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The effect of fashion on popular culture

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As a result , the moral standards began to fall . As it was said earlier what the eyes see , the mind observes and understands , then the body responds in action . With this , teenage pregnancy and rape case rates went up . How is this related ? The fashion accepted in the society today usually states sexual acquaintances are okay . so give in to the urge . Along with this , violence involving the youth also increased mainly suggested by the way the young generation today dress themselves up most of the feel

like as if they 're strong enough to fight anybody else

With regards to this , Senator Lieberman said : These trend-setters exert an extremely powerful hold on our culture and our children in particular , and they often have had little or no sense of responsibility for the harmful values they are purveying (Times , 15 . How are the effects of these negative influences evident among young people ? For one thing , in recent years more children and teenagers have committed cruel acts of violence against other children as well as adults

A similar phenomenon can be observed in violent criminals . According to Sten Levander , a professor of psychiatry in Sweden , between 15 and 20 percent of all prison inmates today are psychopaths - people who are extremely self-centered , lack empathy , and are unable or unwilling to understand the concept of right and wrong . Even among children and youths that are seemingly normal , observers have noticed a blunting of moral senses . We have been thrown back into a moral Stone Age claims Christina Hoff Sommers , a professor of philosophy . She noted that when her young students are faced with the question of what is right and what is wrong , most of them react by becoming very insecure . Then they reply that

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