And sex for dessert..

 

Study Says There Is More Sex on TV

JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press Writer

 

 

 

WASHINGTON - Television these days is loaded with sex, sex, sex — double the number of sex scenes aired seven years ago, says a study out Wednesday. And the number of shows that include "safer sex" messages has leveled off, it said.

 

There were nearly 3,800 scenes with sexual content spotted in more than 1,100 shows researchers studied, up from about 1,900 such scenes in 1998, the first year of the Kaiser Family Foundation survey.

 

Vicky Rideout, a vice president at Kaiser, says the number of shows that included a message about the risks and responsibilities of sex is still very small, and has remained flat since 2002.

 

About 14 percent of the shows with sexual content also had discussions of contraception, waiting to having sex or other "safer sex" messages. While that figure is about the same as it was in the last study, it's still up from 9 percent in 1998, and Rideout says that's encouraging.

 

Writers and producers are "seeing they can do it in a way that is entertaining, that doesn't cost them anything in the ratings ... and we know from research we've done that it makes a real difference to the kids in the audience," she said.

 

The study examined a sample of a week's worth of programming on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, WB, PBS, Lifetime, TNT, USA Network and HBO. Sexual content, as defined in the study, could be anything from discussions about sex to scenes involving everything from kissing to intercourse.

 

The study found that 70 percent of all shows included some sexual content, averaging about five sex scenes per hour. That's up from about three scenes per hour in 1998, and from nearly 4.5 scenes an hour three years ago.

 

The proportion of shows with sexual content in prime-time on the major broadcast networks — ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox — also increased, the study said. Nearly eight in 10 network shows, or 77 percent, included sexual content. That's up from 67 percent in 1998 and 71 percent in 2002.

 

Media watchdog groups say there's way too much sex on television during the hours that kids may be watching.

 

"Kids who have repeated exposure to sexual content become sexually active at an earlier age. The research is absolutely there," said Tim Winter, executive director of the Parents Television Council.

 

But an advocacy group funded in part by the entertainment industry says the V-chip and other tools can help parents screen the shows their kids watch.

 

"Some activists will only see another opportunity to push government as parent, but parents make the best decisions about what is appropriate for their family to watch and have the tools to enforce those decisions," said Jim Dyke, executive director of TV Watch.

 

Teens watch an average of three hours of TV a day, according to Kaiser.

 

The examples of sexual content cited in the study ranged from discussions of sex on the WB's "Gilmore Girls" and "Jack & Bobby" to depictions of oral sex on NBC's "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" and sexual intercourse on Fox's "The O.C."

 

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a philanthropic group that studies health care, including reproductive and AIDS-related issues. It is not affiliated with the Kaiser medical organization.

I love how the government/society is so concerned about sex and bad language....maybe they should worry about crime and drugs.

Just seeing the Topic Starter as Steff and the subject being "I'd like some sex, with a side of sex.." kinda made me think...You go girl!!

gilmore girls f***in rocks...

Because all of the world's other problems are already solved...

Just seeing the Topic Starter as Steff and the subject being "I'd like some sex, with a side of sex.."  kinda made me think...You go girl!! 

 

And she's "doable" too.

I love how the government/society is so concerned about sex and bad language....maybe they should worry about crime and drugs.

 

Really, the government just needs to remember that boobs don't kill people, people with boobs kill people.

The study examined a sample of a week's worth of programming on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, WB, PBS, Lifetime, TNT, USA Network and HBO. Sexual content, as defined in the study, could be anything from discussions about sex to scenes involving everything from kissing to intercourse.

 

When did kissing and sex become the same thing?

 

The examples of sexual content cited in the study ranged from discussions of sex on the WB's "Gilmore Girls" and "Jack & Bobby" to depictions of oral sex on NBC's "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" and sexual intercourse on Fox's "The O.C."

 

Maybe it's because all three of my kids are under 10 but not a single one of them have any interest in any of those shows...

I really wish they would keep Friends off TV until MUCH later at night. I never realised the content on that show until I was sitting there watching it, and my daughter was in the room. She was 7 at the time, and man, that was uncomfortable. It's no longer on the TV in our house as long as she is around. That show was pretty damn vulgar.

I'm thrilled that there is more sex on TV.

 

Maybe when they double the amount that there is right now, it will come close to equalling the amount of violence that is on TV.

With the advent of thin, flat screen TV's, sex on TV is becoming more difficult to manage.

With the advent of thin, flat screen TV's, sex on TV is becoming more difficult to manage.

hahaha

Just seeing the Topic Starter as Steff and the subject being "I'd like some sex, with a side of sex.."  kinda made me think...You go girl!! 

 

It kinda made me think ... C'mere!

Generally, parents get more upset about their kids watching a man kiss a woman's breast than they do about their kids watching a man stab or shoot a woman's breast.