Would you keep all pornography

away from your teenagers (or would if you had teenagers)? Why or why not?

I would hope that if I did have children, there would be some serious talks about human sexuality before porn was an issue and that they would be able to make sensible choices when that time did come.

...but I wouldn't go crazy abolut blocking the internet or anything. Kids are curious and there's very little doubt that they'll look for it. It's only natural.

Only because those movies are like $10-$12 a pop.

you can watch that sort of thing for free. :P

Ever helpful NJMaverick.:hi:

One weekend I feel asleep on my sofa and woke up to one of those bad movies. They aren't half as bad as what you can pay for. Well they are badly acted and the sex scenes have about as much sex appeal as scrubbing floors. They're just stupid movies.

I watched for about 10 minutes and turned it off.

:hide:

I think I wouldn't forbid it. I might talk about it and what it repesents etc, but there really is no need to make it even more enticing by making it forbidden fruit.

but I would probably confiscate the good stuff for my own collection :P

I wouldn't encourage them to see porn, but healthy teens will find a way weather you know about it or not.

they would have learned about my collection of French comics (translated), including the first few years of Heavy Metal. And then there are the true adult comics, like "Doll", "Omaha the Cat Dancer", and "Genus". Not to mention any books I am likely to get (before my girlfriend arrives) on the subject of Tantra. By the time they were teens, they would have been long-"exposed" to my lithos of Olivia paintings, too :D

They'd go into the world knowing that sex is a sensual thing, not dirty, unless you insist on watching American porn or hentai. And they'd be able to hold they own with the fundies that cannot comprehend a difference between any of it

I know full well the curiosity of teens since my 2 kids are young adults (23 & 19) and 2 step kids (18 & 15) and I'll tell you it really does depend on their ages.

One thing I would do however is to block the internet sites and those cable channels where it's more than just erotica and soft porn being shown. I personally find alot of that is not what I would hope our kids feel is what sex and love making is all about.

But by the same token, I want them to understand that the human body/ spirit of the person to whom you are being intimate with is something to be respected and admired and not just an object.

I guess time will tell how successful we've been.

after that, he's augments his needs with his own resources and without my knowledge.

That would be a topic for discussion. Otherwise I would look the other way unless I found a good segue to discussion. I loved my porn as a teenager :evilgrin:

I had a talk with him concerning how I felt much of it is degrading to women and thus he shouldn't be looking at it.

I am making an assumption it has. He's pretty bright.

I remember when I was young. I was so curious and such that I just don't see high minded concepts like degrading being much of a hinderance to me aquiring some porn.

Teenagers can find porn if they want it. Content blockers and blocking out cable channels isnt going to stop a horny teenager.

It seems to paint a skewed picture of sexuality, or just viewing a certain kind of porn.

I couldn't believe my ears,
but this guy who sent a voice message to this podcast really did do what men do in porn to a real female and got kicked where it hurts.

http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=77146 (Episode 15)

They are going to look at it anyway, so you might offer them alternatives like good books on sex.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guide_to_Getting_it_On

I don't think its possible. But some of the porn today is pretty harsh. Not like the old school porn like Johnny Holmes that we had:)...............

:rofl:

I wouldn't come on them for it unless they were leaving in the open. Masturbation is healthy but there is a time and place.

Advice to parents: after your kid becomes a teenager, always knock first!

assuming I had Republicans, that is.

It's good to have a sense of the possible.

it's not about porn, just nudity in the movies.
I have two teenage sons (13&15). We mostly see pg-13 movies, occasionally we see an R movies (Pan's labyrinth) but only if I see it first and it was acceptable to me.
But now my older son wants to see district 9 and I have no idea if it has nudity or too much violence and then I think, well crap he's gonna see boobies at some point, why am I babying him?

as far as porn goes, If I found the boys with porn, I'm sure I'd talk to them about it and let them know my feelings. but unless it was hardcore, I doubt i'd take it away or prevent them from seeing it. of course, my head is reeling about nudity in mainstream movies, so who's to say what my reaction would really be.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1136608/

scroll down page to view content advisory for parents and you will get this page

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1136608/parentalguide

a lot of the older movies arent in this site. and if movie is too new, they may not have info yet. but it is one of the better sites in giving detailed info

I go to imdb all the time and I never knew they had that information.

http://www.screenit.com/search_movies.html

It has a catalogue of all the latest releases and has ratings for sex, alcohol use, bad language, adult themes and the like

one of my bitches is how hard it is to find info on computer games and movies. appreciate it.

I was surprised that you can click on parentelguide even if it's grey.

In the Hammer they missed last shot.


Four stars, Hench was great. I'm going to watch The Hammer again this weekend and listen to the commentary. Had no idea about the sunbathing gay guys in the last shot, that is hilarious.
http://mahalo.30.forumer.com/index.php?s=a1d581c806e09a2dcfe2e4461c824503&showtopic=14681&st=15

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814130/parentalguide

I don't think there's even really a major female character in it. Certainly no sex or nudity.

If your son was OK with Lord of the Rings, he can probably handle District 9. It has about the same level of violence/gross splatter as Aliens.

A lot of prudes out there would consider sex scenes on TV and movies as pornography. Some people consider passages from books like "Catcher In The Rye" as pornographic.

Personally, I'm not sure pornography is necessarily detrimental to our views of sexuality. But, you mileage may vary.