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Today, in our society, a person is categorized by what they wear, what music they listen to and what social group they are a part of. Teenagers are largely influenced by Hollywood, TV shows and the internet. The internet is a large part of a teenager's life through myspace, facebook, and AIM. All these are what teenagers, like myself, spend a lot of time doing since it's how we socialize with friends. Movies have the common ratings of G, PG, PG-13, and R but it seems to me that these ratings really don't have much meaning anymore. I see movies rated PG with swearing and movies that are rated PG-13 with very sensual and mature sex scenes and movies that are rated R that step over the line into something closer to soft porn. You might as well rate them XXX. Sex is a huge thing in this decade. Sex sells, that's what I hear from people. Porn is a MAJOR industry and you find it has crept into everything; books, magazines, the TV, the internet and most movies aimed at teens. You type in anything on Google and you will probably see at least one listing for a porn site. What if a child, no older than 11 is on the computer and sees one of these sites? You can count on the opportunity for them to see Porn. It is a destructive little problem that left unchecked and unexposed will destroy any dignity and respect that a person has earned throughout their life. Marriages are ruined because of it, young men are corrupted with the images and thoughts that all these porn sites have to offer and relationships are skewed because of the images they have seen of how they are supposed to look and how they are supposed to act. Porn is full of these perfectly fake women who sell their faces and bodies on camera. And the whole webcam phenomenon is disturbing. There is no way to take back what they send out over the internet and these girls will learn the hard way what it's like to ruin your reputation and sacrifice your future for a lapse in judgment. What about all of the wonderfully real young women in the world? When a girl goes out on her first date, she shouldn't need to worry about whether the guy will think of her as a plaything. She should be able to expect that the guy will respect her. What about a wife who loves her husband and finds that she can't trust him because he has chosen to go to some strip club instead of a business meeting, or is spending money on a porn site or renting porn on television. What about a mother, who worries about her young children and what they

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