on this, the issue in television is something that I considered basing my own blog about, but instead I focused on media bias and scare tactics. However you are right on with this as the focus on television these days has become more and more corrupt and simply lazy on the behalf of corporations that we simply get a rehash of other shows with the new ones, with the focus still being on sex and violence. This is having a terrible impact on youth today as there is almost nothing out there without these influences, and the stuff that does not is either terrible and nearly unwatchable and otherwise it comes off as pushy. I feel that there needs to be a reexamination of who TV networks advertise their audience to, seeing the impressionable nature of adolescents. But once again you are right on with the fact that this is what gets ratings and what people enjoy to watch, but what does this say about society in general?
ReplyDeleteI agree with you completely. My father likes to say "we reap what we sow". This, to me, is exactly what you and I and many others are saying. People who lack moral conviction and decency are the same people whi see nothing wrong with this. Of course adults can watch these shows, because thewy are adults. But most teenagers are not fully mentally developed and that is why they tend to make terrible decisions. I am not condoning complete censorship but I do belive we have a responsibility to reflect on what we are showing and the relationship between that and what is happening around us.
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