As the world turns, so do our ever-changing cultures and mores. While today’s Generation Z is considered to be the most connected breed that ever walked this earth, thanks to the rapid mushrooming of electronic media devices, it does not discount the fact that today’s youth has been exposed to the sexual permissiveness of modern society, in a large measure, due to the influence of mass media and advertising.
Along with the simultaneous use of those electronic devices,this generation has become very liberated when it comes to sexual attitude and orientations. It has become a freedom of expression. But along with this freedom comes its great responsibility and possible unfavorable consequences on sexual health concerns.
The Beginning
In the 1960’s, changes in sexual attitude clamored for equality of the sexes. It may not be a complete separation from the western sexual morality but was considered to be a liberalization from the conservative outlook of the previous decades caused by the Cold War. Such conservative outlook bred puritanical culture which eventually sparked the so-called sexual revolution.
Many historians observed that...