Influence of Peer Pressure on Teenage Sexual Behaviour

Influence of Peer Pressure on Teenage Sexual behaviourResearch ProposalIntroductionThe budding of a child from the sinlessness of childhood to the maturity of an adult fag be a abstruse phase for many. An strategic factor that plays a very signifi can buoyt use of goods and services by means ofout a persons life is their genderual air. After the mass commercialization of every product imaginable and available to consumers through publish advertisements or TV advertisements, the idea of charge is being marketed to these raw children almost on a daily basis. This influence is not only limited to print or TV but the internet has similarly started playing an important role in being a medium which provides rise to power to adolescentrs and rude(a)fangled adults to explicit content. Responsible adults of the society and the G everyplacenment should make sure that those modify by knowledgeable harassment ar given proper renewal facilities (Gilgun, n.d) and that perpetrato rs who drive home committed such(prenominal) heinous crimes ar punished.Statement of riddleMany young adults compose sex offenders as they grow up and some f on the whole victim to prey manage sex addiction. as well, collectable to film to explicit content on porn sites and some other wrong material on the web these juveniles fall prey to blackmailers, sex offenders, rapists and manipulators. In girls, this could lead to unwanted pregnancy.Purpose of the removeThe purpose of labor this study is to predict familiar style in teenagers repayable to the kind of exposure they get from experiencing peer pressure about sex at instill to movies and internet that are all filled with subtle messages about sex and how wonderful it is when the consequences of their actions are not heretofore fully clear to the teenagers undertaking this activity and how it violations their life ahead and also to explore what rehabilitation and recuperation facilities may be provided to teena gers who have being harassed.HypothesisThe relationship between the exposure to sex fixd content and cozy habits of teenagers is positive and correlated.Methods and ProceduresThe regularity used in this study was to conduct some literature inspection on the topic and also gather responses through teenagers and young adults through a small survey. The questions posed to them constituted of topics ranging from the influence of the media to any individualized experiences they might have encountered. Also, peer pressure was an important factor include to see the effects of how many teenagers engage in sex to enclothe in or submit to their peers demands.Variables usedThe variables used in this questionnaire were teenagers and young adults who answered the questionnaires on the topic of how they think intimately explicit content or subtle hints at selling sex to youngsters through advertisements, movies, TV shows and even billboards. most impromptu personal interviews were also tel l apartn to see if batch are biased in their opinion when communicating spontaneously vs. if they are given much time to choose and think their options.Limitations and delimitationsThe limitation in this study comes out in the form of bias. The respondents in order to not let the interviewer or survey taker make judgments about them or relate the responses to their experiences subconsciously may give well thought out or morally fair answers rather than what they actually believe or think. Also since the scope of the study is limited to predicting sexual demeanour in teenagers, factors such as puberty, violence, infatuation and internet play a stronger role in eliciting responses and decisions rather than rationality.Significance of the studyThe significance of this study is that it will patron point out the factors which can help us understand teenage psychology and miens better in order make policies or take collective community action to protect our children and rehabilitate and bring abide to life those who have suffered.ReferencesAbstractPredictions about Teen Sexual portWhen children grow up to step into the adult phase of their lives they are set about with perhaps the most difficult situations in their lives. They are presented with new ideas, new peers, social and peer pressure and their introduction to puberty. A lot of teenagers heart the emotions of infatuation, obsession, becoming cool and doing something that would establish their reputation in front of their friends. In this age of media and mass commercialization, teenagers are exposed to sex in all forms available. It is seen in movies, TV channels, TV shows, internet, music industry and even cartoons like Simpsons where sexual references are not uncommon.It is surprising to see that while 58% of girls studying in 8th to 11th grade have face some sort of sexual harassment occasionally or in some cases almost daily boys are also being keep down to sexual harassment (Carney, 2007). The reason for such outcomes or trend seen in recent long time can be the extreme exposure to sex in our culture especially to kids at an inappropriate age. This incompatibility can confuse these children who are in the process of becoming mature and squeeze their perceptions of sexual behavior and hinder their shape and wellnessy development process. motion-picture show to explicit content can be in the form of optic content such as is common on billboards, TV, cartoons and internet. It can also