www.lifenews.com/nat5992.html
Th article i picked is titled "MTV Show 16 and Pregnant Criticized for not Promoting Teen Abortion". This article written by Steven Ertelt of Life News discusses the disagreement that some people have with the renewal of the show "16 and Pregnant."The article brings up a a situation that many people have brought up bout reality shows, why don't they show what is actually real. the show "16 and Pregnant" does not show the whole story about teenager that are pregnant, the show only shows teenager that choose to actually give birth instead of the teens that have actually have abortions.
The criticisms in the article is mainly pointed at the executives of MTV because they are portraying one set of ideals when there are many other ideals. The show is supposed to show what some of the teens that are pregnant goes through however the show does not show the other side of the coin where teens who are pregnant decide to not go through with the pregnancy and instead have abortions. This does show where there is a problem in the reality show, the fact that reality shows only show one point of view and does not show the truth.
While there is no recommendation made by the article to "fix" the show it seems as if the apparent solution for the show would be to actually show the whole aspects of a teenage pregnancy including the teens that choose abortion rather then to give birth.
Personally I'm against the use of abortion except in the instance of rape and if there is a threat to the health of the mother.
Having seen that show, I think the younger crowd might not really see the "hardships" the pregnant teens face after giving birth. It tends to sensationalize teen pregnancy a bit...
ReplyDeleteThe show does not include any girl who had an abortion, which is true. If they did, I think the show would take on another spin and people would be really upset. I'm not sure if I would like to have an accurate depiction of teen pregnancy or not, because it could be fun to see the outburst of Pro Life people losing their heads.
ReplyDeleteThe show Sixteen And Pregnant really has no basis for being on TV in my opinion. MTV routinely shows advertisements for condom companies but in the show, they only portray people who didn't use birth control methods or the ones they used were ineffective. All this show does is glamorize teen pregnancy. Teen pregnancy is a serious issue and devoting a show to it does not discourage young people from being responsible in the sexual behaviors.
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