How sex censorship killed the internet we love (2019) (www.engadget.com)

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[-] aksdb@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The USA are really weird in that regard. On the one hand very progressive, but in regards to everything sexual they (as a country/culture) are completely prudish. Why, though? They also like to fuck. Why are they so childish that they can't look at a nipple or even - god forbid - genitals? And, even worse, why can't they even talk/write about it? One of the central things of any living being, and they treat it like a disease that needs to be purged.

[-] anachronist@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Germany is an outlier in the world when it comes to acceptance of nudity in public and in the media.

[-] aksdb@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Sure? I would at least extend that to Europe. The scandinavian countries, France, Spain, ... they are all quite open with nude presentations in media, from what I can tell.

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

On my first trip to the UK (from good old prudish US of A), I was surprised to have the TV station I was watching change to porn after 9pm. Mostly because it was right after some random sitcom and then bam nudity fires up.

I think it's great and wished that the US wasn't such a bunch of fearful cowards.

[-] anachronist@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Germany is an outlier even in Europe when it comes to FKK culture, etc. Parts of scandanavia are close. I used to lurk on r/askanamerican and there would be frequent questions along the lines of "why are americans so prudish" or alternately "why are americans so promiscuous?" The former question was always asked by a person from northern Europe, usually Germany. While the latter was usually asked by someone literally anywhere else on earth. Typically Asia.

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I think it's great and wished that the US wasn't such a bunch of fearful cowards.

[-] Napain@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

wow! what a great article! thanks

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