Chapter 1: Introduction
Sexual imagery in the society is on the increase with young people exposed from an early age to sexual concepts and behavior especially through media exposure and sex education in school. This has an effect on the conceptualization of sexual beliefs and behavior patterns as the young generation moves into adolescence and sexual maturity (Brown 2002). Further suggestions in literature indicate that teenage exposure to sexual imagery and its influence on sexual attitudes and behavior may also impact their reproductive health outcomes among them pregnancy (Chandra et al. 2008). This is because greater exposure especially to content that promotes teenage sexual activities may encourage engagement in sexual activities leading to unplanned pregnancies especially since the teenagers may not be aware of effective contraceptive methods. In retrospect, exposure to content discouraging early sexual activity or that promote accurate education on teenage sex could facilitate a decline in teenage pregnancy. This analysis considers the impact of presented sexual images such as in television programming, movies, advertisement, magazines, and school on teenage pregnancy in the United Kingdom (UK) through a review of literature.
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