Quote:
Originally Posted by rhadin
I think you miss the point, at least as far as Americans are concerned. First, when it comes to sex, sexuality, and anything related to sex (e.g., discussions about contraception), the American preference is to bury the head in the sand and hope it goes away. If it fails to go away, the next best thing is to ban under the belief that out of sight is out of mind. American attitudes toward sex and sex-related topics are more puritanical than were the Puritans' own attitudes.
Second, Americans, especially evangelical Christian Americans, firmly believe that their moral guidance is needed because no American can possibly be moral who doesn't adhere to the evangelical belief of the day. They are like horses with blinders when it comes to morals and morality.
Third, Americans tend to be gullible to the 30-second negative TV ad. If it is said in less than 30 seconds on TV and in a negative manner, then it must be true and it becomes the gospel of the masses. No matter how much evidence may accumulate to demonstrate the falsity of that ad, Americans are loathe to accept that they may have been wrong and so continue to perpetuate the false as the truth. Consequently, the mere fact that someone sometime declared writing about rape is disgusting and people should be banned from buying it is sufficient for that belief to continue and to grow. After all, if it weren't true it wouldn't have been said in America.
Fourth, a significant number of Americans believe that a woman's place is in the home, barefoot and pregnant, and in servitude to the male members of the household. They believe women are incapable of taking care of themselves and incapable of doing anything absent male guidance. In other words, they have a very byzantine attitude toward women, one that would readily be recognized in places like Afghanistan. As part of this belief, they believe that women need to be morally protected from such outrages as being able to read "racy" romance fiction that includes any type of titillation. Women simply do not have the moral stamina to not be led astray by these types of books and it is the male's duty to protect women from their weaknesses.
And the list goes on. American is not a leader in equal rights at the level of the citizen because of these attitudes, and because of the prevalence of these attitudes, censorship is considered a positive thing by much of the citizenry.
|
What a load of crap. All you have done here is a bunch of stereotyping. Pathetic.