2. Types of Media
• Television
• Jersey Shore
• Awkward
• Secret Life of the American Teenager
• Internet
• FaceBook
• Twitter
• Tumblr
• Music/Music Videos
• Lil’ Wayne
• 2 Chainz
• Video Games
• Grand Theft Auto Five
• Need for Speed
3. Early Teenage Pregnancies
• Young women are more apt to succumb to pregnancy with
these boys who are not at all considered a candidate as a
lifetime partner due to such young age and lack of
commitment
• Among adolescent girls in the United States aged between 15
and 17 years, 75 per 1,000 become pregnant each year
4. Sexually Transmitted
Infections
• Unsettlingly high numbers also increase the numbers and
chances of STI’s within the younger generation
• Adolescents (19% of the adolescent population) who report
four or more lifetime sexual partners are at greater risk for
contracting sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV
infection
• 25% of sexually active teenagers and 13% of all adolescents
between the ages of 13 and 19 become infected with sexually
transmitted diseases each year, representing 3 million cases or
about 25% of all new cases reported annually