by Lisa Shaver

Created on: April 15, 2008

In today's society sex is everywhere. No matter where you look, sexual content is there. On television it is not only in ads or commercials. It is also implied on cartoons, television shows as well as the commercials.

Back when television first came out shows like I Love Lucy, and Leave it to Beaver were not allowed to have their actors who were portraying happily married couples, sleep in the same bed. It was just not morally acceptable. Fast forward some fifty years later or so, and not only are actors sleeping in the same beds but they are having sex and not just with the ones are the pretending to be married to, but anyone and everyone. People were shocked when women wearing bikini's were shown on T.V. and now you can show nudity, graphic violence and course language on television.

Is there too much sexual content on television? Most definitely there is. Cartoons, which were once considered children's programming now contain sex, violence, bad language. Take the Simpson's or Family Guy. Both of these are cartoons are shown in the early evening when children are relaxing after school and settling down before bed. These cartoons show the parents having sex, or implying sexual innuendos.

Television which is easily accessible to children should be limited to what they are allowed to portray. As easy as this is to say, it will probably never happen. Sex sells. It is as simple and as complicated as that. Sex attracts people, whether it be guys who are looking at the half naked woman on the beer commercial or even us females who are hoping to catch a glimpse of Patrick Swayze's rear end. Graphic sexual content is entertaining for some and disgusting to others. Sex, for many people is something private between two consenting adults, not something to be shown to hundreds of viewers around the world. Sex sells, the promise of sex gets people to turn on the T.V. and did I mention that sex sells. That in a nutshell is the bottom line. As long as sex sells and as long as it keeps people tuning in, it will be on television, but yes there is way too much sex on television.

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