The Pornification Of A Generation

I think its true that a certain degree of flexibility is a necessity and natural within humanity; that means that regardless of what the central values are there will be a certain amount of the things that people consider less than ideal (obsession with sex, etc.) What is really disturbing about this is how it seems to signify that the core ideals of how people behave or want to behave are violated before they are even able to reach adulthood. Obsession with sex results in a wide range of unnatural behaviors - often poor parenting (either through being thrust into single parenthood, or merely by someone who is more obsessed with taking part in the sex act than contributing or taking part in natural parenting) , lack of interest in learning (children obsessed with their appearances spend all their energy figuring out how to dress and interact with each other sexually rather than learning about the natural world, science, about economic factors, or about other things which if they were able to have the opportunity to be interested in them, the world would be a better place not only for them but also for future people), and unsatisfactory personal relationships (people obsessed with the image aspects of sex find it difficult to take part in or understand the deep bonding aspects of trusting sexual relations which involve love and flexibility and enjoyment of a partner as who they are and look like instead of being internally or externally critical of each other???s bodies???a kind of mutual physical (and emotional) trust which cannot develop when people are comparing each other to fantasy images)) Some people say that the obsession with sex is normal and natural - just a natural development to being ???unleashed??? from religion. Yet, when you look around in the animal kingdom, almost all animals are devoted parents, the exception usually being animals that can fend for themselves from birth. Birds are obsessed with sex, and yet you see both parent birds tending to the nest not until the male finds another more attractive one, but until the nestlings are fully grown. Eagles are obsessed with sex, they have elaborate courtship rituals which they perform every year even when they choose not to reproduce due to lack of resources, and yet even after a lifetime together they don???t leave for younger birds with different feathers OR perform those rituals for any other eagle they come across. Lions are obsessed with sex and yet you don???t see male lions intentionally abandoning their lionesses and cubs unless driven away. In humanity, this obsession with sex is leading to poor parenting and less focus on positive community features and that suggests that maybe our way of advertising our own technology to ourselves is developing an unnatural culture, which in violating the norms of nature will lead to long-term problems for our and our children???s psyche.

As a woman in her mid-twenties, the only difference I see from my childhood and those described in this article is that we didn't have Bratz dolls. Instead we had massive articles about how Barbie was unrealistic and chauvinistic. Bratz are so impressive to kids, not because they are sexual, but because the features are large and freakish, and they are dressed in interesting and colorful ways. Little girls like bright colors and to dress dolls up in new ways, just because grown men get perverted thoughts about dolls does not make them sexual for little girls. In the same way that Barbie never made me want to be 8 feet tall with a horse neck. I think adult reactions to these dolls is more detrimental to children then the dolls themselves.

Also "In a survey of 244 high-school students... researchers ... found that those who frequently viewed talk shows and prime-time programs with sexualized content endorsed sexual stereotypes more strongly."
How is this a product of porn and not our popular culture just using PRIME TIME to reaffirm old stereotypes. We should not be blaming comfort with sexuality with main steam medias obsession with putting violence and sex together, we should be blaming mainstream media for showing sex in such a degrading and negative light.
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Brings to mind the video of what looks like a grown, attractive woman dancing in a school girl outfit infront of her webcam until daddy walks in in shock that his 15 year old is acting that way.

And bratz dolls do not dress any more provocatively then Barbie. They have a passion for fashion, not sex. If you have watched any of the cartoons or the movie, you would see that they are about being true to themselves and resisting peer pressure. I'm not that far from being a teenager, and I remember that if my mom told me -not- to wear something, I wanted to wear it more. I personally think that instead of worrying about what your teenager is wearing, you should teach them that even if they want to dress sexy they should do it because it makes -them- feel good, not because they want guys/girls to look at them. Teach your child moral values, and then no matter what they see they'll know that it's just music or movies. Teach them that sex is okay. it's not some dirty taboo thing, and maybe we won't have so many screwed up people like in previous generations. Y'know, like serial killers and rapists? There aren't near as many today as there was thirty or even ten years ago, because there isn't as much repression. And, pull the stick out of your butts, the whole group of you. Geez

And bratz dolls do not dress any more provocatively then Barbie. They have a passion for fashion, not sex. If you have watched any of the cartoons or the movie, you would see that they are about being true to themselves and resisting peer pressure. I'm not that far from being a teenager, and I remember that if my mom told me -not- to wear something, I wanted to wear it more. I personally think that instead of worrying about what your teenager is wearing, you should teach them that even if they want to dress sexy they should do it because it makes -them- feel good, not because they want guys/girls to look at them. Teach your child moral values, and then no matter what they see they'll know that it's just music or movies. Teach them that sex is okay. it's not some dirty taboo thing, and maybe we won't have so many screwed up people like in previous generations. Y'know, like serial killers and rapists? There aren't near as many today as there was thirty or even ten years ago, because there isn't as much repression. And, pull the stick out of your butts, the whole group of you. Geez

