cause kids is crazy.

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Underage sex tied to raunchy music

Study suggests teens who listen to explicit lyrics seem to lose their virginity sooner

CHICAGO - Teenagers whose iPods are full of music with raunchy, sexual lyrics start having sex sooner than those who prefer other songs, a study found.

Whether it's pop, rock, hip-hop or rap, much of popular music aimed at teens contains sexual overtones. Its influence on their behavior 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 behavior than those where sexual references are more veiled and relationships appear more committed, the 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 were teens who 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. in Pittsburgh.

Making risky decisions
"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 1,461 participants ages 12 to 17, appears in the August issue of Pediatrics, being released today.

Most participants were virgins when they were first questioned in 2001. Follow-up interviews were done in 2002 and 2004 to see if music choice had influenced subsequent behavior.

Natasha Ramsey, a 17-year-old from New Brunswick, N.J., said she and other teens sometimes listen to sexually explicit songs because they like the beat.

"I won't really realize that the person is talking about having sex or raping a girl," said Ramsey, a teen editor for Sexetc.org, a teen sexual health Web site produced at Rutgers University. Even so, the message "is being beaten into the teens' heads," she said.

No comment from industry
The Recording Industry Association of America, which represents the U.S. recording industry, declined to comment on the findings.

Benjamin Chavis, chief executive officer of the Hip-Hip Summit Action Network, a coalition of hip-hop musicians and recording industry executives, said explicit music lyrics are a cultural expression that reflect "social and economic realities."

But Yvonne K. Fulbright, a New York sex researcher and author, said factors including peer pressure, self-esteem and home environment are probably more influential than the research suggests.

"It's a little dangerous to just pinpoint one thing. You have to look at everything that's going on in a young person's life," she said. "When somebody has a healthy sense of themselves, they don't take these lyrics too seriously."

Is the source on this "Concerned Citizens' Council" I mean, hasn't this argument been around since before Tutti-Frutti?

yeah, but never before has there been so much fine lookin jailbait.

*insert picture of Dakota Fanning, here*

Uh, of course they never stopped to think that maybe pervs like pervy music. That maybe kids with sex on their brains listen to music that reflects what's on their brains.

The same arguement goes for those poor little goth kids and Marilyn Manson haters (or whatever is in fashion for parents to hate right now). I'm sorry but the Cure never "caused me to start thinking depressing thoughts", I liked them in High School because they matched how I was feeling at the time.

Duh!

You go, girl.

Creepy people do creepy things. Externalities are all scapegoats.

WELLLLCOME TO THE FUCK SHOP!

I know a place just down there two streets.
Baby, they'll ask you no questions and give you clean sheets!
(gong noise)
[Luke]:WELCOME TO THE FUCK SHO-O-O-OP!
Verse 1: [Fresh Kid Ice]
There's only one place where we can go
Where the price is right just to fuck a ho
It's always popular with the girls and the guys
'Cause for all my money, it's the best buy
Ten dollars, two hours is the time of the stay
It's more than enough time to slay
Each room has a bed and also a sink
So you can wash your dick after fucking the pink
But be careful of the things that you use'
Cause you can get arrested for sex abuse
So as you hit the door and the panties drop,
Whole lot of suckin' and fuckin' at the Fuck Shop!
Verse 2: [Brother Marquis]
Please come inside, make yourself at home
I want to fuck, 'cause my dick's on bone
You little whore behind closed doors
You would drink my cum and nothing more
Now spread your wings open for the flight
Let me fill you up with something milky and white
'Cause I'm hopin' to slay you, rough and painful
You innocent bitch, don't be shameful
Bring out the ice cubes and the hot water
This is the second half, and not the second quarter
I'll fuck you 'till you sleep; you'll sleep like a baby
And in your dreams, you'll say I'm crazy
In the Fuck Shop!
[Luke] (squeaky voice): YOU'RE IN THE FUCK SHOP, BABEEEE!I WANNA SEE YOU FREAK!!
Verse 3: [Luke]
In the Fuck Shop! That's where it's at!
In the Fuck Shop! The place to splak!
In the Fuck Shop! Where all the boys go!
In the Fuck Shop! Fuckin' all the hoes!
(gong noise)
[Luke]: THANK YOU FOR FUCKIN' AT THE FUCK SHO-O-O-OP!!

Well obviously the nerd girls that are listening to Streisand are going to have sex later, because they are nerdy.

awesome song.

Hip-hop OR rap? Maybe I'm just an old fart here, but I've always considered them the same. Some enlightenment, anyone?