I don't get it.

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Janet Jackson left exposed on TV

Apparently her breast was a bit exposed during the Superbowl half time show.

"CBS quickly cut away from the scene but was still flooded with calls from angry viewers about the half-time entertainment, produced by MTV. "

Angry about what? A bit of boobies? If that happened over here most people would be laughing and cheering, and scorning those wowsers who think people don't have naughty bits.

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[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

Could you enlighten me on one bit? It's my understanding that it is okay to show a breast that has been pixellated (digital blocking) or has a pasty on it during primte time hours -- but not a totally bare breast with nipple exposed?

I find it bizarre at times that...well, young children aren't supposed to see a naked woman's breast when odds are that, well, they were sucking their own mum's teat only a year or two ago; grabbing for them and staring at them all the time.

I also find it odd that there is...fuss over the female nipple when there is no such fuss over the male nipple. That the female nipple alone has become so sexually charged, when it's the source of mother's milk and only a man's nipple can be thought of solely as a potential erogenous zone (and believe me, I've met men whose nipples are very sensitive to stimulation). Amazing what a mound of body fat and tissue beneath a nipple can do...that's all that's required to be controversial in some circles...

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[tygermoonfoxx.livejournal.com]

Yeah, as bizarre as it sounds, that's pretty much the case. I'm not a nudity prude myself (far from it) but I can understand; we're going to be foster parents and I can see how this could have led to some real problems. Parents try hard to supervise what their kids will see ---or at least we do, and that's the crux of the matter --- and no one had any indication that there'd be nudity or simulated violence (both of which have to be marked with our decency rating system....they even do it for National Geographic things). I guess that's my beef with it; if we'd had chidren in our home who had already been traumatized, since I had no expectation of seeing such at the Super Bowl, I'd have had no way to bar them from seeing the material or getting them to leave the room.