Originally posted by: vulcanman
Originally posted by: Deeko
Really? You're concerned over "she grabbed my butt"? Come on now, that's ridiculous. Its PG, not G. They actually SWEAR in PG-13, and can show brief nudity, you know that, right? Hardly the same as "she grabbed my butt"
Concur. Evidently, there is grave hypocrisy ... in that, we are ok with PG and PG-13 movies that denigrate women (FYI - I am a dad) ... but are shocked when kids grow up abuse/beat their wives and girlfriends ?
And that applies to sex as well - Ok to show it ... but vehemently disapprove of kids who engage in it.
This may come out sounding harsh, and I don't mean to flame, but you sound to me like you are absolutely the worst type of parent out there. You have an extremely strict view of what should or should not be allowed, but rather than take the time to view potentially offensive content to see if it meets your unreasonably rigid standards, you expect an organization to do it for you. This is irresponsible and irrational. It is not the MPAAs job to censor information so that prudish people like yourself can live comfortably under the assumption that their children will never be exposed to anything bad. It's a voluntary ratings system offered up for free to you as a guide. If you don't think it is adequate, it is your job as a parent to do what you think is important to raise your children (in this case, screening movies). No one else can raise your kids for you, least of all an organization like the MPAA.
Let me relate a story. I have a friend. From the age of 6, he was homeschooled, because the children at school were a bad influence. He had extremely limited access to media, and was not allowed to watch TV, play video games, listen to pop music, etc. (he could watch movies from the 1940s provided his mom was supervising). I was allowed to watch pretty much whatever I wanted from a young age, I got into gangsta rap in middle school (passing fad), I played violent video games, etc. Clearly, all this negative media influence was destined to turn me into a world class fuckup, but my friend would be fine because he avoided it.
Except that is exactly the opposite of what happened. My friend, sheltered as he was, stumbled upon a friend group that was into drugs. And he was so desperate for friends, he figured that must be the thing to do. He started with pot, went on to coke, heroin, meth, etc. (and of course copious amounts of alcohol). I, meanwhile, the little media whore, constantly viewing violence and drug use, went on to college, where I tried pot for the first time at age 20 (didn't like it), graduated, and found gainful employment. Incidentally, my friend did clean up, and is now in the Army (he just finished his first tour in Iraq).
My point with all this is that, as an indicator of violence, drug use, abuse of women, etc., media consumption is one of the absolute worst things to look at. Consumption of violent media has never been proven to correspond to real-world violence. It is impossible to raise your kids in a bubble in this increasingly global society. Better to watch the movies with your kids, but then educate them about why they shouldn't act like what they saw in the movie (children, you shouldn't grab women's butts, because that is sexist, and it sends the message that women aren't as important as men... etc.). If you try to pretend like there is nothing bad in the world, your children's reaction when they discover the darker side is going to be much, much more severe.
Facebook
Twitter