Soundtracks for Sex

As this article points out, a new study shows that teens listening to music with sexual and degrading lyrics are more likely to have sex sooner than teens who don't hear such music.

This is being treated like news - but it shouldn't be. There are other, older studies that reach essentially the same conclusion. And for those who argue that they just listen for the "melody" or the "beat" -- well, there's evidence that the emotions elicited by such mediums likewise render the listener more susceptible to the messages being conveyed by the words.

It's hard to overestimate just how vulgar and ugly some lyrics are (see this and this). It shouldn't take an academic study to convince people that listening to this trash is neither healthy nor good.