During Adolescence, children are more likely to imitate other role models because they want to be accepted by others in their age group and peer pressure. The importance of peers and media in middle childhood and adolescence can influence them to have risky sexual behaviors. Due to the need for acceptance during adolescents, children are more likely to act upon certain risky behaviors they wouldn't otherwise act upon. The media is the biggest influence in adolescents that promotes sexual behavior. Sexual explicit behavior affects an adolescent by initiating early sexual tensions and leading to drastic consequences they aren't ready to accept.
The Need for Acceptance Adolescence is a time when children are trying to understand their identity in their society. As most of their time is spent in school, children feel like they need a sense of acceptance and belonging in a particular peer group. The need for this recognition leads them to make certain choices; they feel like they need change their attire, how they talk, and how they behave so they can be accepted into a group. Certain groups have higher expectations and joining them increases social statuses, adolescents get too…show more content… These days there are so many subliminal sexual message in every kind of media here such as: advertisements that show women in bikinis running after men if they wear a particular deodorant, and magazines telling how to look sexier by showing cleavage. Sexual content in media can be more influential in adolescents than compared to other age groups. This is because during adolescents they are still developing sexual attitudes, and they are more at risk to make wrong decisions because their cognitive skills haven't fully developed. The media shows sexual behavior has rewards, rather than showing how risky the consequences can be in engaging in sexual
