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Is it just me, or are people becoming more prudish? (feddit.org)

submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) by ki4jgt@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Pornography restrictions being codified into law, adult art being restricted from most Lemmy instances, Tarot readers blotting out the nudity on their cards on Reddit.

I'm watching the Magicians, on Amazon, and I use subtitles. All the curse words are purposefully filled in with random letters, so as not to offend the reader.

What's up with all the prudishness? Can people knock it off, please?

People have vaginas. And titties. And dicks. And asses. They swear. They drink. They fuck. Why is this generation afraid of that? Acknowledging these things isn't going to increase your chances of being sexually violated. So, what's the deal?

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[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 3 points 9 hours ago

I think there are two trends. 1) in the early 90s people still got their porn fix from magazine stashes hidden in the woods. Or so the legend goes. So a sex scene or just some boobs were a welcomed element in a movie. In the 70s it was quite common to have absolutely gratuitous female nudity in movies that didn't need it. Fast forward to the new millennium and you can get any porn you like on your phone in 15 seconds. People don't go mad if there isn't a sex scene in it any more. Sensibilities have changed; also in regards to what actors -however well paid- have to go through. Also, US movies have always been more tolerant of violence than sex.

Movie financing has shifted more to China and they are even more prudish than the Americans as far as movie censorship is concerned. If you want your movie to get a license to play over there, don't make the Chinese the bad guys, don't kill any Chinese people in the movie, and switch to footage of a train going into a tunnel when it gets hot and steamy.