Originally Posted by
Tock
TV has to put on something interesting to draw viewers. Right now, gays and lesbians are the controversial topic du jour. When all you heterosexual folks get used to seeing us around, we'll more than likely be featured about as often as Australians or Jews or whatever.
Ya, right now, we're good theater. Won't be long before we're yesterday's news . . .
Then you'll be watching a lot of atheists on TV, shocking y'all's delicate sensitivities. And then it'll be someone else after that, and etc, etc, etc.
I agree that conversations about the mechanics of sex should probably be delayed until they are ready for that sort of information. Exactly when that should be, I don't know, as I don't have kids and haven't given the topic much thought.
However . . . keep in mind that sexuality is constantly swirling around young children in the guise of heterosexual relationships at home (mom & dad), the older teenage brother or sister & their relationships, messages given to youngsters on TV programs (soap operas, Capt. Kirk's incessant womanizing, the girl with the big tits leading the big TV wrassler around), movies (boy meets girl, bonds, and lives happily ever after), all sorts of advertisements (jeans ads, underwear ads, makeup ads, car ads, etc), and messages they get from preachers (you'll burn in HEEELLLLL if you do XYZ with ZYX). There's no way whatsoever you can completely isolate them from the topic of sexual relationships. Sooner or later, from TV, magazines, movies, newspapers, the kid next door, or their preacher, they're gonna hear about it, and lots and lots of it.
Seems to me the smartest thing you can do when they ask you about stuff is to give 'em an honest answer in the terms they can understand. One thing to keep in mind is whether or not you want to tell them that homosexuality is evil or wrong, because if that's the kind of kid you end up with (you've got maybe a 5% chance of that with one kid, 10% with two, 50% chance with ten kids), you'll be teaching them to loathe a central part of themselves. And that may very well prompt them to NEVER talk to you about such things, and may even motivate them to suicide. Ya, it happens.
Agreed. But there are some things you don't get to choose for your kids. And I sure hope, for your kid's sake, you're prepared to accept and love them no matter how they turn out.
-Tock
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) about these issues who has helped me to be more tolerant and open minded of the homosexual lifestyle. Thanks for that Tock! But on the other hand, I was brought up in a christian home and my daughter is also, so she can form her own decisions on issues like this down the road. While she is under my tutelage, she will not be exposed to tv shows that promote any kind of sexuality be it gay or straight. As Tock said, with the world we live in, it's IMPOSSIBLE to prevent exposure to sexuality, so I do my best to raise my daughter with morals and a religious upbrnging. I do not support gay marriage or relationships, but am not more accepting and understanding and def. wouldn't bash them in person or on an interenet message board.
