Scanning the web for Monday's news, this WashPost headline certainly caught my eye!
Study First to Link TV Sex To Real Teen Pregnancies
Of course one can suspect such things, but statistics leave a much more powerful impression. Here's the lede:
By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, November 3, 2008; Page A01
Teenagers who watch a lot of television featuring flirting, necking, discussion of sex and sex scenes are much more likely than their peers to get pregnant or get a partner pregnant, according to the first study to directly link steamy programming to teen pregnancy.
The study, which tracked more than 700 12-to-17-year-olds for three years, found that those who viewed the most sexual content on TV were about twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy as those who saw the least.
"Watching this kind of sexual content on television is a powerful factor in increasing the likelihood of a teen pregnancy," said lead researcher Anita Chandra. "We found a strong association." The study is being published today in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
All I can add is: Wow.
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