Oooh la la, this blog entry will be about body image and the most taboo of topics-SEX!
Why is most if not all of American culture so concerned with body image? Huh?
I mean, Hollywood has this image that everyone should be size 0 for females, which causes people to turn to eating disorders, whether it's bulimic or anorexic. They turn to plastic surgery-Botox, liposuction, breast implants & lip enhancement-makes them look fake. Why can't they age naturally? People also want to look perfect-exercising in a gym (IMHO, gyms aren't beneficiary b/c nobody gets fresh air; they just stay inside exercising. Granted they lose calories. But don't exercise machines run on electricity? So I thought we trying to save the planet, not ourselves. If you need exercise and wanna save the planet, go to the great outdoors and take a hike (I mean esercise-wise, not get lost) or take a walk or go for a jog in the park. In short, you can just commune with nature.
sex, Sex, SEX!!! All the TV shows I watch lately.... and all the 80s and 90s movies had a theme: sex! Kids who watched those movies condone those actions they see on TV and movies b/c the actors/actresses are their 'role models.' Some 'role models.' Isn't a role model supposedly set a good example, not a bad one? Movies from the 80s and 90s show kids not only into sex but also high (on life!) and on drugs. Remember the Ashton Kutcher movie Dude, Where's My Car? and Dazed and Confused among others. Now life imitate art b/c a lot of celebs are totally into drugs w/ no consequences of their actions. They've lot of stoner movies lately. Remember the scandals of Kate Moss and Amy Winehouse? Young Hollywood are the kids' idols, which they shouldn't be b/c they set a bad example. The celebs doing drugs make it okay for our kids to do drugs, get high, act stupid. Acting stupid may include losing your virginity w/o knowing what you're doing because the liquor or drugs are controlling you.
A lot of teen shows (excluding Disney Channel) I watch are about sex:getting laid, getting drunk, getting hung over. Why the focus on teen sex? There is rise in teen pregnancies, as a result of teen sex. In the teen dramedy, Secret Life of American Teenager, at the beginning of the show, one girl is a slut (why is it when a girl sleeps around they're called a slut, whore, or easy or other derogatory names, but when a boy sleeps around it is okay? So much for equality.), another guy got another girl pregnant, but she doesn't even like him; it was only a one-night stand. There's also a Christian girl who is tempted by sex. First it starts with kissing, then it ends up in sex. The kids are not the only ones w/ problems: the parents have their own problems. which include infidelity and mayhem. (okay, maybe not mayhem but infidelity for sure)
Why is sex besides violence a major theme in the mass media?
Maybe it shows how much one love each other
Or deceive each other (infidelity, not telling the person they're with that they have STDs)
Most people don't do sex for love although I believe it should be reserved for love
Some people do it because of peer pressure
Or because of the need to do it for money (ie.:prostitution)
People should never misuse sex-it's a dangerous weapon
It should only be used in the name of love
Love forever and evermore
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