With pornography, ‘lads mags’, sexually driven advertisement campaigns and other contentious areas of the media [unwittingly?] driving millions of young un-matured minds down a pathway that will inevitably damage their adult development and the ability to function competently in society, it is impossible to make suggestions which may actually make things worse.
To create outright bans on sexually explicit material will inevitably drive it underground and make it more sought after than before. With easier access of such adult/sexual material on the internet we may be suffering what is a fundamental disconnection from society, as the younger minds are warped by such graphic material and the possibility that making love is replaced and driven by sexual gratification where teenagers and twenty-something’s believe that pornographic sex is the norm and should be conducted in such a manner when they are involved in sexual activities.
Is it a concern that many, particularly males will refused to use the term ‘make love’ and use coarser terminology to define their activities.
There are forums and websites out there requesting the general public to make their voices known with regard to concern of Child Sexualisation. Where does society go from here though? The build-up of adult material over the last four to five decades has made it prolific and ubiquitous and widely available – particularly to very young children.
Perhaps as opposed to repressing it, parents, teachers, youth workers and other responsible people who deal with children should be prepared to discuss things more openly and explain to the children that they cannot allow themselves to be swayed and corrupted by such adult materials. Children and teenagers should be supported that their instincts and intuition is right – the guilt and moral issue that their conscience flags up is something that is protecting them from viewing or socially incubating such impacting material in their lives. Yet when they see how adults react to such issues in a somewhat potentially neurotic and overzealous state – it peaks the children’s curiosity which makes things ever worse.
So …. Is open communication and the courage to discuss such issues of child sexualisation the best format to help our new generation make the right choice and not let child sexualisation impact so heavily upon theirs and our lives.
