More Liberal Media

Since this seems to be a bit of a theme in the forum at the moment, I thought I'd address the whole issue. Western media to me seems somewhat prudish, with the laws that require them to dance around topics like sex. Granted, I only have my experiences in the US and the UK to go off of, but I'd assume that things are similar in other countries. What would things be like in the West if media was less prudish and more liberal (as in, broad-minded)?

For example, let's say that nudity on TV shows is common, as is the belief that things should be portrayed as they are, which includes people having sexual relations. Or that the movie rating system is more lax or doesn't exist at all, so that movies are more liberal as well?

Would this eventually mean that people would become more accustomed to being more open to sex, drugs, etc.? Would this have a knock-on effect on society as a whole, i.e. nude beaches in the USA? Assuming that conservative groups exist in this TL and that they protest against this trend, would they hold as much credence as they do in OTL?
 
Well, here in Sweden, 15-20 years ago, it was a lot more like you described. The media was less concerned with avoiding sexual issues, and nudity (although not full-blown sex scenes) on TV wasn't an issue at all. Now, however, it's all a lot more conservative, or rather reactionary.

I don't know what sparked the change, since I wasn't that old then, but the most likely reason was a combined assault by politicians and media. Since about the 2000's, the media has completely overblown the threat posed by pedophiles toward children in Sweden, and has also requested tighter laws on child pornography (so now child nudity and cartoons depicting children in sexual acts are also illegal), and the politicians have gained great power from this. It was used as a reason to push through surveillance laws, and get people elected.

The winners: Politicians, and christian conservatives.
The losers: Children
 
...so now child nudity and cartoons depicting children in sexual acts are also illegal...,

...The losers: Children

Please explain how children are the losers when laws are enacted which make child pornography illegal? Permitting child nudity (and I am sure the law is not aimed at Reubens paintings) and depictions of sex acts involving children has nothing do with what consenting adults may enjoy, but fosters an environment which can lead to the abuse of children
 

Markus

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Since this seems to be a bit of a theme in the forum at the moment, I thought I'd address the whole issue. Western media to me seems somewhat prudish, with the laws that require them to dance around topics like sex. Granted, I only have my experiences in the US and the UK to go off of,


Dude! Never ever make the mistake to confuse the USA with the real world!:D:D:D
 
The children are the losers, because they're used as a political tool. The politicians use the parents love for their children as a tool to pass many laws that slowly takes away basic liberties like freedom of speech, and the right to secure communication, etc. Basically, like the way laws are passed in the US, with the terrorists as the scape goats.

Not to mention the many ways parents might limit the life quality of their kids to keep them 'safe'. Although parents being more careful of their offspring is a good thing, paranoia is not.

The worst thing though, won't really be bad for the children until they're grown up, but then It'd be really bad. In Sweden, we have this web filter, that blocks pages allegedly containing child pornography. However, recently, other pages have also appeared on this filter (the contents are classified, so one cannot know which pages exactly are blocked), one example being the large tracker the pirate bay. Also, political pages have appeared occasionally as well, however, due to massive outcry, they were generally removed from the filter.

The politicians of our country are now busy trying to pass laws that would add more categories to this web filter. I bet it won't be 10 years of inaction by the populace until we have a great firewall of our own.

All of this will hurt our children when they're grown up, or when they're growing up and can only access limited information about their world. So yes, the kids are definitely the main losers here.
 
TV4 had Emanuell running and since TV 4 (and TV4 is not a brave channal..) and TV3 had Tutti-Frutti, neither of which is likely to run today. What happened, at least in Sweden, is feminism.
 
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