In entertainment today, there is rarely a song without reference to sex or drugs or a show on television that does not have a pregnant teen or a “gay” couple. It is almost impossible to find a movie or song without some kind of vulgar language. In entertainment today, people seem to have a lack of morality. In today’s society, morals are quickly washing down the drain as well. Who is to say that modern entertainment has nothing to do with it?
On ABC Family’s The Secret Life of the American Teenager, one of the main characters, Amy, gets pregnant at fifteen years of age. Two other characters, Ricky and Adrian, are always having sex and yet two more characters, Jack and Grace, are claiming to be Christians but are lacking sexual morals as well. The title fits the show perfectly. Is this not how many teens act in today’s society? How many teenage girls got pregnant just ten years earlier compared to how many do now? I would say the numbers have increased. Many teens claim to go to church; they claim to be Christians, but many of them are out having sex on the weekend. Who can say that shows like The Secret Life of the American Teenager, which many teens watch, have not played a role in society today: People are influenced by what they expose themselves to.
The song Tik Tok by Kesha has become a very popular song, yet the whole song is a reference to sex and alcohol. In the song, Kesha sings lyrics like, “…before I leave brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack…”. Lyrics like this make it seem like it is okay to go out and get drunk all the time. What does this say about society today? I know many people that are out getting drunk on the weekends. I know a few people that are into drugs. Entertainment did not used to be this immoral; society did not used to be this immoral either. There is a connection between the two.
The more people watch and listen to vulgar shows and songs, the more likely they will be influenced by it. There is no way that there is no connection. As entertainment worsens, so do society’s morals.
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