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A Danish Children’s TV Show Has This Message: ‘Normal Bodies Look Like This’
- 3np 6y agoIt's weird that this is significant news - maybe in the US this is odd but coming from another secular European country, we have had similar shows over the years and no one bats an eye really.
- tarboreus 6y agoWe're prudes in the US. That's the long and short of it.
- Lewton 6y agoWorth pointing out that this is nothing new for Denmark, I remember naked bodies being displayed in children's sex-ed shows in the 90ies. Sex-ed classes in school often involved(involves?) displaying pictures of a wide array of genitalia to make sure kids understand that there's quite a bit of variance
- OwlsParlay 6y agoI think if this was just in textbooks or a informative video that would be one thing, but an actual stage show feels a bit over the top?
- tokai 6y ago> feels a bit over the top? No. In what way is it over the top? Is it only okay to make an informative video if its voice over? I can't follow you at all.
- username90 6y agoNaked bodies aren't taboo in their shows, you see them all the time, so this is just one show among many others.
- LordHeini 6y agoWhy is it over the top? Having the actual subject in front of you is the best way to learn about things. Do remember that this is not about sex, but about body image. As a German i never understood the prude Americans and their idiotic view on nudity. Having stupid amounts of violence (even the Tom and Jerry kind) in the media is fine. Having artificially perfect bodies (with the proper amount of cover by clothing) is fine too. But if there is a nipple visible somewhere they go full apeshit for no reason.
- Splognosticus 6y agoHere I think is the difference between a book and a live person: The show’s producers say the program is meant as an educational tool to fight body shaming and encourage body positivity. And so first reluctantly, later enthusiastically, the children from the Orestad School in Copenhagen asked the adults questions like: “At what age did you grow hair on the lower part of your body?” “Do you consider removing your tattoos?” “Are you pleased with your private parts?” One of the adults, Martin, answered that he had never had “negative thoughts” about his private parts. Another adult, also named Martin, admitted that when he was young he had worried about size. “But the relationship with myself has changed over time,” he said. With serious looks on their faces, the children nodded. You can't ask a book questions.
- JakeOP 6y agoDecadence is the word that describes what I felt after reading this.
- m4r35n357 6y agoToo much nudity. Not enough guns. This is disgusting!
- s9w 6y ago"this is what normal bodies look" > shows full body tatoo, piercings, implanted horns, colored hair, obesity There's more disgusting details about this "show" on the net, but mentioning it is potentially illegal for me. May these people suffer a long and painful death.
- JakeOP 6y agohttps://centralnewsnow.com/a-danish-childrens-tv-show-has-this-message-normal-bodies-look-like-this/ https://centralnewsnow.com/a-danish-childrens-tv-show-has-th... "“I’m not a boy, not a girl, I’m a bit of everything,” said Rei, showing a tattoo-covered chest and a shaved head. “I have seven hairs of beard now,” Rei said." Decadence!!!!
- username90 6y agoNaked bodies in prime time TV is normal in Denmark. I remember seeing ads with topless women in the middle of the day when I was there in the 90's.
- 082349872349872 6y agoNaked bodies are like opinions. We all have them, but some cultures are more comfortable than others with encountering someone else's.
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- WhoReallyWon 6y agoAt least we're not speaking German.
- kasperni 6y agoI've done sex-ed as a kid both in Denmark and in the US in the eighties. The danish one was super relaxed. Teacher (female) had lots of good advice like "don't stick anything up there, that you wouldn't put in your mouth". We also had people with different sexualities come out and tell us how that worked. You tried rolling on a condom on replicas. All in all good fun. In the US (liberal school in CA) you were split into boys and girls. Parents had to sign a note that you where allowed to participate. And I don't remember the lessons for being particular informative or relaxed. More like anatomy lessons.
- AardvarkZebra 6y agoOur young children are being set in front of naked foreign men, told explicitly that this is "normal", their naive humiliation and degradation is being recorded and broadcasted, and anyone who isn't enthusiastic in their support of this will be labelled a bigot. How much more will Europe tolerate? Will anyone who supports this tell me if there is any line in the sand at all, or does your passivity know no limits?
- blunte 6y agoIt really is such a psychological crime that so many children are reared with the advice that humans bodies are (in part) shameful. This starts children off from the perspective of themselves being fundamentally wrong, flawed, or bad. Maybe we have different opinions about what is a healthful or attractive body, but the concept of a body and its parts should be no more controversial than a tree and its parts.
- kgran 6y agoWow, puritans actually flagged this out.
- jerome-jh 6y agoIn my country (France), half of 13 years old kids have already seen porn. I sharply remember at the same age, as a boy, I was highly interested in seeing naked women. But I was not at all interested in the sexual act itself. It could be argued that if it is made super easy so see naked adults, there is much less need to look for porn. So that kind of show could raise the age at which young people start watching porn, and that would only be a good thing.
- mieses 6y agonormal != average. I didn't read the article. just guessing they confuse the 2 words.