The social norm being presented is concerning, given the HIV and illicit drug pandemics in developing and industrialized countries.

The study showed there were no references to important consequences of unsafe sex such as HIV transmission, spread of STDs, or unwanted pregnancy. The social norm being presented in movies is concerning given the HIV and illicit drug pandemics in developing and industrialized countries.

With globalization and the growth of home-based media technologies, movies are more accessible to a wider audience, and there is convincing evidence that the entertainment media influences behavior. The motion picture industry should be encouraged to depict safer sex practices and the real consequences of unprotected sex and illicit drug use.

Nor is the suffering limited to children in developing countries.

There's a stigma. In Tulare County, it's presented like it's an illegal drug used by druggies. It's unfair. There's a legitimate use for this.

When you grow up as a girl, the world tells you the things that you are supposed to be: emotional, loving, beautiful, wanted. And then when you are those things, the world tells you they are inferior: illogical, weak, vain, empty.