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The Media as Sex Ed
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: April 26, 2006
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A new study has found that young adolescents with a media diet high in sexually oriented material were more likely to have sex. In a climate where schools are increasingly limited in what they can teach about sex, ConsumerAffairs.com reports, mass media seems to have become one of the main places where teens get their cues.

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