Unreal Dates and Real Lessons: Reality Dating as Sexual Education
by David Gudelunas
In the article by David Gudelunas, he talks about reality-tv and its role in educating people between the ages of 18 and 21. The people in the study group considered themselves frequent watchers of reality television. Gudelunas says that the 22-minute programming that is infiltrated with sexually charged singles are the source of sexual education for many individuals. First, dating and traditional courting was on the decline. Second, safe-sex practices and healthy relationships are being replaced with the actions of sex-driven individuals of reality television. "Getting naked" is now becoming the first step in getting dates, according to men that participated in the survey. He emphasizes that dating rituals are now becoming a thing of the past and it rarely occurs today in the 21st century. He interviewed men and women, and one women said she has had a number of boyfriends but has never been on a date. One of the men said that he had a consistent girlfriend through high school, but he defines their relationship before being boyfriend-girlfriend was going to parties and hanging out. Gudelunas blames these types of opinions and habits on the people and actions showed in reality television because it makes it seem that you must crave sex and be sexy in order to attract the attention of the opposite sex.
-A. Merchant
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