MTV's "Teen Mom" glamorizes teenage pregnancy in the sense that they're on air and getting a large amount of money to have their "struggles" documented. These teens with their Mercedes or new Jeeps, manicured hands, arguing with their mothers or baby's deadbeat fathers isn't teaching teenage girls in the real society to use condoms and contraceptives. It says, "I got pregnant and now I have a show on MTV". Essentially, it's the new Real World.
Instead, lets take this trash off the air because these girls go on to pregnant at the age of 20 and 21....insisting that they're grown because they're no longer a teen and have been married to a boy they've known for 5 minutes. Being grown is taking care of the baby, toddler you have now and finishing your education so you can better provide of your child down the road. Then dating a man, who you would deem suitable for marriage within time. Make something of yourself first, then add other people to your life.
They need more infertile shows on television, really. Any at all would be nice.
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I concur, although I can't help but like to take great pleasure in observing the shittiness of their lives.
ReplyDeleteUs infertile women get programme snippets quite often - sadly it is ALWAYS in a negative light. Usually we have been driven insane by our inability to have children and so go around snatching other peoples. Really pees me off!
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