And bratz dolls do not dress any more provocatively then Barbie. They have a passion for fashion, not sex. If you have watched any of the cartoons or the movie, you would see that they are about being true to themselves and resisting peer pressure. I'm not that far from being a teenager, and I remember that if my mom told me -not- to wear something, I wanted to wear it more. I personally think that instead of worrying about what your teenager is wearing, you should teach them that even if they want to dress sexy they should do it because it makes -them- feel good, not because they want guys/girls to look at them. Teach your child moral values, and then no matter what they see they'll know that it's just music or movies. Teach them that sex is okay. it's not some dirty taboo thing, and maybe we won't have so many screwed up people like in previous generations. Y'know, like serial killers and rapists? There aren't near as many today as there was thirty or even ten years ago, because there isn't as much repression. And, pull the stick out of your butts, the whole group of you. Geez

And bratz dolls do not dress any more provocatively then Barbie. They have a passion for fashion, not sex. If you have watched any of the cartoons or the movie, you would see that they are about being true to themselves and resisting peer pressure. I'm not that far from being a teenager, and I remember that if my mom told me -not- to wear something, I wanted to wear it more. I personally think that instead of worrying about what your teenager is wearing, you should teach them that even if they want to dress sexy they should do it because it makes -them- feel good, not because they want guys/girls to look at them. Teach your child moral values, and then no matter what they see they'll know that it's just music or movies. Teach them that sex is okay. it's not some dirty taboo thing, and maybe we won't have so many screwed up people like in previous generations. Y'know, like serial killers and rapists? There aren't near as many today as there was thirty or even ten years ago, because there isn't as much repression. And, pull the stick out of your butts, the whole group of you. Geez

And bratz dolls do not dress any more provocatively then Barbie. They have a passion for fashion, not sex. If you have watched any of the cartoons or the movie, you would see that they are about being true to themselves and resisting peer pressure. I'm not that far from being a teenager, and I remember that if my mom told me -not- to wear something, I wanted to wear it more. I personally think that instead of worrying about what your teenager is wearing, you should teach them that even if they want to dress sexy they should do it because it makes -them- feel good, not because they want guys/girls to look at them. Teach your child moral values, and then no matter what they see they'll know that it's just music or movies. Teach them that sex is okay. it's not some dirty taboo thing, and maybe we won't have so many screwed up people like in previous generations. Y'know, like serial killers and rapists? There aren't near as many today as there was thirty or even ten years ago, because there isn't as much repression. And, pull the stick out of your butts, the whole group of you. Geez

And bratz dolls do not dress any more provocatively then Barbie. They have a passion for fashion, not sex. If you have watched any of the cartoons or the movie, you would see that they are about being true to themselves and resisting peer pressure. I'm not that far from being a teenager, and I remember that if my mom told me -not- to wear something, I wanted to wear it more. I personally think that instead of worrying about what your teenager is wearing, you should teach them that even if they want to dress sexy they should do it because it makes -them- feel good, not because they want guys/girls to look at them. Teach your child moral values, and then no matter what they see they'll know that it's just music or movies. Teach them that sex is okay. it's not some dirty taboo thing, and maybe we won't have so many screwed up people like in previous generations. Y'know, like serial killers and rapists? There aren't near as many today as there was thirty or even ten years ago, because there isn't as much repression. And, pull the stick out of your butts, the whole group of you. Geez

And bratz dolls do not dress any more provocatively then Barbie. They have a passion for fashion, not sex. If you have watched any of the cartoons or the movie, you would see that they are about being true to themselves and resisting peer pressure. I'm not that far from being a teenager, and I remember that if my mom told me -not- to wear something, I wanted to wear it more. I personally think that instead of worrying about what your teenager is wearing, you should teach them that even if they want to dress sexy they should do it because it makes -them- feel good, not because they want guys/girls to look at them. Teach your child moral values, and then no matter what they see they'll know that it's just music or movies. Teach them that sex is okay. it's not some dirty taboo thing, and maybe we won't have so many screwed up people like in previous generations. Y'know, like serial killers and rapists? There aren't near as many today as there was thirty or even ten years ago, because there isn't as much repression. And, pull the stick out of your butts, the whole group of you. Geez

Axe shower gel is targeted towards college age people, by what I understand in the commercials.

And, I personally would rather see a teen girl in a corset, fishnets and "stripper heals" then wearing that play boy bunny symbol that is so popular.

