WillowRain -> RE: Public undressing of sub females (5/31/2007 1:11:12 PM)
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ORIGINAL: LuckyAlbatross I think the problem is that we make sex into a status symbol and currency- rather than a normal human experience with various aspects to it. Exposure isn't the problem. I don't think it's cool to expose minors to sex. Just like, you should probably be of a certain age before you have to deal with taxes. :P Kids should get to have some time where they don't have to deal with all the complicated stuff of adult hood. I don't think nudity is problamatic, and I would more agree with you that I don't really care if kids are sheltered from nudity or not. But sexuality is complex and sometimes (to children) frightening and confusing adult behavior. Heck, come to think of it, sometimes it's frightening and confusing behavior to adults. F** all you want, anywhere you want... but not in front of my kids and we're cool. There is a reason why there is an age of consent. I'd really prefer that people kept their yelling and screaming, and drunken brawls in private as well. If you are an exhibitionist, one of the things you gotta consider is that as soon as someone sees you, you have included them in the scene. I'm a voyure, I really enjoy exhibitionists, but not every one does, and heck, even if you could ask, kids can't really give consent. It is unfair to expect a five year old to have any capacity or ability to consent, or make good judgements about what they see or don't see, and how they process the actions and behaviors of adults. It's not fair to impose our sexuality on children. edit : it was mentioned that kids do kinky stuff too. Yup, sure do. They hump teddy bears. They tie other kids up playing cops and robbers. They masterbate while watching cartoons. (In the house I grew up in, there was no shame, but a body was reminded what behavior was appropriate in public and what should be done in the privacy of ones room) But it's all about their own bodies and exploration. When we impose adult sexuality on children we fast forward them through all that exploration that is healthy and normal. Human sexuality evolves, grows, changes and we as adults in our culture need to make space for that to happen. I am not a fan of shaming kids about their bodies in any way. I am very pro education and there are some really great folks out there that are writing books and putting out support materials for parents these days. We don't have the right to short circuit their process, to throw them out of the kiddie pool and into the deep part of the ocean. I'm just arguing for their rights to stay in the kiddie pool, and our responsibility to make that possible as a culture.
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