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Compared to what's available on TV in western Europe, Hollywood is much more reserved. They may not be puritanical, but most of the religious right in America a
by exq 4y ago
Compared to what's available on TV in western Europe, Hollywood is much more reserved. They may not be puritanical, but most of the religious right in America absolutely are, and they make up a large and loud majority. Janet Jacksons tassled nipple resulted in national controversy and outrage! Laws were passed because of it. BECAUSE OF A NIPPLE! People were screeching just a few weeks ago that Disney had ~24 frames of an animated married lesbian couple kiss, as if having a kid see someone give a quick peck to their partner will turn them into a flaming homosexual or want to switch genders.
We've come a long way here in usa, but we've got a ways to go.
- birdyrooster 4y agoThe government censors porn from the internet in a country in Western Europe. Oh wait nvm that isn’t Europe anymore.
- anthk 4y agoI'm from Spain. Zillions of people saw a bare nipple in the New Year's Eve late night show back in the day. That was about 35 years ago. And no one cared.
- whimsicalism 4y agoAnd yet you still remember it 35 years later.'
- yellowapple 4y agoIn all fairness, it was an exceptionally nice nipple.
- fsckboy 4y agoEvery time a european tells me that they don't care about nudity I always ask them to strip or have their wife/gf lift up her shirt for me. They never do. it's exhausting listening to Europeans make such a huge deal about how they don't make a big deal about sex.
- anthk 4y agoWe don't care on normal contexts, such as advertisements about shampoos with nude women. We have decor too.
- fsckboy 4y agobut you don't show women's buttholes in advertising, so you draw a line one place; we draw the line another place. .But if you don't care about it and it's no big deal, then why is it such a big deal not to see nipples, it's like you have this need to see women's nipples or there's something wrong. In actuality, I think you have a need to act like and say that you don't think it's a big deal; but the European porn and titillation industry is quite robust, so the prurient interest is there.
- 988747 4y agoYeah, the nipple-phobia in Hollywood is really funny. Characters in Hollywood movies or TV shows somehow manage to have sexual intercourse without taking their underwear off.
- worik 4y agoIt is the weirdest thing how couples, having just had sex, are wearing underwear. There must be some code I do not know about. It is ubiquitous
- 988747 4y agoWell, it's still better than 50s and 60s, when it seems married couples slept in separate beds (a scene from "I love Lucy"): https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ac/e1/f9/ace1f9037208231eebf5184b9dce84b6.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ac/e1/f9/ace1f9037208231eebf5...
- oska 4y agoWithout meaning to undermine your point, I think a greater proportion of married couples did sleep in separate beds back then. My grandparents had separate beds.
- LouisSayers 4y agoOr not taking off their shoes... What's with Americans wearing shoes on the bed? we're always shocked when we see that on TV.
- 988747 4y agoI think this stems from two things: 1. Americans are always on the run, living at much higher pace, ready to take off at moment's notice. 2. The US is located more to the south than Europe, so the climate is warmer and drier in most parts, so your shoes are much cleaner (no snow, no mud). Or maybe it's just a movie convention: like they want the movie character to be able to take off without wasting time on finding their shoes. Similar thing happens with how phone calls are shown in movies: there's a very short greeting, and after the conversation is over people just hang off, no pleasantries at the end, in the interest of air time.