Post by Hades on Jun 24, 2009 6:23:32 GMT -5
I wasn't sure which section to post this in. So if it needs to be moved, by all means, move it to the most appropriate section.
Are children really as mentally fragile as some groups make them out to be? I personally don't think so.
I ask this questions because of this article:
As I write this post, I can hear the fake outrage from Fox News "journalist" Gretchen Carlson.
I admit, the ad did surprise me a little. And I think it is a bit excessive, but it certainly did not outrage me. They're clinging to children like they always do, thinking it's going to damage their fragile minds. But will it?
Does anyone really think a sexy ad is going to warp a childs mind? I think more often than not, the reaction from adults is much more traumatizing than the thing they're reacting to is. When I was a kid, I remember watching a movie at my dads house. In this movie, a stripper pops out of a cake and starts dancing around topless. I assure you, seeing boobs at a young age didn't effect me at all. What did effect me is my step mother screaming "DON'T LOOK! DON'T LOOK! TURN IT OFF!".
When I was about 10 years old, a friend and I discovered his fathers porn stash. And again, seeing naked people didn't do anything to me. But the smack across my face and 2 weeks of being grounded after I was caught did.
I'm just tired of people hiding behind children when it comes to stuff like this. I feel like they don't want to admit that they're just prudes. But maybe I'm wrong. Am I?
-edited for a dumb grammar mistake-
Are children really as mentally fragile as some groups make them out to be? I personally don't think so.
I ask this questions because of this article:
A steamy Calvin Klein billboard that seems to show a teenage girl in a threesome - with suggestions of a foursome - is raising eyebrows and ire.
Passersby can't miss the massive, sexually charged ad on a building at Lafayette and Houston Sts. in SoHo, and they can't believe their eyes.
"It's borderline pornographic," said neighborhood resident Lisa Marchese, 36, a marketing specialist who was disturbed by the youthfulness of the models.
"They all look so young, particularly the girl. And to portray them in a threesome - it's just taking it too far."
The ad depicts a topless young woman lying on top of a barechested boy while kissing a second shirtless male.
They're on a sofa, and below them a third male - pants and shirt unbuttoned - is lying on the floor.
Asked about the message in the ad, a Calvin Klein spokesman said the "intention was to create a very sexy campaign that speaks to our targeted demographic."
New Yorkers think they overshot.
"It's pretty provocative," said Murray Hill resident Alicia Shay, 24, who happens to sell jeans for a living.
"Just the positioning of them all - she's kissing him, the other guy has his hands down her pants, they're all misty even. It's really inappropriate."
Calvin Klein has long pushed the envelope with its advertising, starting with a 15-year-old Brooke Shields cooing that "nothing" came between her and her Calvins in 1981.
In 1995, the American Family Association, a conservative Christian group, pressured the company into yanking ads that some said were evocative of child porn.
The group's founder, the Rev. Don Wildmon, said he was disappointed by the new billboard.
"It shows a lack of respect for our society, especially for young people," he said. "It's a sad thing in America when the only thing they want is money and they'll keep using sex to get it."
www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/06/14/2009-06-14_risqueacute_business_calvin_klein_billboard_in_soho_too_sexy_say_some.html#ixzz0JMAH5fQv&D
Passersby can't miss the massive, sexually charged ad on a building at Lafayette and Houston Sts. in SoHo, and they can't believe their eyes.
"It's borderline pornographic," said neighborhood resident Lisa Marchese, 36, a marketing specialist who was disturbed by the youthfulness of the models.
"They all look so young, particularly the girl. And to portray them in a threesome - it's just taking it too far."
The ad depicts a topless young woman lying on top of a barechested boy while kissing a second shirtless male.
They're on a sofa, and below them a third male - pants and shirt unbuttoned - is lying on the floor.
Asked about the message in the ad, a Calvin Klein spokesman said the "intention was to create a very sexy campaign that speaks to our targeted demographic."
New Yorkers think they overshot.
"It's pretty provocative," said Murray Hill resident Alicia Shay, 24, who happens to sell jeans for a living.
"Just the positioning of them all - she's kissing him, the other guy has his hands down her pants, they're all misty even. It's really inappropriate."
Calvin Klein has long pushed the envelope with its advertising, starting with a 15-year-old Brooke Shields cooing that "nothing" came between her and her Calvins in 1981.
In 1995, the American Family Association, a conservative Christian group, pressured the company into yanking ads that some said were evocative of child porn.
The group's founder, the Rev. Don Wildmon, said he was disappointed by the new billboard.
"It shows a lack of respect for our society, especially for young people," he said. "It's a sad thing in America when the only thing they want is money and they'll keep using sex to get it."
www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/06/14/2009-06-14_risqueacute_business_calvin_klein_billboard_in_soho_too_sexy_say_some.html#ixzz0JMAH5fQv&D
As I write this post, I can hear the fake outrage from Fox News "journalist" Gretchen Carlson.
I admit, the ad did surprise me a little. And I think it is a bit excessive, but it certainly did not outrage me. They're clinging to children like they always do, thinking it's going to damage their fragile minds. But will it?
Does anyone really think a sexy ad is going to warp a childs mind? I think more often than not, the reaction from adults is much more traumatizing than the thing they're reacting to is. When I was a kid, I remember watching a movie at my dads house. In this movie, a stripper pops out of a cake and starts dancing around topless. I assure you, seeing boobs at a young age didn't effect me at all. What did effect me is my step mother screaming "DON'T LOOK! DON'T LOOK! TURN IT OFF!".
When I was about 10 years old, a friend and I discovered his fathers porn stash. And again, seeing naked people didn't do anything to me. But the smack across my face and 2 weeks of being grounded after I was caught did.
I'm just tired of people hiding behind children when it comes to stuff like this. I feel like they don't want to admit that they're just prudes. But maybe I'm wrong. Am I?
-edited for a dumb grammar mistake-