Watchdog raps Skins over "orgy" poster
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There you have it... they wern't teenagers to begin with, no nudity was being shown, and I don't see what the big deal is all about. Considdering the rampant reports we've been hearing about underage sex in that area of the country and the recent report I posted about how many teenagers get drunk to "Improve" their sex.... to me it sounds like the show is trying to hit on something that's currently an issue in their society and bring attention to it.
And considdering the amount of reports and studies expressing a giant % of the teenaged population are already having more sex then the times I've heard the word itself in school... I don't think a poster would make much of a difference in the views of teenagers and chances are, they see worse things on prime time TV and in the movies then this poster in question.
This to me sounds more like another attempt by parents & PC groups trying to avoid the actual problem and try and blame it on the media, much like they always do.
Of corse no poster is shown on the link and I can't find an example of it anywhere, so one can only guess at how bad those posters were by one report on it (Above)
Is this another over reaction like the Cyrus photo shoot? Can't be determined.... we can only assume it was really bad.
Then on another aspect of this, this is another example of the over hype on fears towards sex in society, where violence seems to be accepted. I would rather my children view sexual content rather then violent content, but to each their own I suppose.
You guys remember those Kelvin Klein ads back in the 90's that got a load of stink thrown their way? Those were underage, these images are not.
It all boils down to parenting if you ask me. All this crap is going to be out there somewhere, and if they don't see it on TV, and they don't see it in the movies, and they don't see it in magazines or posters.... they've certainly got the unlimited supply of porn on the internet of all genres and all types of fetishes they can quickly acess at anytime, anywhere.
Is it okay for them to show sex if the model is 18 but looks 14 and is playing 14 on tv? Not that I know in this case if that's true or not, but, sometimes the imaginary scenario they are depicting overrides the actual age of the model, ya know?
I understand, but if they're explaining that that's what the show is all about in the first place and is to bring attention to irresponsible behavior such as what they were portraying in their posters, then what else are they supposed to be using to advertise their show?
Not to mention that we are teaching children about sex at the very least, at grade 7'ish, they're already exposed to sex everywhere they go, a good chunk of those teens are already having sex to begin with (along with many other things), and the fact that the show is talking about sex between teens or people around the same age bracket (Not about old creepy guys trying to snatch little kids for their sexual pleasure) and it's supposed to be talking about the consequences of the topic in question... I don't see a problem with it, let alone a poster with no nudity or actual sexual acts being performed in the poster to begin with, with actors who are over 18 years of age.
What about 90210 back in the day, where some of the characters were running around snoting cocaine, or drinking and driving, blackmailing, and all that other stuff they threw on that made teenagers look "Cool" but taught lessons about those actions at the same time?
Degrassi Jr/High series also touched on a lot of these things, with STD's, pregnant teenagers, etc. I don't see this as any different. From what I understand, the show is to touch base with some important issues which many teenagers face everyday over there, and to get the messages to teenagers in a manner they will find interesting but also informitive, I say go for it.
Like I said, most of the teens who would see the poster are probably already having sex.... one little poster isn't going to change their entire perspective and think "Wow.... that looks like fun, I want to do that."
That's about as sad as the tobacco company's restrictions on advertising and thinking they influence a child's views on smoking. I never smoked until just a little over a year ago, long after all the ads were restricted. I grew up looking through my dad and my brother's penthouse and hustler mags which all had tobacco ads in them.... I never wanted to smoke.... yet the PC groups think kids will follow what they see all the time. Kids will follow what their parents and what their friends are doing.... not what they see on a still image plastered on a wall. All my friends and people I knew in school started smoking or having sex because someone else was doing it..... People should be focusing their attention on parents and friends of these kids in question, as we will never remove sex or violence from everywhere in the world.... they're a part of our nature.... educate your children and explain these things that they see.... don't just hide it from them and make them have to figure it out on their own.... I'm sure there's plenty of people in here who might have made some better decisions in their lives if they were told about something properly or with openess that they ended up trying on their own due to curiousness.
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