Not enough sexuality
Season one had great sexuality incorporated, season two and three are too tame. What do you think?
shareSeason one had great sexuality incorporated, season two and three are too tame. What do you think?
shareI've actually noticed the violence go up and the sexuality go down too. If I were to guess, it's that parents are more comfortable with younger kids watching violence than they are sexuality. That's pretty sad when I say it, but I'm absolutely the same way with my young son. I think it's because fictional violence is something more tangible and therefore easier to dismiss, than trying to understand the complexity of emotions and consequences of a sexual relationship. So basically, it gets them more viewers.
shareI'm with you here, Burk.
On the one hand, it's disturbing that people are more willing to expose kids to violence than to sex.
On the other hand, sex is naturally appealing, so exposure will cause more interest. Violence is naturally unappealing, so exposure can easily create empathy and a realization that violence should remain a fiction. The same just can't apply to sex.
Parents don't want to deal with sex the way they deal with violence by saying "This is wrong," because that's counterproductive. Some parents do try that, and obviously it backfires.
No mentally healthy young person ever said "My parents were lying to me about violence, it's awesome! I'm gonna go be a serial killer now!" But prostitutes, strippers, and AIDs patients have indeed started that way.
There are healthier solutions to this sexuality dilemma out there, but prudish attitudes persist all over the place.
Cause kids know violence is fake and not something they want to be apart of, but every kid knows sex is real and doesn't need the extra encouragement from TV shows.
shareI don't think overt sexuality is necessary.