Hollywood & Children

Watching sex scenes in Hollywood films can make children more promiscuous and sexually active from a younger age, a new study has suggested.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9407978/Teenagers-can-be-corrupted-by-Hollywood-sex-scenes.html

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“Exposure to sexual content in movies leads teenagers to have sex earlier and to participate in riskier sexual behavior, a[nother] study has confirmed…”

http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=38476

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Cartoons Filled with Adult Content

http://www.citizenlink.com/2011/08/25/cartoons-filled-with-adult-content/

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“In their report, the commission wrote that aside from being sources of imitation, violent images — such as scenes in movies… act as triggers for activating aggressive thoughts and feelings already stored in memory. If these aggressive thoughts and feelings are activated over and over again because of repeated exposure to media violence, they become chronically accessible, and thus more likely to influence behavior.”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120827130728.htm

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Profanity in TV and Video Games Linked to Teen Aggression

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111017092231.htm

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Reality TV Creating Mean Girls?

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/the-five/index.html#/v/1225244232001/?test=faces

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Politically potent Hollywood escapes heavy scrutiny in wake of shooting

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/21/violent-movies-avoid-scrutiny-following-mass-shootings/

[ASND reminds readers, though, that Hollywood is only “politically potent” with one America’s two major political parties.]

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