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Sex in the Media, No Problem...
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Hey Vern Paul, sorry it took so long to get back to you, I've been pretty busy with school and a few other things lately. But yeah, thanks for approaching me on this, I'll be glad to briefly answer some questions. As a 19 yr old male do you find it hard growing up Catholic? I would say it varies in difficulty with age, but overall I would classify it as difficult. I've been Catholic since I was baptized before I was 1 yr old yet, and childhood wasn't the real problem. Up to about 13 probably I was just used to going to church every Sunday and taking part in the usual Catholic calendar events around the year. During the teenage years of my life, when one usually begins to have a social life, religion was just put on the back burner. I mean I still made my confirmation and everything at 16 but directly after that I stopped going to church. Maturity needed to take place in all aspects of my life, including the religious aspect. This I don't believe fully happened until I was 19. So now, I don't find it hard to grow up Catholic. I defend my faith whenever questioned, and yeah it happens a lot, and I have full trust in God to provide me with the situations to make the right decisions in, to make me the best Catholic I can be. The way the media is with sex do you feel the media is pressuring you to have sex? I do agree there is a lot of sex in the media, I watch a lot of movies and TV. I think that with the many morals being thrown out the window lately, the media seems to be following suit. They know that sex sells, and it sells so easily mainly because it is a weakness to humans. The greed is more important to television stations or movie producers than teaching good morals. I think that the stuff the media shows is definitely pressuring teens to have sex, but it is your own upbringing which decides your decisions. And I'm not saying be extremely strict on your children, because my parents were definitely not, but everyone has to find their own way. It's the same argument on many people wanting to ban overly-violent video games. I play them with my friends and have no intent on shooting up a school. In my opinion, it's how you are raised and past experiences that determine what path you will follow. Does the media portrayal of relationships influence you in any way to have sex? The relationships shown in the media are a problem this is true, even in music. Many times they stress a relationship to last a night or to just mess around with whoever you like. This is damaging to the audience because it is contributing to the lack of relationship strength people think they have. The divorce rate is pretty large, and according to the usual media, there is no problem with giving up and leaving someone to find someone else in the same night. But once again, this is a form of entertainment, and entertainment has been pushing the boundaries as far as they can since it became an industry. Another temptation it is as it's added to the list, but what must be recognized is that most entertainment is solely for that purpose and is considered fictional... Once again thanks, glad I could help.
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