There is no lack of sexual activity of unmarried people portrayed in the movies coming out of Hollywood these days.
And not surprisingly, however, rarely does a single film depicts its characters as having to live with the real and very often negative consequences of their casual sexual encounters.
A recent study conducted by the Institute for Child Health Research of Children’s Hospital in West Meade, Australia, did a survey of the top 200movies of all time based on box office profits. Of those, the Institute eliminated movies that were animated, released before the emergence of AIDS — for the study they chose 1983 — and rated “G” or “PG.”
Out of the 87 remaining films, over half contained explicit or implied sexual episodes between underage and or unmarried people. Additionally In those scenes, only one made reference to any form of birth control.
Though 98% of the sexual encounters might have resulted in unplanned pregnancy, not one these movie showed any consequence of having unprotected sex: no unwanted pregnancies, no one contracted any sexual diseases. [click to continue…]
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