This country is ass-backwards.
At some point on our lives, I’m going to guess around the time we turn one, we go from creatures who survive solely on the nourishment they can suckle from a woman’s breast to creatures who are strictly forbidden from being exposed to such lewdness. It’ll be another 17 years from that point before we’re legally allowed to press our faces against a pair of breasts and even longer before it’s socially acceptable. I don’t really understand it. I can understand not wanting your 7 year old to be exposed to Dick Strongcock pounding away at some silicone enhanced, screaming she-toy, but the people in this country are just too uptight about nudity.
The human form – especially the female form – is a beautiful, wondrous thing that should be respected and appreciated. I’m not saying everyone should run around naked; that’s a personal choice. I am saying that an accidentally exposed breast on daytime television should not be of national concern.
And what’s worse, this country is so over-exposed to violence and gore, we are desensitized to it. A three year old can turn on a television and watch animal maul people, people maul people, and machines mauling people all day, on every channel. You have to be at least 17 to see a film that contains nude humans even in a non-sexual context, but even Disney employs violence and death in their children’s cartoons.
In Germany, violent video games are kept under the counter. You can purchase them, but they are not advertised. You have to ask for them specifically (much like buying pornography here in the states). On the flip side, you will see nudity in television commercials and on billboards nationwide. Doesn’t that make more sense?
I blame our sad and twisted culture on the Christians. Don’t get me wrong; I’m not blaming Christianity. I’m blaming Christians. People forget that Christianity is about tolerance. For you Republicans out there, a person’s body is a beautiful thing, created by god. Your sub-machine gun is a dastardly man-made device built for the sole purpose of tearing your fellow man to bloody shreads.
So, for the sake of arguement, let’s do a little reversal. The American way is: violence is ok, guns are ok, fist fighting is ok, gun fights are ok, graphic violence is not ok, nudity is not ok. To take the same extreme in the other direction: female nudity is ok, male nudity is ok, softcore scenes are ok, hardcore scenes are not ok, guns and violence are not ok. Now I ask you, would you rather your children would you rather your children watch Rambo or Red Shoe Diaries?