Essay On Media Influence On Sex Education

One of the biggest problems health experts face today is the growing rate of STDs and unwanted pregnancies. This has become one of the largest health concerns in the United States, especially among young adults and college students. Many college students are not educated enough about the risks associated with contracting STDs, and are not knowledgeable about general healthy sexual practices. In addition, other influences such as the types of media college students engage in could aid to these growing rates. This study specifically aims to examine if media such as TV shows could possibly influence college students’ attitudes and beliefs towards using contraceptive methods. The media plays a big role in distributing information about sex, STDs, pregnancies, and preventative methods through various vehicles. Therefore, it is crucial to identify some of the reasons why TV shows could be a possible influence such as the type of TV show genre college students engage in the most, how much time they …show more content…
Currently, there are numerous advertisements about smoking, drug use, and eating disorders. However, there are very few health campaigns about sexual health. This is most likely due to the stereotypical associations that go along with discussing sex, and how the American culture portrays talking about sex. Sex in the United States is not an open and inviting topic among the American culture. This causes problems because young adults don’t have the resources they need to become educated on sexual health. Colleges and Universities can do a lot to improve this problem by creating health campaigns focused on sexual health. This would increase the students’ view of the importance of the topic, and may even find the topic relevant to their own lives. Making them aware of the information may not only be resourceful to them, but help their peers as