Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that you cannont get away from the word sex on any tv channel or program you watch?

I have 2 DD's (8, 6) and they have been watching a little more tv than usual since it is summer and I have noticed a very disturbing trend. Even on food network (G rated shows), ABC Family and other G rated times and programing they talk about sex all the time. Even the teasers for "family" shows like Tool Time, the wife is talking about sex. Erectile disfunction commercials, tampon commercials and the like need to be banned from G or PG rated show times.

Don't even get me started on movie previews lately. It is just disgusting.

Think there is anything that can be done?

Agree/ Disagree?

My kids watch the Disney Channel most of the time, and I have watched with them a lot and haven't noticed any risky tv commercials or ads. Now with regular programming and the other channels... that's a whole different story. I agree wth you there. Anything to be done?? No, not really. Unless we shout out about it.. but it takes a lot of people shouting for them to hear it. Nobody says anything until Janet Jackson's boob shows up on the superbowl..

So next time one of you ladies gets the chance to be on tv.... pretend it's Mardi Gras!! Then everyone will start bitching and tv will clean up it's act.

I haven't noticed blatant sex references on Disney either but there is way too much talk about boy/girl "relationships" with innuendo toward adult situations. I also have noticed over the summer (I am a teacher and ready to go back!) that many of the kids on the Disney shows have wayyyyyy smart a$$ mouths. The way that they talk drives me crazy and I have to remind my 10 yr. old DD to not watch too much w/her 3 yr. old brother in the room. He is fresh enough on his own and he thinks that whatever he hears on TV is new material.

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I don't consider tampon commercials sexy. Are ads about toilet paper sexy too? It's for a bodily function, not sex.

This might be extreme, but when our kids were young (maybe 10 and 12), we had our cable disconnected. We live in a pretty remote area, and get nothing without cable or dish. The kids were fairly busy with school/sports events, and we rented movies once in a while. We lived without TV for about 7 years, and the boys grew up just fine.



The boys are long gone, and we have cable now. Honestly, we don't watch that much anyway and it seems like a waste of money.

I agree about the ED commercials. Not exactly what you want your kids asking/knowing about at their ages.

Don't flame me for this but you can turn off the TV or change the channel. I can't see Nick JR showing tampon commercials or commercials for ED. Maybe cartoon network, but I feel they are geared toward 20 somethings not children. I feel if it bothers you that much maybe cut TV time down and get your kids out more, or get into some arts and crafts so they are not watching alot of TV.
Karyn

I agree. Today on Oprah, they were doing a segment on child molesters. All was fine until they said something about masturbating. My older kids, no problem,but, I don't need to explain that to my youngest yet, not to mention, she tends to repeat everything she hears, and then some. I could just see it....."Hey, everybody, let's go masturbate...." um, no thanks. Turned off the TV and put the radio on. The kids weren't even IN the room for any of this. I agree, turn off the TV, change the channel, etc. I don't really have a problem with tampon commercials.

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sheesh, I just clicked on this because I thought it was a thread about DH-he was just in here, reminding me it was Friday night.....

perhaps later honey, right now I'm on My Coupons......

My 4 year old grandson helped me make cupcakes a couple of weeks ago and said his were sexy.
I asked him what sexy meant and he said "cool".
I let it go at that but wish I would have told him that it was a grown up word.
Don't know if he's used it any more or not.

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My 4 year old grandson helped me make cupcakes a couple of weeks ago and said his were sexy.
I asked him what sexy meant and he said "cool".
I let it go at that but wish I would have told him that it was a grown up word.
Don't know if he's used it any more or not.

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My 4 year old grandson helped me make cupcakes a couple of weeks ago and said his were sexy.
I asked him what sexy meant and he said "cool".
I let it go at that but wish I would have told him that it was a grown up word.
Don't know if he's used it any more or not.

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I'm sure the tampon manufacturers presume women are watching cooking shows, and that is who they are trying to woo.

Still, I agree with you. While tampons aren't about sex, they're in that realm. Once your son asks what they're for and you have to explain that when there is no fertilized egg inside the mommy....

It becomes about sex.

I'm absolutely sure that those companies know that they'll be hitting the right percentage of their target population at the times we're seeing them... but that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of other viewers who would rather not - or shouldn't - see them.

An Oprah segment on child molesters would probably not be a good show for young chidlren to watch anyways. Having masturbation come up given the topic would be the least of my worries, at least it's "normal". Usually they say something up front about the show covering material that may not be appropriate. At least in that case, the viewer knows what to expect....unlike when the ED commerical comes on in the middle of the ball game.

Good thing your kids weren't in the room!

cj/

I'm with you, linnypop. I saw, "Sex, sex, sex...can't get away from it..." and I thought, "And the problem is??????" LOL! I thought she was talking about her husband! :-)

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Watch TVLAND! It has great wholesome shows for the kiddies I tivo most of the shows I wanna watch and watch them after dd goes to bed.

This thread needs a bit of levity......



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My computer was acting up last night.
That is the reason thet 3 replies came thru.
How do I delete 2 of them?

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Love it, Suz.
That was great.

I rarely watch Oprah since the kids have gotten to the age of understanding what is being said... A majority of her shows are not appropriate for children. TV stays on kids channels for most of the day (when and if it IS on!).

Sometimes hard for me, but better for them.

Edited to say... probably better for me as well. It's the subject matter that I don't think the kids need to be seeing...(ie child molesters, child abusers, etc.).

I don't get offended by what is on US TV!or what my kids are watching...ok ,they don;t watch much TV.
my 5 year old rather watch star wars than Dora.she doesn;t even know who the wiggles are....
I was raised in France..seeing Janet's Jackson boob on Tv didn;t even phase me.spent time on a nudist beach when I was a kid (i was 4 or 5 until 15 or so ,every summer!!)with my best friend and her mom.
topless on beaches is OK overthere.....

so what to do? turn the damn TV off!!!!

on nickoledeon once,there was a commercial for a CD,and one of teh song that they were playing: voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir?(do you wanna bang me tonight?)....my DD asked me what coucher meant!

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I try to not watch program that aren't appropriate for my kids. That said, I use those situations that do come up as a springboard with my kids: do you know what they are doing/talking about? My kids will say words like "sexy" and I'll ask them what it means to them. They usually don't know and I'll tell them "it's an adult word". That works (so far) with my kids. They know what sex and I agree with mataje, seeing a boob is not big deal to me (and I grew up here in the USA). I think if we were more open and honest with our kids about sex and not so uptight about nudity being wrong and/or dirty, we would be better off. I understand that I am in the minority and that's okay. I'm not trying to change anyone's mind or tell them they are wrong (so no flames please) .I do have to agree that ED and tampax commercials irritate me....and what IS a happy period???? LOVE the letter Suz!

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ROFL...

I thought the same thing when I opened mine up. Have a happy period.. that truly IS someone's sick sense of humor.

It doesn't really bother me. Sex is just as natural as water really. And I try to raise my kids to see it as natural, not dirty or something to not be talked about or whatever. And I could care less about tampon commericals - it's not like they don't see the box in the closet anyway.


ETA: wow. is this post even allowed? I mean, the rules say we're not allowed to talk about sex.

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