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I'm from Germany, and whenever I have US friends over, they're aghast when they see our newspapers or magazines or TV ads, where nude bodies are nothing special
by terhechte 14y ago
I'm from Germany, and whenever I have US friends over, they're aghast when they see our newspapers or magazines or TV ads, where nude bodies are nothing special and nobody cares if a kids sees boobs.
On the other hand, violent media, like gore, or blood depiction, is explicitly forbidden. In games that were to be sold for minors, the publishers usually color the blood blue before releasing it on the German market.
I tend to think that we're more open with the creation of life (nude, sexual intercourse) versus of the destruction of life (killing, gore, blood). While it is exactly the opposite in the US. I've never understood that, especially given that the us is so religious - isn't religion all about cherishing and praising life instead of death?
- tbrownaw 14y agoI've never understood that, especially given that the us is so religious - isn't religion all about cherishing and praising life instead of death? I suppose some of them can be. Or it can be "I believe that doing $X will cause $Y (even tho physics and science say it won't)". Or it can be "doing $X / giving up $Y makes me special and better than you [which gives me the right to make you also do $X / give up $Y, for your own good of course]".
- rimantas 14y agoI'd say religion is the main cause of such attitude in US.
- keeperofdakeys 14y agoWhile that could be a historical cause, these days it's actively part of the American culture. Interestingly there is almost a kind of hypocritical attitude. A lot of American culture involves sexualisation, especially involving celebrities; which often extends to kids in varies ways (fashion, magazines, music). Then parents also try to keep sex and nudity from their children, because they deem it will 'damage' them.