The media feeds us a steady diet of sexual imagery, innuendo, and illicit coupling, and sex is used to sell everything from cars to toothpaste. Meanwhile sex is being sold down the river. As Ellen Goodman says, "(we) are a culture that defines sexy as something seen rather than something felt".
What kind of sex is the media selling? Women are portrayed as sexual objects and men as sexual opportunists; sexy is thin (but voluptuous), beautiful, and young; sex is about 'doing' rather than 'being'; sex is casual, commitment-free, and devoid of intimacy; all the beautiful people are 'doing it' - often; talking about sex is unnecessary; forbidden sex is the best sex, etc., etc.
How have you been influenced by this indoctrination? How about your children? Begin paying attention to the sexual brainwashing in the media - and begin challenging the messages that keep you from claiming a full, healthy sexual life.
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