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I liked your ideas, but realistically, removing all sexually suggestive ads from tv, stores and movies is never going to happen. Each person must learn to control his animal urges and be mature and responsible in every area of their lives.
posted by
Passionflower
on January 24, 2004 at 8:42 PM
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Ah, but you missed my point.
Sex needs to be discussed...kids need to understand what it is all about.
But it does not need to be blazoned across every single print image that we see, and it need not be as explicit as it is. Titillating images serve only to stir up desires that kids are not ready to cope with, and the education that they receive only stirs up more curiosity. We must purge our society of the worst of the explicit images, return to a modest standard of dress and behaviour, and properly educate our children about both the joys of properly exercised sexuality and the dangers of promiscuous sexual behaviour.
posted by
editormum
on January 24, 2004 at 7:27 AM
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Sorry, I can't agree
Remember the 1950's? I do. You would have loved the advertising then. The print technology was so poor, most images were grainy, 2 color at most, modest prevailed. All women wore aprons, and sex was no where to be seen. I graduated from a large, suburban High School in 1963. 4 cheerleaders in my class left school mysteriously. some left for months, and others just for a few weeks and came back. They had gotten pregnant and their families took them away either to have abortions or to have a baby out of sight. These girls were traumatized.
Sex is a powerful BIOLOGICAL drive that must be accepted as part of who we are as creatures on this earth. You need look no farther than the Catholic priesthood to see what happens when sexual activity is denied or repressed or hidden. It goes underground (like I experienced it in the 1950's), and bubbles up somewhere else in the most perverted, distorted way. So I think your analysis and solution is definitely on the wrong track.
posted by
Cynthia
on January 24, 2004 at 7:07 AM
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one of your best posts
thanks for articulating this so well.
posted by
Inkling
on January 22, 2004 at 11:53 PM
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Editormum,
good blog and I agree with you
posted by
WileyJohn
on January 22, 2004 at 11:08 PM
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YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!!!!!
The moral decline of society has produced these problems, it's time that society fixed them.
posted by
PastorB
on January 22, 2004 at 10:53 AM
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editormum
Thank you for expanding on my blog
posted by
Runs_at_dawn
on January 22, 2004 at 10:46 AM
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