(November 12, 2012 at 5:19 pm)Violet Lilly Blossom Wrote:My first and gut reaction to your reply is to say no. But, if I was 12 and someone told me that I would have said fuck off. I had strong sexual thoughts long before 12 years old.(November 12, 2012 at 5:03 pm)festive1 Wrote: Agreed, 16 & 17 year olds generally are sexual. But is it okay to display that in pop culture? It's kind of the norm now... And you're right, some people hit puberty well ahead of their peers. There's a lot of interesting stuff on how that impacts a person's psychological development.
It's all subjective. I believe it is okay to display 16 and 17 year old sexually, assuming they're willing.
But then, I also believe it's okay to display 12 and 13 year olds sexually, assuming they started doing so of their own accord, and not as the scheme of an adult.
Plenty of room to move around, some cases are different (example: kid is hungry, and this is an available avenue for them to escape poverty).
My greatest criticism of the O.M.G. video is the message, not the overt sexuality displayed. Of course, I am saying this as an adult, not a 12 year old who feel repressed. The shallowness of the lyrics, the objectification of one's self in order to be wanted by others is messed up, whereas the video in the OP, corny as hell, says something positive, and doesn't get religious about it.
"If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses." LENNY BRUCE
