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02/24/2009: "Sexual song lyrics linked to early sex"
Surveys were completed by 711 ninth-grade students at three large U.S. urban high schools. The participants were exposed to more than 14 hours each week of lyrics describing degrading sex. About one-third said they had previously been sexually active.
The study, scheduled to be published in the April issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, says those with the most exposure to the lyrics describing degrading sex were more than twice as likely to have had sexual intercourse, compared to those with the least exposure.
The relationship between exposure to lyrics describing degrading sex and sexual experience held equally for both young men and women.
[ As if the link was so straight-forward! What about the ("racist!") observation that the kind of kids who tend to listen to this gangsta type music just happen to be prone to early sex anyway? Or what about the possibility that since their parents presumably allow them to listen to such lyrics without censure, their parents probably are not going to advise them on the importance of being careful and discriminating in their sexual behavior? ]
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/02/24/Sexual_song_lyrics_linked_to_early_sex/UPI-82341235457952/