There was a show in the early ‘70s called Tattletales. It was basically the Newlywed Game for married celebrities, where they were tasked with predicting how their spouses would answer a certain question. On one episode, the question was, “If you caught your 12-year-old daughter reading a pornographic book, would you take it away or let her keep reading it?” To a person, their answer was to let her keep reading it. They were very strong and proud of that answer, as though it was the only morally acceptable answer. I guess things haven’t changed in Hollyweird.
I remember that show. There were a number of racy topics on that show. Remember Love American Style? A sort of Real Sex for that ear. I was a child when those were produced. My comments to Texan5 suggest that my interest in such items was due to the fact that my parents watched such shows, read racy books, my mother watched rather racy soaps. They did not encourage me in those things and certainly would not let me read racy books but the example was cast. The message was clear, racy material is ok as is the objectifying of women and sex. Yes, children are curious but we need to be careful how we feed that curiosity.
I remember a friend’s child asking if she knew where he came from? My friend thought she was going to do the facts of life spiel but instead asked, “No Dear. Where did you come from?” To which the child answered, “The basement where I was playing.” Imagine how the child’s mind would have reeled had he been given the facts of life upon returning from the basement?