be of verbal content. A child whose parents curse and swear or use sexually explicit language and exhibit violent behavior towards each other or the society at large is motion to take the impact of such exposure and replicate such behavior when he/she grows up to be a teenager and later in their life.Perhaps, the greatest impact is of personal experience in predicting the sexual behavior of teenagers and that is usually when a person has been subject to incest or any other form of sexual and physical harassment. Such an individual becomes bitter and mutinous towards the society and takes revenge by doing those very actions and deriving satisfaction from the fuss inflicted on others as a compensation for their suffering.A recent explore has linked the race, age and weight of adolescents to their sexual behaviors in case of girls. Some interesting decisions that came in spotlight included but are not restricted to the fact that over weight and sexually active girls and underweight girls do not practice safe sex. Latino girls were most in all probability to engage in risky sexual behavior including having greater than quatern partners, not practicing safe sex and rampant use of alcohol (Nauert, 2009)This finding indicates that as opposed to generalizing all teenagers exhibiting rogue sexual appetites sexual behavior in teenagers can greatly differ based on their geographic location, their environment, age and even gender. Important findings that help predict tee nage sexual behavior include that, teenagers who watch sexually explicit content more often than their counterparts are likely to engage and initiate sexual converse in the beginning (Collins et al., 2004) (Also see Exhibit 1) Furthermore, the impact of verbal reference to sexual activities is the same as visual impact in teenagers leading them to become sexually active at an earlier stage in their adolescence. However, it is despotic to know that if teens are shown movies or educated about the practices of disadvantages of having sex earlier or without safe practices it can put a positive impact and create awareness among them and influence their sexual behavior.Recently, the internet has proved to be yet another medium through which teenagers who are still in the phase of development and are excited by puberty and the divers(a) opportunities to socialize and go to parties, meet new partners and become equal to their peers is present, the access to sexually explicit content suc h as images, videos, pornography and the up-to-the-minute addition to the list social networking websites present a great peril of eliciting harmful sexual behavior. In a recent study it was nominate that those teenagers who use the internet and social networking websites were subject to online sexual harassment such as unwanted requests to converse about sex, provide personal information, sexual solicitation or requests to do something sexual. 33% reported online harassment including the highest comp singlent on instant messaging (43%) and chat rooms (32%). (Ybarra Mitchell, 2008) Such consequences have made internet a bane in some cases kinda of a boon with negative impacts on not only the kind health but physical development of a child as more and more people suffer from complex about their bodies and abilities due to sexual references and discrimination.Sex at an early age for some can be damaging to moral and ethical values along with inflicting mental puzzles. About 3 million teenagers contract a sexually genic disease such as Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and even AIDS. Most agree that teenagers pitch to be reckless in their behavior, and unprotected sex is just one of a host of risky behaviors in which they engage. But even for those who are always careful, accidents can happen and contraceptives can fail. Moreover, some teenagers are secondhand or coerced into having sex and thus have little control over contraception (cited in Besharov Gardiner, n.d)As exhibit 2 portrays that those engage in sex and risky behavior include marijuana, drugs and alcohol that further adds to the problem of active sex drive in teenagers.Feral children like jinni who have had no contact with the outside world for 13 years of their life and confined to a solitary room where no audile signals or visual signals could reach rendered this child completely different from normal teenagers. Genie could not stand erect and unable to even fade effectively with words. She was f ed baby food, cereals and eggs to keep her alive. (Curtiss, 1977) This kind of treatment rendered her completely isolated from other human beings where she was unable to communicate or understand normal human emotions or any sort of sexual desires or tendencies. Another important factor which has influenced sexual behavior in teenagers is music. According to a research article published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, April 2009, Brian Primack made the statement that in a sample distribution of adolescents listening to lyrics of a song that feature sexually explicit lyrics the mark to engage in pre-coital activities and sexual intercourse was higher. This finding is a cause of concern and demands educational intervention because such activities by female teenagers which pull up stakes in teenage pregnancies are a matter of public health concern.ReferencesExhibits certify 1TV exposure and Contribution To Initiating SexEXHIBIT 2Early Sex and Risk Taking Behaviors