(Prolifer)ations 3-19-09
(JLS note: Welcome to our new intern, Bernadette! I sure have missed (Prolifer)ations these past few months and the opportunity to spotlight important news other great pro-life blogs are catching. Bernadette is a hardcore pro-lifer attending a midwest Catholic university, majoring in psych and maintaining a 4.0 GPA! This is finals week, but Bernadette insisted on starting right away. And thanks to new administrative assistant Kelli for shepherding Bernadette and beginning to help – a lot! – with some of the functions on the blog.)
by Bernadette P.
From the blogs and elsewhere…
The drugs implicated can cause devastating side effects in humans, including death.
The report warned veterinarians and animal caretakers like farmers must remain vigilant when it comes to storing and distributing these chemicals.
The doctors told me lots of horror stories of what would happen to the babies if I had the treatment while pregnant and I was mortified….There was no way I could deal with getting rid of my babies and having to then fight cancer. That was the turning point and I decided I would take a chance.
After the birth of twins Poppy and Saffron at 32 weeks, her tumor was removed. She is now recovering, at home, with husband Adam and their children.
Shortly after her birth in November 2007, Phebe was transferred to a children’s hospital “in serious condition and… on life support.” Upon doctors’ advisement, the couple agreed to remove hydration and respiratory support. Upon doing so, however, “it was found that Phebe could breathe on her own.”
The hospital’s ethics committee reversed the parents’ decision to withhold food and fluids from the baby. The couple is now suing.
Researchers found a direct correlation between the two:
…exposure to lyrics describing degrading sex was one of the strongest associations with sexual activity.
However, the study concluded banning such music could be counter-productive and instead suggested that parents and guardians discuss sex in this context with their children.
Physicians for Life reports on a recent study released by the Pittsburgh University School of Medicine suggesting teens who listen to music with sexually charged lyrics are twice as likely to engage in sexual activity.’
Why don’t they say it the other way? “Teens who engage in sexual activity (or are likely to) are twice as likely to listen to music with sexually charged lyrics.”
The couple is now suing.
Yes, but why? Is it because their daughter is an undue burden imposed upon them by a hospital that chose not to euthanize her? Or is this suit their only means of funding additional home based services to keep their special needs daughter at home? Does Canada’s socialized health care system provide them with home care assistance proportionate to this little girl’s needs?
Bienvenides Bernadette.
you bro ken
Physicians for Life reports on a recent study released by the Pittsburgh University School of Medicine suggesting teens who listen to music with sexually charged lyrics are twice as likely to engage in sexual activity.’
Why don’t they say it the other way? “Teens who engage in sexual activity (or are likely to) are twice as likely to listen to music with sexually charged lyrics.”
Posted by: Hal at March 19, 2009 2:11 PM
Hal,
I don’t think the idea that certain lyrics kind of inspires hormonal teens to get in the mood is so odd or far fetched. That, plus it also portrays a certain lifestyle-that sex is for recreation.
I think it’s another good example of correlation without causation. You could get rid of all music and the teen pregnancy rate wouldn’t change.
They just wouldn’t dance first ;)
I think it’s another good example of correlation without causation. You could get rid of all music and the teen pregnancy rate wouldn’t change.
Posted by: Hal at March 19, 2009 3:31 PM
I think it’s part of the problem, not THE problem. I think much music portrays our culture’s attitude toward casual sex is. It glamorizes it and many teens don’t have the sense or maturity to know the difference between real life or a sensationalized attitude.
An extreme sex-obsessed culture is certainly contributory, without a doubt. I’m sorry, Asitis and Hal, but why in the world don’t you have a problem with lyrics that degrade women, act as though there has never been anything better than sex, and dissuade (albeit inadvertently and subliminally) adolescents from actually having dreams outside of hooking up with the cheerleader or the quarterback?
A culture obsessed with “bodily recreation” is a culture damaging to the young. I myself am against censorship, but I think that artists must actually care about art and not selling a CD off of its physical attraction.
the interesting thing about the British lady is that doctors have now demonstrated that after the first trimester, chemo is quite safe for the baby.
We likely wouldn’t know this if it weren’t for courageous moms like the British mom who just said NO to the doctor wish to abort.
If the woman can make it past the first 3 mons, she has a good chance of surviving and her baby has a good chance of not being harmed by the chemo.
I’m sorry, Asitis and Hal, but why in the world don’t you have a problem with lyrics ….
Posted by: Vannah at March 19, 2009 4:05 PM
Don’t get me wrong Vannah! I do have a problem with the lyrics in a lot of the songs today. I am constantly turning off songs with misogynistic, degrading lyrics. Oh how I long for the music of the 80’s! Funny thing is, parents complained then too, though I’d say it was clean-cut by comparison.
No Vannah, I hate what I’m hearing these days in some of the music.
I’m sorry, Asitis and Hal, but why in the world don’t you have a problem with lyrics ….
Posted by: Vannah at March 19, 2009 4:05 PM
I don’t like these songs at all. I don’t like the words or the music. I just don’t think they cause teenagers to have sex more than they would otherwise. (I’m even open to that possibility, but I doubt it can be proven in any study–especially one that simply notes a correlation.)
Improperly using prostaglandins–using them at the wrong time in pregnancy or using them and failing to follow up if they don’t work the first time–can cause some pretty wild stuff. Birth defects.
I would say it’s more likely that the parents who don’t pay attention to the music their kids listen to also aren’t paying attention to what their kids are doing with their girl/boyfriends. I’m sure if you looked closer, these are the same kids who are also more likely to get into trouble in other ways, too.
I agree with Hank.
I miss the music of the 1980’s, too… :(. Actually, I prefer the 1970’s, but that’s just me. :). Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks (Rhiannon is the greatest song in the world)- squee!
But, yes, I agree that lyrics are degrading to women. They’re degrading to men, too. They make it sound as though men ought to care about nothing but superfluous things and that their lives are connected to their physical wants. It affects everyone negatively. But I do think that it creates a culture of obsession. It would be interesting to see how much that it influences adolescents.
Except more importantly, Bernadette is the name of my bestest friend ever!!!!! She’s so funny…
Vannah,
GIRL!!! I have been to 4 of Stevie’s concerts and 3 of Fleetwood Mac’s. Rhiannon is THE BEST SONG EVER! :)
Welcome to the family Bernadette!!
Kel, you are awesome!!
Holy Snickerdoodles, Stevie Nicks is my composing hero! If anyone ever asks me who my heroes are I say, “Mandela, Frank, King, Douglass, Lincoln, Anthony…Nicks.” And then everyone stares.
But, squee, I am not alone…
You’ve been in the same area as Stevie Nicks 7 (7, I repeat 7) times?! Jealousy! Are the concerts awesome.
So that was my Attack of the Exclamation Points…
Welcome to the family Bernadette!!
Kel, you are awesome!!
Posted by: Carla at March 19, 2009 9:52 PM
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Yes! Welcome, Bernadette! :)
And Carla, you’re too sweet. :D You’re pretty awesome yourself. But God is the most awesome. Without Him, where would we be? :)
It’s not just song lyrics that foster this attitude. Films, commercials, ads for products, billboards, and the crap on television anymore magazines, etc etc. etc…everything is about sex and “scoring” and doing what feels good at any cost with no consequences.
We are bombarded with sex and self gratification everywhere we look.