Vh1 Glorifies The Sexual Revolution May 6, 2008
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Next week (05.12-05.15), Vh1 will glorify the sexual revolution. The 4-part documentary will begin with the “rigid” and “frigid” 1950s and proceeds through four decades of Hugh Hefner, Larry Flynt, birth control, free speech, “free love,” female objectification, pornography, feminism, taboos, androgyny, Deep Throat, moral crusaders, public sex, capitalism, Hollywood, homosexuality, STDs, and AIDS. Here is the summary from the official press release:
‘Sex: The Revolution‘ frankly examines a colorful and controversial chapter of modern American history, when individuals and events coalesced to challenge the moral orthodoxy surrounding sex and sexual behavior. Eros moved from the shadows into the sphere of public discussion, as people sought to eradicate sexual ignorance, fear and loathing. Activism took root and laws were changed; traditional institutions and gender roles were questioned; pleasure was had, and so was profit. And as with any revolution, there were counter-forces seeking a return to the status quo.
Now that the status quo is sex-all-the-time with anyone and anywhere, what is next? Beastiality? Sex with robots? Sex with machines? The latter already is commonplace. We already know the sexual revolution failed to liberate anyone. It just gave us AIDS, abortions for profit, and commodified sex. Glorifying this baby boomer debacle is moronic.
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There were good things about the sexual revolution, which are undeniable: greater openness to talk about sexual problems of all kinds, a move away from patriarchy in some respects, and so on.
But you’re right: quite a lot of that was merely rebellion run amok, whereby responsibility was thrown out the window. A happy medium is possible, I think, whereby sex and sexuality are taken out of their taboo settings (which is ironically partly what enables objectification), but people are better educated about the problems of being irresponsible. There was a moment in the early ’90’s where it looked like we were headed that way, but somewhere along the line the perfect storm of hyper-sexualized marketing to lower and lower age groups coupled with the radically Puritanical backlashes against sex (like Abstinence-only education, which is a disaster) wiped all that out. So now we have hyper-sexualized youngin’s who are also ignorant and warped when it comes to sex and sexuality.
More Sex less love,
I work with adolescents in the public school system.
All I can say is that the adults have done a injustice to
the youth of today.
They are lost, the want foundation.
They want “True North”
They need more Jesus,
not more Sex.
God Bless
It was baby boomer rebellion taken to the nth degree. Rigg knows as well as anyone the consequences of this. Fellatio in 5th grade. Intercourse in 8th grade. Two children by 12th grade, if they stay in school. Sex is becoming meaningless due to its constant usage in movies, music, commercials, and print ads. Bill Clinton, a baby boomer, showed American adolescents a “cool” way to use a cigar. The sexual revolution was about glorifying the pleasure of sex without thinking about the consequences free love would bring.
I don’t disagree as such about Clinton, but it’s not he or Boomers per se, it’s the way in which sex is commodified (which you’ve pointed out with your Sony post), coupled with “abstinence only” education which precludes them from getting good facts about the reality of sexual encounters.
People don’t need less sex in their lives, they need more responsibility and healthier attitudes ABOUT sex. To me the problem is not that kids are having or are interested in sex, it’s that they’re doing it irresponsibly, ignorantly, and without any context in which care and love are involved. They wouldn’t be having kids or getting STD’s (or for that matter having eating disorders or perpetuating misogyny) if they treated sex more seriously.
I watched about 20 minutes of this thing last night while watching the Dallas Stars go down 0-3 to the Red Wings. Nothing new, nothing revelatory.