Television shows like MTV’s 16 and Pregnant advocates pregnancy and makes it look desirable. Young girls want attention and to be on television, so they begin to think that if they get pregnant there will be positive reinforcements. The media, especially MTV because its audience is teenagers, plays such a strong role in decision making process of young people. “If people on TV are doing it, I should do it too” are the thoughts of many young females. They are trying to become an insider, but by doing so they are losing one’s sense of self, and making themselves an outsider. This is another example of the way society sees teen pregnancy, which is making pregnancy as being an insider rather then an outsider which is the opposite of how Angel feels in Harvest.
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