some more about the music...

this is an interesting article i found on the net, that refers to our previous discussions...

Teenagers whose music players are full of music with raunchy, sexual lyrics
start having sex sooner than those who prefer other songs, a study has found.
Whether it's hip-hop, rap, pop or rock, much of popular music aimed at teens
contains sexual overtones. Its influence on their behaviour appears to depend on
how the sex is portrayed, researchers found.

Songs depicting men as
"sex-driven studs," women as sex objects and with explicit references to sex
acts are more likely to trigger early sexual behaviour than those where sexual
references are more veiled and relationships appear more committed, the US-based
Rand Corporation study found. Teens who said they listened to lots of music with
degrading sexual messages were almost twice as likely to start having
intercourse or other sexual activities within the following two years as other
teens who listened to little or no sexually degrading music.

Among heavy
listeners, 51 per cent started having sex within two years, versus 29 per cent
of those who said they listened to little or no sexually degrading music.

Exposure to lots of sexually degrading music "gives them a specific
message about sex," said lead author Steven Martino, a researcher for the
corporation in Pittsburgh. Boys learn they should be relentless in pursuit of
women and girls learn to view themselves as sex objects, he said. "We think that
really lowers kids' inhibitions and makes them less thoughtful" about sexual
decisions and may influence them to make decisions they regret, he said.

The study, based on telephone interviews with 1461 participants aged 12
to 17, appears in the August issue of Pediatrics.

[Posted by
theage.com.au 8 August 2006 Copyright 2006 The Age Company Ltd. Read the full
article at http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/08/07/1154802823685.html]