- January 17th, 2010, 10:07 pm
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There's a debate on another message board talking about the social morals of America and whether they're declining or not. That led me to do a little research. Here's some of the stuff I came up with and wanted to share it with you guys:
The current generation is becoming sexually active at an alarmingly younger age. A recent study showed the the 4th most searched item by children aged 7 and younger is porn. For the 8-12 age group, #4 was sex and #11 was porn. For the 13-18 age group, #4 was sex and #6 was porn.What can we do about this? What is the cause of this? Any other thoughts?
Another study showed that 1/3 of middle school students experienced precoital touching. Even more alarming is that 12% of middle school students have vaginal sex by the age of 12. Of the middle school students who are sexually active, 25% have had four or more partners.
Currently, one in four (25%) of US teen girls have sexually transmitted infections.
Disney Channel tv shows are showing things that would never have been shown even as recent as 10 years ago. The ideas of dating and sexual activity that they're portraying at a young age and a young audience is definitely degenerative.
On BET and MTV, explicit content (sex, language, and violence) occurs once every 38 seconds, or roughly 96 times per hour. 48% of that is sexually related.
In adults, nearly 20% of surveyed people admit that they have looked at pornography during the past week and close to 10% admit that they've had sex with someone to whom they're not married. Those are two things that wouldn't have happened in past generations.
AskMen.com did a poll and nearly 25% of its readers don't believe in marriage. 31% said they would cheat on their partner if there was no chance their partner would find out. 67% lost their virginity as a teenager, 58% before they graduated high school.
In the year 2000, there were roughly 7.4 million cosmetic surgery procedures in America. In 2007, there were 11.8 million. That shows we're becoming increasingly vain.
Another study shows that 49% of all US kids will be in a household that uses food stamps during their childhood. What's even more troubling is that 90% of black children will be in a household that does. 91% of children in single-parent homes will as well. Nearly 25% of all US kid will be in households that use food stamps for 5+ years during their childhood.
A child born after 1990 is much more likely to have a parent spend time in prison than a person born in 1978. For black families, there is a 12% greater chance now than in 1978.