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Let's Get It On (Sooner)
A study based on telephone interviews with 1,461 teens determined that youngsters who listen to sexually-explicit music get sexually explicit sex earlier than other teenagers. The causation/correlation researchers concluded that sexy music encourages sexy behavior.
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 behavior than those where sexual references are more veiled and relationships appear more committed, the study found.
Among heavy listeners, 51 percent started having sex within two years, versus 29 percent 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 Rand Corp.
We'd be curious to know which songs cause more sex than others -- also, which songs cause homosexuality, abstinence, over-eating, cow-tipping and winning the lottery.
August 9, 2006 | Permalink
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