Sex-Related Wicked Problems

Sex-Related Wicked Problems

Discussion

The media fosters the existence of sex-related problems in the immediate society. The media in our culture contributes to sex-related wicked problems such as rampant engagement of teenagers on sexual activities and other anti-cultural sexual behaviors such as homosexual by revealing the undeserved sexual content to the vulnerable groups (Abdullahi & Abdulquadri, 2018). For example, teenagers who gain access to sexual content through the media are most likely to engage in sexual behaviors than teenagers who lack access to social media platforms.

Equally, culturally oriented individuals who gain access to portrayal of the homosexual behaviors are likely to engage in homosexual behaviors compared to individuals who lack the access to social media platforms. Generally, the media influences the culturally individual towards uncultured sexual behaviors (Abdullahi & Abdulquadri, 2018). The influence posed by the media increases engagement of vulnerable groups into sexual activities, resulting into more sex-related problems such as sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/Aids. It also lead to early pregnancies among teenagers, which equally inhibits good health among the affected individuals.

The media also convey sexual content about unusual sexual orientations such as homosexual. Further, the media perpetuates inequality about various sexual orientations an For example, homosexuals are portrayed as sexually ill behaviors thus, treated as evil members of the community. This situation has posed disagreement along sexual lines, thereby creating more sexually related problems (Collins, Martino & Shaw, 2010). Hence, there are efficient evidence to confirm that media in our culture contributes to sex-related wicked problems.

Sex-related problems that are perpetuated by the media can be solved by minimizing the access to media by the vulnerable groups such as teenagers. For example, sexual content media-based sites can be prohibited during academic holidays when teenagers can easily access them (Collins, Martino & Shaw, 2010).

References

Abdullahi, A. A., & Abdulquadri, N. T. (2018). New media and adolescents’ sexual behaviour in Sub-Sahara Africa: Linking theories to Realities. SAGE Open, 8(4), 2158244018804606.

Collins, R. L., Martino, S., & Shaw, R. (2010). Influence of new media on adolescent sexual health. Working Paper WR-761). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Health.