BREAKING NEWS: TV Sex Nearly Doubles
Sex scenes on TV have almost doubled since 1998, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation study released today.
According to the study of 1,000 hours of all genres of programming--excluding news, sports, and kids shows--across the four major broadcast nets, several top cable nets and a couple of stations, 70% of shows had some sexual content, averaging 5 sex scenes per hour.
That is up from 64% and 4.4 scenes per hour in 2002 and 6% and 3.2 scenes per hour in 1998.
In prime time, the percentage is 77% of shows and 5.9 sex scenes per hour, though again, a sex scene can include ones in which people talk about kissing. [link]
Which brings me to a quote made by a 16-year old in San Antonio, "Pornography is just part of the culture now. It's almost like it's not even porn."
According to the study of 1,000 hours of all genres of programming--excluding news, sports, and kids shows--across the four major broadcast nets, several top cable nets and a couple of stations, 70% of shows had some sexual content, averaging 5 sex scenes per hour.
That is up from 64% and 4.4 scenes per hour in 2002 and 6% and 3.2 scenes per hour in 1998.
In prime time, the percentage is 77% of shows and 5.9 sex scenes per hour, though again, a sex scene can include ones in which people talk about kissing. [link]
Which brings me to a quote made by a 16-year old in San Antonio, "Pornography is just part of the culture now. It's almost like it's not even porn."
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005
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