Sex for Sale - Teen Models and A "Sexed-up" Culture

Teen models nowadays appear in magazines, looking like they are selling their bodies, instead of products.

These days, children can easily watch porn through the internet. Girls idolize Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears as they appear in news programs, arrested for DUIs. Teens flip through magazines that feature models (who are often under-age) wearing next to nothing.

In Japan, Junior High students were discovered to be selling sex by sending coded text messages to men. These students include 13-year-old girls. In the States, a 21-year-old woman auctioned her virginity online. While in Canada, police discovered some 16-year-old girls posting ads in Craigslist.com to let people know they provide sexual services.

What is happening to the world? Is the media to blame for this?

In truth, yes, the media is mostly the one to blame.

Today's generation is influenced by the things they see on TV and internet. They watch shows and listen to music about getting wasted, getting high and getting "down" with guys they just met in a bar.

In High Schools, what used to be a competition of beauty and popularity among girls, now becomes a competition of "who-loses-their-Vcard-first" and "whoever-has-sex-with-all-the-guys-in-the-basketball-team-first-is-the-winner".

What can adults do to protect their teenage loved ones from this "sexed-up" culture?


1. Lay down the ground rules at home.
2. Talk to your kids.
3. Teach them strong values.
4. Observe what your kids are watching or listening to.
5. Make them understand that they don't have to be like those people they see in magazines.


There are a lot of things adults can do to keep their kids from turning into a Lindsay Lohan clone. When they they succeed in making their kids understand that media is sometimes deceitful, then they can worry less about those teen models in provocative TV ads.