Explain The Challenges That Young People Face In A Sexualised Society
The Statement saying that ‘Today’s young people are facing challenges no other generation has faced in an over sexualised society’ is an interesting one. I personally believe that today our generation is faced with a sexualised society but to say that it is ‘over’ sexualised and an experience that no other generation has faced is not something I support.
Today’s generation is faced with a sexualised society but I don’t think it is a bad thing. If the generation is exposed to this sexualisation at a young age and we have parents that are there to guide us in terms of what we think of this sexualisation and how we will act on this sexualisation then I do not see the problem. For example with clothing, there is a wide variety of clothing available …show more content…
When the time comes for the parents to leave the children to make their own decisions; this is when they develop their individuality and begin to express themselves.
The exposure of sexualisation at a young age is something I don’t see as harmful. When a young child listens to a song that may tell a story about sex or relationships, they do not understand the context or the message being told....all they hear is the catchy tune and a song they can jump around to in their room. As an older teenager I listen to the songs that I loved when I was little and am gobsmacked about what they really were talking about but when I was little the words went straight in one ear and out the other
In class I noticed that my fellow class mates and I rejected the idea that we were passive victims of the sexualisation in society and I believe that we indicated that as we got older we developed a knowledge about how products such as clothing and advertisements were affecting our lives in a negative way but we were able to make a wise decision on how we would let it affect
Today’s generation is faced with a sexualised society but I don’t think it is a bad thing. If the generation is exposed to this sexualisation at a young age and we have parents that are there to guide us in terms of what we think of this sexualisation and how we will act on this sexualisation then I do not see the problem. For example with clothing, there is a wide variety of clothing available …show more content…
When the time comes for the parents to leave the children to make their own decisions; this is when they develop their individuality and begin to express themselves.
The exposure of sexualisation at a young age is something I don’t see as harmful. When a young child listens to a song that may tell a story about sex or relationships, they do not understand the context or the message being told....all they hear is the catchy tune and a song they can jump around to in their room. As an older teenager I listen to the songs that I loved when I was little and am gobsmacked about what they really were talking about but when I was little the words went straight in one ear and out the other
In class I noticed that my fellow class mates and I rejected the idea that we were passive victims of the sexualisation in society and I believe that we indicated that as we got older we developed a knowledge about how products such as clothing and advertisements were affecting our lives in a negative way but we were able to make a wise decision on how we would let it affect