"Hi kids, today we're going to talk about bukake! Here's what it is and how it works...
Useless post.
On the contrary, I think it's a concise and effective response to the whole of this ridiculous thread by pointing out the ludicrously over-the-top hysterical strawmannery with which it's marinated. But I'm not at all surprised you don't understand that one of art's functions is social, political, and intellectual commentary.
Vague.
Nope, I was commenting on the entire thread. If I was responding to a particular post I'd have quoted it.
All of this is optional stuff that kids can be safely left to discover on their own, as they mature and if the mood strikes them.
I shall amend my interpretation then.
Your skill in interpretation is every bit as good as your ability to avoid logical fallacies.
Which is why it is so important for parents to take the lead in directing the conversation.
I don't think she's out of touch, I just think she's wrong.
Clearly. Your focus on the soundbite rather than the nuance clearly illustrates that:
I'm suggesting that it's okay for parents to allow 13 year olds to know that porn exists, if they have developed the emotional maturity to process the information. Some 13 year olds will have that maturity. Some won't. The parents will know. The government will not.
And for the kids whose parents don't do that?
Whilst I agree that parents should have the conversation, I do not share your view that it will do that much good. I don't see anything from you that proves otherwise.
The parents don't do that because they too were shamed and guilted. Society as a whole needs to stop treating sex as shameful. Educate the children and the teenagers appropriately, and they will do the same when they are having children of their own. But that's for future generations. Right now, teach it in schools. Put it on the curriculum. I was 14 when I did my mandatory sex education in my second year of high school. Yes, it was awkward, yes there were giggles, and no, in 1984 it still didn't address a lot of aspects of sex and sexuality, but yes it did prepare me for when it mattered.
You don't know my adult, well-adjusted, safely sexually active, children. It works.
Nothing short of a child abuser, which is an egregious and offensive suggestion that I ought to demand an apology for.
I made no mention of child abuse so why are you?
i agree i think that deceptive and addictive marketing practices are a much greater threat to child development than porn. i think porn is more of a subset of that than a problem in and of itself. in fact it may even be a scapegoat provided by the tech companies pushing those practices on social media to point to to avoid scrutiny on themselves.