I'd just like to say that "axe" body gel, from what I understand from the commercials, are marketed towards college age men, not teens.

But what I think we need to do away with isn't the corsets and "stripper heals" I'd much rather see my teen daughter in something like that then that stupid play boy symbool.

Really, everything that used to signify dissent and rebellion and "freedom" - punk rock, porn, whatever you care to mention - has now just become a way for us to spend money and remain in a drugged coma while the finance sector rapes us and the planet. (As I've been saying for a while at http://tcsf.blogdrive.com/ )

Really, everything that used to signify dissent and rebellion and "freedom" - punk rock, porn, whatever you care to mention - has now just become a way for us to spend money and remain in a drugged coma while the finance sector rapes us and the planet. (As I've been saying for a while at http://tcsf.blogdrive.com/ )

I'm 25 and I've been fussing about sexuality in media since I was a teen. It had influenced me into behaviors that I otherwise would not have dabbled in until I was much older. But also, since our culture has become so obsessed with sex, it raises people's hormonal levels... And that actually influences the hormones of children born from high-hormone parents. Studies show that the amount of certain hormones produced more highly by parents, will be produced more highly by default (and with greater capacity) in the children they bear. This is apparent in the traits of black foxes that were being domesticated for fur harvesting. As generations of "tame" animals began to develop from lives spent in safety and not using much adrenaline, their offspring were born with less adrenaline capacity, and because adrenaline genes are linked to pigmentation, they would be born with more and more white splotches and markings.

The case is the same with children, except the opposite extreme, where parents have far more sex than in the old days (before contraception), or get aroused a lot, or just plain think about sex a lot due to being constantly bombarded and convinced that it's normal to be OBSESSED with sex. Now we see children starting puberty far too early. The average age when I was a kid was 12-15, with the period able to start as late as 18 and still be considered normal. Now the average age of puberty is 8-12. They barely get time to be children before they have to start worrying about adult physical, physiological, and psychological problems in everyday life. That is sad. Taking away their childhood innocence is society-level child abuse. It's an arrestable offense to show lewd content to children ("Corruption of a minor"), and yet our common media does this all the time. This definitely needs to be looked into.

Bedroom acts should stay in the bedroom. ...Or at least out of the open. It's a private, intimate act anyway. It shouldn't be demonized, but it shouldn't be cheapened either, which is what the media is doing to it. And it DEFINITELY should be left out of kids' lives until they're far more ready for it. After all, if this open, obsessively lewd behavior they see currently is what "responsible adults" do, then as teens they of course feel they can be just as "responsible"! What right have we to call ourselves adults, if we can't even show discipline and responsibility for this one thing?

I have my own theories on this and other related issues concerning society in general, not just for the kids. Are we, and generations before us, the ones responsible for these "looks", and why do have to associate high heels and fish nets with porn and prostitution. Most women will not leave the bedroom without putting on their make-up and padded bras. Most women wear high heels. I, personally, have five grand-daughters. And I would give them Bratz dolls if they wanted them. I have a room set aside in my home for the kids, and in that room is not only toys they bring from their own homes, but also toys we buy for them, which includes Bratz. In my opinion, how "the look" is viewed is how we teach our children. If we teach them that only "hookers" wear high heels, then they will relate that. If we teach them to be themselves, and the rights and wrongs of issues like prostitution, then it will be up to them as they grow to whether high heels are acceptable or not.. I also have a grand-son who asks me why parents worry about a girls virginity and not a boys. My answer to him was there should be no difference, but he is right, some parents to see it the way he discribed. Is the author of this article the same way? We always seem to see others in a negative way that maybe we shouldn't. Like these kids who fancy the gothic look. Some of these kids are descent kids, but a lot of our society can't see past what they wear and what color they paint their fingernails. Give our kids a break, buy her the Bratz, and teach her values that doesn't stereo-type a fashion or "look". And, I will add, as they grow up, kids do make mistakes.

Follow the money; it's all about what sells more products. If we want to change this cultural attitude sex has to move from being dirty, rebellious, and kinky--to something natural and human, no big deal. It means letting everyone know you don't have to "buy" a perfect outward persona in order to be happy sexually, but be a comfortable, balanced human being. As a child, I felt the media telling me that fat, ugly, less than perfect people (the ugly step-sisters) would never have a partner in life: from Disney to Hefner, it's all about selling products. Somebody once left a Playboy in my mother's beauty shop and business went up so much (women asking for color, waxing, etc.) that my mother got a subscription to boost business. Women couldn't tear themselves away from the centerfolds; they wanted to know what the "competition" had to offer...then tried to copy it.