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Most television shows and movies in today’s media shows America’s youth indulging in sex freely and carelessly. However this scene (starting at 27:10) from a recent episode titled “Love Me or Leave Me” of a popular television show 90210, shows an alternative view of teenagers today; one that does not suggest we are all horny sex driven people who cannot control their hormones. Both characters Annie and Ethan are clearly in love and ready to take the next step, but when Annie expresses to Ethan how she has been waiting for this moment with the perfect guy, etc., Ethan has second thoughts on account of not being able to bear hurting her in case their relationship does not exactly work out as a happily ever after. This shows the counterpart of what seems to always be portrayed as the ideal male. This scene shows people that sex ISN’T everything, and that it is OKAY to wait. It also shows parents that the youth do not have sex just to do it, rather, it shows the fact that we actually link our values and morals to such an idea. In addition, it helps give the “nice guys” or the “women’s men” out there a voice by showing a main character who actually cares for his girlfriend’s values and doesn’t just want to get into her pants. Many parents do not believe that we, America’s youth, think about the actions that we take; this is true especially of over-protective and over-worried parents. I just find it as a great relief that not everyone on television is pregnant or having sex with everyone all the time as shown in other characters in 90210, other television shows such as ABC’s The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and in real people in the media such as Jamie Lynn Spears.