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…, the whole definition on "family" has changed. Marriages are becoming "extinct" and families are breaking away from the old fashioned way of raising children. For example, having both a father and a mother in the home full-time use to be the definition…

…for abortions. There is a movement towards sex-education that heavily stresses abstinence until marriage. If abstinence is the only message taught, then those students who decide to become sexually active will lack the knowledge necessary to prevent conception…

…gangs, guns, and drugs and problems of depression, substance abuse, and delinquency, which are continually rising. One of the new and most often feared topics that arise from adolescence is sex. Parent is very reluctant to talk to their teens about sex…

…Night’s dream Lysander, and Hermia, Helena and Demetrius, Nad Theseus and Hippolyta all get married which signifies a new beginning. The workingmen end the play with Bergomask dance and the fairies join in the dance and bless the marriages. Shakespeare…

…not documented law that saw women as the weaker sex, and as such they were relegated to the domestics as well as only important in the reproductive aspect of child bearing. They were seen to be only important in bed, thus women were none the less sexual toys, sex…

…about Maria's education of sex. Her culture and family values did not permit her to go out on dates or think of anything but marriage. Though Dora and Stefano were ahead-of-their-time with their acceptance of sex, Maria's experience was still one of secrecy…

…and made the author one of the most talked about people in the nation. Metalious wrote about incest, abortion, sex, rape, adultery, repression, lust, and the secrets of small town New England, things that were never discussed before in conservative America. She…

…of the types of gazes used in these films are voyeuristic and fetishistic. The use of voyeuristic and fetishistic gazes reinforce movie viewing and gender roles during the 1950’s by featuring manipulative and frivolous women as sex objects. Rear Window is a film…

…sex. Also people were married at a very young age. Holly married Doc at the age of fourteen (Capote). Juliet married Romeo at the age of thirteen (Shakespeare 298). This shows that they were to young to even fully think about marriage, although…

…which is usually reserved from family viewing, contains more then either sexual acts per an hour. Research done by Media Research Center in Stossel’s article found that “...portrayals of premarital sex outnumbered portrayals of sex within marriage by eight…