I still haven't seen anyone mention the reverse direction: that youth
interested in sex are listening to music that matches their interest!
Annette
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, I went:
> The study is on-line at
> <http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/118/2/e430>
> and I think it's available to all.
>
> It carries the standard disclaimer buried in the Discussion, to wit:
>
> "Our results suggest that the relationship between exposure and
> behavior may be causal in nature... however, our correlational data
> do not allow us to make causal inferences with certainty. "
And David Epstein goes:
I noticed that, and then I noticed that the text string "causa" (as in
"causal" or "causation") appears nowhere else in the paper.
True, they're somewhat subtle about it, but they do find other ways of
implying the c-word, including:
"These findings contribute to the emerging body of evidence of the role
of a variety of media in the sexual socialization of youth"
and
"These lyrics are likely to promote acceptance of women as sexual objects
and men as pursuers of sexual conquest."
and most significantly:
"Reducing the amount of degrading sexual content in popular music, or
reducing young people's exposure to music with this type of content,
could delay initiation of intercourse and related activities".
This suggestion, which is also featured in their abstract, requires
acceptance of the conclusion that listening to degrading lyrics causes
adoolescents to have more sex. That is, if taking away their degrading
music can reduce teen-age bonking, then a priori, the bonking must have
been caused by the music in the first place.
Bottom line: There are more ways of saying "causal" than are dreamt of
in your philosophy, Horatio.
Stephen
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