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[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 46 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I mean, unintentionally, but I've been walked in on by my little one before. You can't always control what your kids are gonna see.

It isn't rocket science; it's education. Being sexually repressed is a choice - a bad one. Sit down with your kids, teach them the birds and the bees, and maybe they won't end up with a completely unrealistic view of sex.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 37 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Sexual repression is the American way. Americans wonder why Europeans are buckwild in this regard, and it's because they have healthy conversations about sex and regard it as natural. They still have laws involving minors and all that, but their view is much more humanistic.

Unless the internet is dismantled and containerized, there's no realistic way to prevent minors from viewing porn. The problem is that American parents have puritanical views on sex and rely on prohibition rather than being uncomfortable and having a chat with their kids about one of the most natural things humans engage in because they themselves are prudes. It's the same reason people get all wound up when they see a pair of boobs, because they view them as sexual objects and not yet another part of the human anatomy. Mind boggling, but that's religious influence for you.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 27 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Important to always remember America started because a bunch of hyper religious folks thought the Church of England was too permissive, named themselves "Puritans", and sailed off to a new land. And many still hold to those warped values today

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago

Many of there were kicked out for their repressive ways too.