Study Claims Raunchy Songs Tempt Teenagers Into Sex

A new study claims that teenagers who listen to music with sexual and raunchy lyrics on their mp3 players start having sex sooner than those who listen to other songs.

Amongst the findings in the US study was that songs that describe men as promiscuous and women as sex objects kick started sexual behaviour earlier in youngsters compared to songs with subtle references.

The researchers stressed that it doesn’t matter whether sex is referred to, rather than how it is portrayed.

Another finding was that teenagers who regularly listen to music with degrading sexual messages are nearly twice as likely to have sex within two years than those who don’t.

Those artists singled out as having sexually explicit content in at least 40percent of their material include Missy Elliot, Destiny’s Child, Jay-Z and Ja-Rule.

The man who led the research, Steve Martino, alleges that sexually explicit songs  “really lower kids’ inhibitions” and says that they may encourage teenagers to do things they may regret.