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Yesterday I was a guest on Maxim Radio's "Sex Files" where I couldn't resist tweaking Amy Spencer and Anna David, the young, lovely and very competent hostesses of the show, about their faith in fidelity. "There's no cheating here," they said. "Not on this show."
(In real life, vs. radio show life, I don't tell people to cheat on their partners. I don't tell them not to cheat either. In radio show life, I couldn't resist advising: Cheat.)
While Amy, a newlywed, and Anna, happy with her boyfriend, are proselytizing for monogamy, prime time TV, on the other hand, is apparently promoting extramarital affairs.
"Is there enough married sex being shown or talked about on television? That intrepid defender of the nation's video morals, the Parents Television Council, says no," Matthew Lasar writing on Ars Technica. (Read his commentary on the full report--more interesting than the news stories on it.)
PTC periodically releases reports aimed at lawmakers and regulators. This particular situation is worrisome, they say, because references to non-marital sex outnumbered references to marital sex 3 to 1. And, worse, married sex was often depicted as boring or a chore.
Uh-huh. And this is bad because....?
It's not good for the children.
Babes, your children are not the intended audience for "Desperate Housewives." You should send them to bed (and open the chilled white wine) or TiVo. But if the young ones glimpse a scene of nudity or passion, are they harmed?
I love John Stossel's response in today's The New York Sun: "If exposure to media sex caused so many problems, surely we would see the negative effect in Europe. Kids there are exposed to even more sex--explicit commercials and nude beaches. Yet all this nudity hasn't caused European countries to experience more sex-related crimes."
We should be concerned about the increasing crudeness and coarseness of American culture, about the incivility and ignorance of public discourse--and violence.
Consensual sex? In the words John Stossel frequently uses: Give me a break.
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"Give me a break." No kidding!
Very well said, Susan.
For me, I would sure rather my kiddo catch two people loving each other (even if for one time), than spewing hate at at each other in all it's forms.
Posted by: Tigress | August 07, 2008 at 06:33 PM