(Or so I understand it. I am not in a position to look up citations.)
Ask HN: Why do we accept gore in movies/games but not nudity/sex in sitcoms?
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#15I suspect that they know what they're doing. Because they are putting their money where their mouth is. I trust them more than I trust all those who say that all the sex and violence (hours and hours of it) doesn't matter, because it doesn't change anybody's behavior. Follow the money, trust the money. The money says what we see changes behavior. (Not everybody's, not 100%. But enough to matter.)
So I take the position that neither the sex nor the violence is good for us as a society. It causes actual changes in behavior.
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#17I'm going to take the other side of this one. My starting point is the Super Bowl. During that game, advertisers spent $4M for one commercial. Are they fools? Or can they, in 30 or 60 seconds, make a $4M+ change in peoples' behavior? I suspect that they know what they're doing. Because they are putting their money where their mouth is. I trust them more than I trust all those who say that all the sex and violence (ho…
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#18The interesting thing is that frontal male nudity is the greatest taboo outside porn... It suggests male vulnerability, and opens up the idea of objectification of men.
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#19It is because we live in a warrior culture that glorifies male domination. Nudity and sex imply vulnerability and female power. (which is why nip-slips at football halftime shows seem so threatening). The interesting thing is that frontal male nudity is the greatest taboo outside porn... It suggests male vulnerability, and opens up the idea of objectification of men.
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#20It is because we live in a warrior culture that glorifies male domination. Nudity and sex imply vulnerability and female power. (which is why nip-slips at football halftime shows seem so threatening). The interesting thing is that frontal male nudity is the greatest taboo outside porn... It suggests male vulnerability, and opens up the idea of objectification of men.
What does a warrior culture have to do with male domination? You know very little of history if you think warrior culture is unique to the male.