9. MEDIA OBSESSION WITH CELEBRITY BABIES AND “BABY BUMPS” Many portrayals of celebrities in magazines, on TV, and online glamorize pregnancy and motherhood. How is this affecting our young peoples’ attitudes about pregnancy?
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Editor's Notes
There's very little angst that Juno experiences over carrying the baby and giving it up - the character is almost disconnected from the many deep-seated emotions that pregnant teens feel. Is that deliberate - or naive? The narrative implies that carrying a pregnancy to term and relinquishing the baby - giving it up for adoption - is nothing. But we know that it isn't so for a pregnant woman. That's totally unrealistic. Knocked Up-positive points-sex w/out condoms results in pregnancy, and with alcohol involved wearing a condom in less likely. Negative points-endings are not always this way. In most teen relationships the father is not involved.