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Sex And The Television

For years the topic of sex in television has been controversial, in the beginning of television a married couple were not to be shown sleeping together in the same bed they had to show separate beds so that no thoughts of sex would be distributed to the public. Now a days you can find the topic of sex on any program you watch, whether it be in the morning, afternoon, or evening. The high profile shows such as Friends, Sex and the City, and Will and Grace base almost every episode on the thought of sex or something related to sex. What does this thought do to the minds of today's youths? And how can we make sure that it does not effect our children?
In the 1930's The Hays Production Codes were introduced, these were rules that were to be followed in the motion picture industry. It states that "The sanctity of the institution of marriage and the home shall be upheld. Pictures shall not infer that low forms of sex relationship are the accepted or common thing. "1. Adultery, sometimes necessary plot material, must not be explicitly treated, or justified, or presented attractively. 2. Scenes of Passion. They should not be introduced when not essential to the plot. Excessive and lustful kissing, lustful embraces, suggestive postures and gestures, are not to be shown. In general passion should so be treated that these scenes do not stimulate the lower and baser element. 3. Seduction or Rape. They should never be more than suggested and only when essential for the plot, and even then never shown by explicit method. They are never the proper subject for comedy. 4. Sex perversion or any inference to it is forbidden." They were used for years and years, but are not longer followed in today's society.
In the 1950's popular shows such as The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Love Lucy, and Leave it to Beaver never showed the married couple sleeping in the same bed. A kiss was only showed as a peck on the cheek or a quick kiss on the lips, usually nothing more then over 5 seconds, and...