BAD DEDUCTION, you braniacs...

Here's an excerpt from an article I found online regarding music and teen sex.

The fact that they don't understand with this WRONG deduction is revealed at the end... This is why you can't trust everything you read or hear in the news, guys.

Read on...

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Study: Sexy music triggers teen sex

Monday, August 7, 2006; Posted: 11:40 a.m. EDT (15:40 GMT)

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Teens whose iPods are full of music with raunchy, sexual lyrics start having sex sooner than those who prefer other songs, a study found.

Whether it's hip-hop, rap, pop or rock, much of popular music aimed at teens contains sexual overtones. Its influence on their behavior appears to depend on how the sex is portrayed, researchers found.

Songs depicting men as "sex-driven studs," women as sex objects and with explicit references to sex acts are more likely to trigger early sexual behavior than those where sexual references are more veiled and relationships appear more committed, the study found.

Teens who said they listened to lots of music with degrading sexual messages were almost twice as likely to start having intercourse or other sexual activities within the following two years as were teens who listened to little or no sexually degrading music.

Among heavy listeners, 51 percent started having sex within two years, versus 29 percent of those who said they listened to little or no sexually degrading music.

Exposure to lots of sexually degrading music "gives them a specific message about sex," said lead author Steven Martino, a researcher for Rand Corp. in Pittsburgh. Boys learn they should be relentless in pursuit of women and girls learn to view themselves as sex objects, he said.

"We think that really lowers kids' inhibitions and makes them less thoughtful" about sexual decisions and may influence them to make decisions they regret, he said.

The study, based on telephone interviews with 1,461 participants aged 12 to 17, appears in the August issue of Pediatrics, being released Monday.

Most participants were virgins when they were first questioned in 2001. Follow-up interviews were done in 2002 and 2004 to see if music choice had influenced subsequent behavior.

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CARLOS EXPLAINS:

What this article failed to tell you is that it's not necessarily the music that is making the kids participate in sex early.

The real reason is that the KIND of person who listens to that music (influenced by a million other factors) is also the KIND of person who has that dirty thing called (shhhh) s-e-x earlier than most.

There was a rash of blame laid on music corrupting kids all the way back to the 1950's, and there never has been a connection proven. Tipper Gore persecuted the music industry in the 80s, trying to show that songs made kids commit suicide and other ridiculous claims.

This is called a logical fallacy because as emotionally appealing as this kind of deduction may be, it doesn't make it true. It's a false conclusion.

Music doesn't corrupt people. They chose that music because they were already on that path.

Just helping you keep your grip on reality...  :)

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