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He's Here
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Are you violent, do you smoke, and/or do you have unprotected sex? Thank wrestling.
From Reuters via PWInsider:
Teens who watch wrestling take more health risks NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenage fans of TV wrestling are more likely than their peers to be aggressive or take chances with their health, a study suggests. Researchers found that among 2,300 16- to 20-year-old Americans, those who watched professional wrestling were more likely to be violent, smoke or have unprotected sex -- and the more they watched TV wrestling, the greater their odds of taking such risks. The findings, reported in the Southern Medical Journal, do not prove that watching wrestling alters young people's behavior. "It may be the case that kids who have a personality that leads them to be aggressive also gravitate to watching wrestling on TV," noted Dr. Mark Wolfson, one of the researchers on the study and an associate professor at Wake-Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. However, he told Reuters Health, it is "definitely possible" that TV wrestling affects teenagers' behavior. In an earlier study, Wolfson and his colleagues found that teenage girls who watched wrestling were more likely to get into fights or carry a weapon at a later point in adolescence. In general, researchers believe that children can become desensitized by violence in movies, TV and video games -- particularly when those portrayals downplay the consequences of violence. A steady dose of media violence may also influence young people's perceptions, priming them to take other people's words and actions as hostile and to react aggressively. Wolfson and his colleagues focused on professional wrestling, in part, because of its pervasive themes -- including extreme violence with no apparent consequences and a tendency for the "bad guy" to win. The programs also frequently feature racist stereotypes and degradation of women, the researchers note. Of the teenagers in their survey, just over 22 percent of males said they had watched pro wrestling in the past two weeks, as did 14 percent of females. These teens were more likely to report several health risks, even when other factors in their environment -- such as family income and whether they lived with both parents -- were taken into account. For each increase in the number of times teenagers watched pro wrestling, their odds of having hurt someone with a weapon increased 19 percent. The risk of having sex without birth control climbed 13 percent, and the odds of having fought with a girlfriend or boyfriend increased 16 percent. While it's not clear that watching TV wrestling contributed to these problems, the findings support the general idea that children's exposure to media violence should be limited, according to the researchers. Wolfson recommended that parents try to limit the amount of time their children devote to TV, movies and computers, as well as monitor what they are watching whenever possible. When children do see media violence, he noted, parents should try to discuss it with them "to clarify the family's and the child's values." SOURCE: Southern Medical Journal, February 2008. ![]() |
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EATER OF HOT POCKETS
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Damn that Chris Benoit.
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I am the cheese
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Couldn't this speak more on the mind set of the fan than the impact of the product?
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I am the cheese
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Ya know, couldn't these types of people be more likely to watch wrestling?
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I am the cheese
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Just a thought.
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Mad as in crazy, dumbass
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Quote:
"The findings, reported in the Southern Medical Journal, do not prove that watching wrestling alters young people's behavior. "It may be the case that kids who have a personality that leads them to be aggressive also gravitate to watching wrestling on TV,"" |
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Mad as in crazy, dumbass
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Just a thought.
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I am the cheese
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Reading is a waste of time.
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I am the cheese
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Just a thought
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He's Here
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Thinking is a waste of time.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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In other news, the sky is blue, and Hogan has a problem jobbing.
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Pelvic Sorcerer
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OMG!!!! Disenfranchised youth are more likely to watch wrestling, play violent video games, and enjoy action and horror movies!!!! This is the is most obvious discovery of all time.
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I learned to have passion and dedication for what I do...thanks to guys like eddie guerrero, shawn and at some point before 2006, chris benoit. I
take it as a source of entertainment. I don't go out and live it. |
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But seriously, since when did your adolescent wrestling fan get laid? I'm willing to bet most of them lied about unprotected sex to sound cool.
The WWE really tackles sex in an immature and childish manner. About as hardcore as it gets are women eating ice-cream, because apparently that's "sexy" these days. It's very sexist, but it's not really "racy." I'm sick of video games and movies being blamed for everything. I think the media ia still at fault, because it finds ways to make excuses for this sort of behaviour by blaming others. I mean, what consequences do the actions of the kids talked about in this survey have on them? None, all the consequences are, in a way, passed on to professional wrestling, video games and television. Anyone who watches the WWE product these days, has a very high chance of mental retardation, so mental retardation probably plays a large factor in these trends, too. |
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One Of A Kind
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If you write for the southern medical journal, chances are you're used to writing a bunch of bullshit in your life that you'll come up with bullshit like this.
Just a thought. |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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"These Days?" I mean, I agree it's not very racy, but it's not like this shit hasn't been common place for decades now. It's a common way to appeal to the lowest common denominator. |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Also, and this is completely unrelated to Noid, but LOL at the people who are railing against the study. I don't know if this is another "I get pissed when someone addresses the elephant in the room" thing or what, but God is it hilarious.
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One Of A Kind
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Just abit of a generalization tbh, as none of this relates to me.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Good thing they were only pointing out a trend, not picking on you personally or generalising all wrestling fans then, eh? Good thing you're not insecure enough to attack people for pointing out said trend, since it doesn't relate to you, eh?
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One Of A Kind
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Fine whatever, were all fucked up violent criminals cause we like wrestling i suppose. If you like wrestling, thats it, thats all you'll end up like.Basically.
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They/Them
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but unprotected sex is the best kind.
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Last of a Dying Forum
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The statistic of youngers abusing steroids, getting married, and then immediately knocking their wife up, waiting 5 years and then strangleing the wife and child to death and then hanging themselvs is ALARMINGLY HIGH.
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Last of a Dying Forum
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Quote:
That's why regular STD/STI/Whatever your country calls them checks are a good thing.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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And a followup question: Is anyone really surprised that violent people are drawn to violent media? This seems to somehow be "controversial," Though it's not only true, but fucking obvious!
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Sometimes I think that these researchers get so caught up in the technicalities of their "research" that they almost forget the obvious.
I don't know why some of you get so offensive when someone points out that the prevalence of violence and sex in popular culture may desensitize the youth. Now, that isn't to say that it has as significant a role in affecting the behavior of most people as they may say, but to automatically say that it doesn't is just as bad as automatically saying that it does. |
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Listen to Killer Mike
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Thanks, wrestling!!
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They/Them
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As over as Crystal Pepsi
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Video games, movies, music, wrestling... These aren't problems with society.
Lazy parents are the problems. |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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It's not as simple as that. I mean, I'm not saying there isn't a problem in terms of lazy parenting out there, but that's not the only problem that's going on.
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facebook.com/bloquemen
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I'm not violent. I don't smoke. I do have unprotected sex... when I actually have sex... which happens very rarely.
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WOOOOOOOOO!
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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If you look at the number of people on here who partake in drugs, legal or illegal, anyone who argues against the trend being accurate has to be pretty fucking stupid.
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WOOOOOOOOO!
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I don't smoke....nor am I violent YOU GOT THAT....HUH....[/roid rage]
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Bringin' Back The Sexy
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Didn't read the article, but to answer your questions:
No. Yes. No. **hopes he got those in the right order** |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Last of a Dying Forum
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I raped 3 people while writing this post. Sounds difficult, but actually the handicapped are quite pliable.
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No, No, and when I can get it.
Thanks, wrestling!
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