It seems like now more than ever, television is pushing the envelope in the game of who can top what. With shows constantly looking for a way to score big ratings, the theme more and more seen is that sex sells. As a result of this, a lot of reality-dating shows have popped up in the last few years. Also, children are growing up much faster in our sex-driven society. They are dressing in more provocative outfits at earlier ages than in the past, as well as knowing about the world of "sex" before even taking classes on it. Is there a correlation? At a time when sexual mores are changing, reality-dating shows are promoting promiscuity. In the following paragraphs, I will go into greater detail into why I believe there is a correlation between the two.
Recently, I watched an episode of Blind Date on UPN 9 at noon. What is surprising, though, is the time it was on. Any child home from school could flip around the channels and watch this. Well anyways, the show started off innocently enough with a young man, no older than 24, by the name of Dennis picking up his lady friend Ashley, who looked like she could have just graduated college. After some idle chitchat, he decided to get some dirt. He asked a surprised Ashley if she was a virgin. Remember, this was in the first hour these two have met. After laughing off the question, Dennis got himself into what looked to be even deeper trouble by asking her what her favorite sexual position was. A flirtatious Ashley replied, "Well, if you"re lucky, maybe you will find out later." After some more flirtatious conversation in the car, they got out to play what seemed like an innocent game of miniature golf, or so one would think. Since Ashley had never golfed before, Dennis tried to show her how to putt. This ultimately led to them being in somewhat of a sexual position, as Dennis joked, "I could get used to this." These two seemed to get awfully cozy for people that met an hour or two ago.