Censorship, what is it? Is it good for us or bad for us? How does sexuality portray in the media factor into censorship? Why should we censor? Censorship is the act of not allowing to be seen or heard anything obscene, libelous, or objective. This is either a single official or a committee with the power to censor.
             Society has many forms of censorship in effect now. We have censorship in the movie industry, b and we call it ratings. The current ratings are G for general audiences, PG for movies with parental guidance, PG-13 for movies in which no one under the age of 13 are supposed to see, R for movies which no one under the age of 17 is permitted to see, and lastly X for movies in which no one but adults are permitted to see. A committee that has the power to determine what is appropriate for that certain movie rating sets the ratings forth. We also put cautionary statements on music, video games so that parents will know what is appropriate. The censorship we have now works well. The problem comes when these ratings are ignored or get pushed to the limits. Censorship is meant to control what goes into our minds. If we elect committees to do this for us, then we have to abide by those guidelines. When we see sexy billboards or magazines purporting sex, there is no censorship. The sexual breakdown of society affects us most in our education system.
             There is evidence that the more sexually active students are, the poorer they do in school. There tend to be more dropouts (Noonan 1999). The constant worry about sex and relationships makes it so young people do not think about school but only about sex. We are becoming a society that needs control because we are unwilling to accept censor for ourselves. "Many other participants have adopted the new social and sexual changes in lifestyles. Divorced or separated men and women, newly single, are dating again and searching for sex partners and new love. Parents in their 40's and 50's ...