The researcher quoted at the end of the article was on the money.
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However, Yvonne K. Fulbright, a New York-based sex researcher and author, said factors including peer pressure, self-esteem and home environment are probably more influential than the research suggests.
"It's a little dangerous to just pinpoint one thing. You have to look at everything that's going on in a young person's life," she said. "When somebody has a healthy sense of themselves, they don't take these lyrics too seriously."
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In a system as complex as human relations, it is pretty foolish to point to one factor and call it the cause. But, that's how people get their names published, I guess. Unfortunately, it's also the way a lot of bogus laws get passed.