Humanity is a pretty diverse bunch. After all, there are nearly 7 billion of us.
I am sure there are 6-year-olds who are having sex and doing all manner of other screwed up things. But they don't represent the other 99% of 6-year-olds. And most of them are doing those things are a result of a screwed up adult, not because they were naturally inclined to.
From: NCTSN National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Like all forms of human development, sexual development begins at birth. Sexual development includes not only the physical changes that occur as children grow, but also the sexual knowledge and beliefs they come to learn and the behaviors they show. Any given childs sexual knowledge
and behavior is strongly influenced by:
The childs age■■1-3
What the child observes (including the ■■sexual behaviors of family and friends)4
What the child is taught (including cultural ■■and religious beliefs concerning sexuality and physical boundaries)
Heather Coleman, Phd & Grant Charles, Phd
"Young people do not wake up on their thirteenth birthday, somehow transformed into a sexual being overnight. Even young children are sexual in some form."
So, no, it's not screwed up children, it's children screwed up or not.
In a child that young, yes, all the parts "work," but the desire for sex doesn't happen until puberty. Again, I'm aware there are exceptions to the rule. But it's a pretty consistent rule none the less.
Not true.
Also, I fail to see how that's any different from the majority of media that's around. If you're going to boycott every company that's sexist, or racist, or otherwise intolerant in some way, then you're going to wind up living in the woods.
The point being, is if we did nothing to change what is intolerable, or racist, or sexist that is unacceptable. When MLK decided it was intolerable to treat not only blacks but people as second class citizens, a change was affected.
When laws changed regarding the rape of females, no longer could the arguement hold true that the female was asking for it.
And no, I'm not going to live in the woods. I'm going to fight and state my opinions on what is not acceptable and hopefully, add to making a change. Just because the majority is doing it, doesn't mean that it's ok.
Children emulate what the see - from family, friends, the media.
Obviously we do our best to avoid such companies, but at a certain point, you have to be realistic. In the case of TW, this (if that's how you took the ad) combined with their hit-or-miss track record is probably reason enough not to
buy from them. But the ad in itself doesn't strike me as anything special, one way or the other.
And finally, where would you like to draw the line between sexism and freedom to express sexual appetite?
Here's where you draw the line:
Sexism is discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex. It is prejudicism based on sex. It is attitudes, conditions, or behaviors that promote stereotyping of gender.
Sexual appetite is sexual desire, an intense sexual feeling that one person has towards another.
Big difference between abuse and desire unless you're into BDSM or other things of that nature.
It's obviously absurdly stereotypical - it's trying to be. It is SUPPOSED to be absurd. But maybe that just comes down to ones individual sense of humor.
I find nothing humorous in the perpetuation of a stereotype that a man is defined by the size of his penis and a woman is defined by size 38DD breasts, 22" waist and judging a man by his penis size.
Danyulc - Yeah, I guess I can see that. While uncommon, it's certainly nothing new or unheard of from pre-teens and early pubescents to be having sex. Kind of unfortunate and dangerous in the world we live in today, but it's always been that way.
