Sex

Create a set of categories regarding mediated sex and then conduct a content analysis of the video you’ve selected to watch.

I chose to watch the movie "The Rules of Attraction." I can't do horror films so I went with this movie instead. Pretty much anything and everything was shown; sex, drugs, violence, profanity,  suicide, etc. Some of it was very uncomfortable to watch and alittle obscene. Focusing on the mediated sex in this movie, categories that can be made are casual sex, not caring of risks and responsibilites of sex, rape and homosexuality. 

The film takes place in a setting of students in college, and yes college is about experiencing things but...wow...what they think someone should experience.

Sex was thrown around like it was nothing. Everyone was having casual sex and with eachother. No one seemed to care about the emotions that are attached, its all about pleasure and how many people you can sleep with. Showing what risks are involved in sleeping around were not discussed; STDs, pregnancy, personal morals. It was as people's morals no longer existed, they didn't care what they did...or WHO they did.

Casual sex was constantly happening throughout the movie. Students would party and not care who they were taking home and sleeping with. There were at least 6 or more scenes of casual sex.

Throughout the movie, anyone having sex did not seem to care about risks or resposibilities involved in sex.  There were no scenes were risk and responsibilities were discussed. Most couples having sex did not talk about the use of protection, whether it be condoms or asking the female if she was on birth control, they just went straight to the deed. Which leads to the loss of people's morals. You can't respect yourself or someone, for that matter, if you let all your morals out the window.

Homosexuality happened a few times in the movie as well. I thought the movie, in a way, gave homosexuality a negative connotation. The individuals who were gay in the movie were quiet about their relationship for the fear of being terrorized. And they showed gay people wanting sex all the time and it being very vulgar.

Rape was another category I chose for this movie, because it was brought up very little but was still present in the movie. There was a scene where a female is drugged and a guy tries to tape her while they have sex. And another scene where a female is raped and she commits suicide over it.

Using the Cultivation Theory, people watching this movie, overtime, will be begin to think the world is just a sex crazed society and sex is everywhere. Using the Socialization Theory, after watching this film, one is to think about their role in society, and after the looks of this movie, one's role is to have sex with anyone all the time. Or at least have alot of sex and it not mean anything.

I was not surprised by how much mediated sex was in this movie. This movie is meant for an audience of young adults, who's hormones are raging and the popularity of this movie would be high in that age group. But this movie should defnitely not be available for anyone. Teenagers and children should not have access, whatsoever, to this movie. This is not how they should be exposed to sex for the first time. It does not show a positive look on sex or even make it look worth while.