It is a truth universally acknowledged...

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a 

single man in possession of a good fortune 

must be in want of a wife"

~Jane Austen

I suppose the above quote could go both ways, and in our society, it feels like the quote should read: It is a truth universally acknowledge that a girl of a certain age, and under the pressure of society, must be in want of a husband." You could even take it a step farther and say: It is a truth universally acknowledged that single desperate girls (or boys) must be in want of attention. 

This is one of my absolute favorite quotes of Pride and Prejudice. It is true that deep in our soul we all have a desire to be wanted and loved by someone of the opposite sex. However, our society has maybe taken everything and twisted it little by little. Some people no longer want to get married, young women use their bodies to gain attention, and young men just wanna "hit it and quit it." Its a sad reality in our society, and one that someone needs to step up and address. 

AGAIN, I would like to state that I have NEVER been in a relationship, so everything I post simply comes from an outsiders look at intimate relationships. 

Point One: My generation (and even generations before mine) lives in a sex and lust obsessed world, making it easier and easier for children, tweens and teens to loose part of their innocence 

Have you seen some of the TV shows and commercials that are aired on TV now? Everything revolves around sex. There are songs that sing about it, people who write books about it, and movies that glamorize it. You have shows like The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and even Sixteen and Pregnant, that are shoving the idea of sex at tweens and teens. And worst of all, they are buying into it. It is unbelievable. Sex is used to sell everything on TV. 

Its hard in our society to turn a blind eye to what is going on in media, its hard to shield your eyes when companies put it all out there, and I know for me, its hard to block inappropriate songs from infiltrating my brain. We hear it and see it all the time. 

So what can we do about it? I have really had to think about this and pray about this one. We can't call every company that glamorizes sex and demand for it to stop... what good would that do anyway? I think the best thing we can do is shelter ourselves from it. I don't mean become a hermit and live in a box to try and avoid it, however we can chose not to participate in it. Don't watch shows that glamorize, or even joke about sex. We can turn off those tunes that sing about sex, and put down the books that contain intimate story lines. And I know its hard, even writing this I realize that some of my favorite shows fall into these categories, but I feel that in the long run turning off a show, or movie or song will be so much better than buying into the sleazy message it's sending. 

Point two to follow.