Stop all this Sex

Looking through the class's blog posts and sitting in classroom discussions, it is hard not to notice the distinct role sexuality plays not only in "Mercy," but in our everyday lives as well. Perhaps I personally don't commit as much thought and time to the matter because I was not abused at a young age as Andrea was, but I see a clear difference in the amount of sex-related topics I feel comfortable discussing. It seems as if I am in the minority when I say that sexuality does not really play a huge role in my life. I don't fixate upon it, I'm not dying to have a boyfriend, I certainly don't partake in porn or other "self pleasing" activities. I find this normal. My life revolves around my education, my familial, social, and professional relationships, and my hobbies. Funny enough, sex doesn't really fit in there.
My classmates write of their horror at gender typing (and I have certainly contributed my thoughts on the porn industry and the gender inequality), but past my disdain for things that perpetuate the subservience of women, I don't often think about it. Could it be that I have been desensitized by the sexualization of society through media? Is this how children grow up? Perhaps I'm just an oddity. More likely, however, kids grow up around a pop culture that flaunts sexuality at every turn. Kids see Rihanna, half-dressed, singing "rude boy, can you get it up?" and expect that they too should act this way.
I don't know if this is a trend, but it definitely seems like the little kids I used to babysit that now have facebooks (at 11, really?) full of pictures of them and their friends in suggestive poses. Personally, I hope this is an isolate incident. Some rally around sexual liberation for women, but I'm a fan of personal space. Sex is something I believe should be kept behind close doors, and for the sake of younger generations, out of the media.