Speech On The Influences Of The Media On Teens Sexual Decisions

Sexual Decisions by Media
By Brandon Nandalall

Almost everywhere you look and hear nowadays is always something sexual. Music,
Television, Commercials, and most definitely the Internet. We as teenagers are busy trying to fit ourselves in with what society wants us to be. So we buy a specific brand of clothing, rock a certain type of hairstyle, and listen to certain type of music. I hear friends talk all the time about their experiences in life. But, one conversation i’ve had with some friends of mine a while back got me thinking. One of my friends. Let's name my friends Brenda and Jessica, they were talking to each other about their relationships. Brenda told Jessica she already had sex and she asked
Jessica if she did. I kid you not her response was “Not yet but might as well, everyone around me is. This got me thinking, there are so many different factors in this situation that happened in daily life that we barely notice it because its such a normal thing to see. Like one time I was on Facebook scrolling through my news feed when a link popped up. It said “Kim Kardashian
Sex Tape” and It was also on the news. The fact that this was not surprising me to see this kind of stuff just proved how desensitized I was from seeing things like that on a normal basis. Even in commercials like an Arby's commercial I once saw on T.V. (Before they banned it) it was of
Kate Upton eating a burger in the most sensual way. Now keep in mind I was with my little cousins at the time and this came on the T.V. Our generation is seeing and hearing these sexually explicit messages from all over. Especially in music nowadays, I never liked this music but one day I heard a song and the lyrics were just appalling. Kids younger than us in elementary school singing and “twerking” to this on the bus. Kids younger than us are engaging in sexual acts some of us haven't even thought about doing. On Instagram some females are more worried about how much followers or likes they get on a picture so they pose like the famous celebrities due and show off their body in hopes of being known. Media does more to us then change our views on sexual decisions, but on our lives. We want to be cool and match the crowd so we do these things to gain acceptance from others. I hoped you enjoyed my speech and found it of use. Thank you.