mass media and attitudes towards sex

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mass media and attitudes towards sex
Choice Total Percent
1. Do you think that the media has affected your views on sex and sexuality. Y N
Comments:
   
Total Number of Comments1 
  • (279008) - yes
2. Are you or have you been in the past, sexually active? Y N    
   Yes 1 100%
   No 0 0%
Total Number of Choices1 
3. Does your religion or religious beliefs keep you from being sexually active? Y N
Comments:
   
Total Number of Comments1 
  • (279008) - yes, at least it used to
4. Did your parents have any bearing on your decision to have or not have sex?    
Total Number of Comments1 
  • (279008) - they wereon eof the big factors in me wanting traditional marriage
5. 5.What is your age?    
Total Number of Comments1 
  • (279008) - 25
6. 6.Are you married?    
Total Number of Comments1 
  • (279008) - separated
7. What is your religious branch and status? (ex. Methodist, Catholic, atheist) and currently active, practice on my own, sometimes active or not active.    
Total Number of Comments1 
  • (279008) - protestant, practice on my own
8. Do you think that sex outside of marriage is acceptable?    
Total Number of Comments1 
  • (279008) - yes
9. At what age do you think that sex is acceptable and under which circumstances?    
Total Number of Comments1 
  • (279008) - when someone truly is ready, not just think they're ready because the;ve been pushed into it.
10. Do you think that movies and tv shows like Juno or the new 90210 are wrong for showing teenage pregnancy?    
   Yes 0 0%
   No 1 100%
Total Number of Choices1 
11. Do you feel that television and movies accurately show teen pregnancy as reality, or is the issue under publicized, or blown out of proportion in your opinion?    
Total Number of Comments1 
  • (279008) - I think that it is a reality, because pregnancy is becoming more common place in high school, there isn't such a huge stigma that goes with it anymore, not like it used to.
12. Do you feel that the sexual activity level amongst unmarried people in television and movies has made you feel differently about having sexual intercourse before marriage or out of a stable adult relationship?    
Total Number of Comments1 
  • (279008) - yes, it feels more commonplace more natural. Everyone is doing it on tv good people bad people. So tv makes it seem like sex is ok, don't worry about it, everyone is doing it. You don't have to but it's ok if you want to.
13. Do you think peer pressure has affected your choice to become sexually active before you were ready?    
Total Number of Comments1 
  • (279008) - yes
14. Do you think tv, movies or the media in general has affected your decision to become sexually active before you were ready?    
   Yes 1 100%
   No 0 0%
Total Number of Choices1 
15. Do you think that society in general has made it easier to become sexually active before you were ready?    
   Yes 1 100%
   No 0 0%
Total Number of Choices1 
16. What is your biggest reason for becoming sexually active or staying celibate, and why?
(ex. Boy/girl friend asked/pressured me, I wanted to, against my religion, so many people were doing it I thought it was ok)
   
Total Number of Comments1 
  • (279008) - I was raped by a boyfriend and because society makes it so easy to have guilt free sex I said hey I'm not a virgin anymore, I am going to have fun and give in to desire.