Time to Grow Up (Score 1)

It's interesting to see the different attitudes about sex in different cultures. In some places in Europe, for example, it's completely legal and accepted for a child to buy pornography from a street vendor.

The problem is, America has an irrational dichotomy about sexuality. On one hand, America is fascinated by sex, behaving like a 14 year old boy on the subject. On the other, sex is still seen, albeit implicitly, as something 'naughty', something dirty to be hidden from the public eye because it is 'inappropriate'.

I think America needs to grow up. I think it's time to ask ourselves, why is sex a taboo topic when it comes to children? For that matter, why is it taboo for anybody? What exactly are we afraid of?

Let's say, for example, that there are no controls on the web browsing in the laundrimat. Middle school kids will come in and look up pornography. Fine. What harm is that to anyone? Will the students be transformed into sex-crazed lunatics as a result of seeing, most likely, a few sets of heaving breasts?

I place the fault of this absurd American attitude squarely on the shoulders of parents who over-shelter their children. It is true that kids need to be protected from harm, but I think the best protection is understanding. I think we should explain 'The Birds and the Bees' to children as young as possible, so that, when the time comes, they will be more comfortable with the changes going on in their bodies, and more likely to be able to handle sexuality more maturely.

Of course, no son of mine is going to look at that perverted, disgusting nonsense! Excuse me for ending this early, but there's a good movie on one of the Nipplevision channels.