[this happened 3 years ago, and I wrote the post below back then. But for reasons I don't remember, I saved it as a draft, where it has been ever since, until I happened to go through my drafts folder today]
Sesame Street's Youtube was hacked, and porn was uploaded.
It seems as though everyone's reaction to what happened is either: "ha ha, too bad I missed it" or "that was the worst possible thing imaginable, the hacker is sick and should be tortured".
I feel like the one kid who sees that the emperor's new clothes don't exist.
Hey, guess what? People have sex!
Seeing sex does NOT scar or disturb or warp children!!!
You know what does give children a lifelong neurosis around sexuality? Sheltering and hiding them from it, which teaches them that it is bad and shameful.
No child would think that was a big deal if all the adults around them didn't make such a big production out of it.
It has been shown conclusively and consistently that there is a directly inverse relationship between sex education and teen pregnency and STDs
Knowledge, truth, and education = GOOD
Sheltering and hiding a significant part of life = BAD
Parents are such hypocrites: the very fact that they are parents proves that they have done the very thing they pretend to be so shocked about themselves; at least once.
If you aren't mature enough to talk to your kids honestly about sex, then maybe you weren't mature enough to have kids in the first place. For that matter, maybe you aren't mature enough to have sex yourself.
If parent's were straight forward about sex with their kids, seeing it on screen would be a non-issue.
You know what does give children a lifelong neurosis around sexuality? Sheltering and hiding them from it, which teaches them that it is bad and shameful, (regardless of what you say explicitly).
This is exactly why America is so screwed up when it comes to all things sexual. Not that kids sometimes see people having sex. The fact that so many of you react as though there were anything wrong with that.
Hey, guess what? People have sex! We are animals. All animals have sex. That's how we produce new people. No child would think that was a big deal if all the adults around them didn't make such a big production out of it.
If you want to tell your kids that its only for grown-ups who love each other, that's fine, but there is no reason for them not to see "hardcore" - that's actually how it works! Its not like the hacked video was full of BDSM or fetishes. It was just people having sex. Get over it.
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