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Originally Posted by ELOrocks17
You would tell your child that images of nude women is bad? And just when are you going to tell little Johnny when its not bad? When hes 25?
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no, not that nudity is bad, but to learn to discern the difference between art in the Louvre, and porn at the corner porn store, and a photograph of a nude woman at sunset. Here is the post,
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Originally Posted by DimSumRaja
so things like nude women magazines and porn, i made sure they heard from me and yes looked at it with me, and i explained to them my views including the element of violence against, how these portray and encourage and perpetuate violence against women, and yes we sat down at looked at them together.
i also wanted them to know the difference between pornography and art, not all nudity is bad, it's not what parts of humans or showing, it is the message behind it and how it is portrayed. there is a difference between a nude in the art museum and a nude in the corner porn shop. I wanted them to have my views on what that difference is
i wanted them to have a healthy sexuality, and a respect for women, and be able to recognize violence and the inappropriateness of it.
we were able to have that ongoing dialogue because i talked about stuff like that with them from day one at age appropriate levels, and treated like anything else, something to learn and discern.
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