America is fighting a never ending war on sex. In America people are fighting to take away people’s rights regarding sex in many ways. The ways include censoring television, the internet, and even some libraries, along with taking away adult entertainment facilities such as strip clubs. What’s the problem with expressing a liking for sex in America? Dr. Klein explores many factors while trying to answer such questions similar to that very one. Through this book I have learned a lot, I was surprised by a lot, but I also valued everything stated by Dr. Klein in this book.
What I Learned: I learned many interesting things while reading this fascinating text. Dr. Klein made a fair amount of excellent points in his writing. I learned that there are multiple types of people …show more content…
Erotophobes have started the war against sex because they not only want to deny themselves but they also want to force the erotophiles to live their lives according to the erotophobes lifestyles. The erotophobes are so frightened by the thought of people seeing sex on the television that there are organizations designed to censor the radio, television amongst other things. The Parents Television Council (PTC) claims that thousands of clinical studies shows that what children see on television is related to their development and it is “dangerous” for kids to be exposed to sexual themes. It is also stated that “Some people are mentally unbalanced, and hearing “bad” words or seeing “bad” body parts might motivate them to commit sex crimes (Klein, 58). I believe that is ridiculous to think that someone is really influenced that much by a television show or something they hear on the radio to commit a sex crime. I agree with Klein on page 60 when he said that if they're so worried about “the crazies” then the would've taken away guns after massacres or cars because of bad drivers (Klein, 60). The likelihood of television really influencing the mentally unbalanced. Along with the censorship
What I Learned: I learned many interesting things while reading this fascinating text. Dr. Klein made a fair amount of excellent points in his writing. I learned that there are multiple types of people …show more content…
Erotophobes have started the war against sex because they not only want to deny themselves but they also want to force the erotophiles to live their lives according to the erotophobes lifestyles. The erotophobes are so frightened by the thought of people seeing sex on the television that there are organizations designed to censor the radio, television amongst other things. The Parents Television Council (PTC) claims that thousands of clinical studies shows that what children see on television is related to their development and it is “dangerous” for kids to be exposed to sexual themes. It is also stated that “Some people are mentally unbalanced, and hearing “bad” words or seeing “bad” body parts might motivate them to commit sex crimes (Klein, 58). I believe that is ridiculous to think that someone is really influenced that much by a television show or something they hear on the radio to commit a sex crime. I agree with Klein on page 60 when he said that if they're so worried about “the crazies” then the would've taken away guns after massacres or cars because of bad drivers (Klein, 60). The likelihood of television really influencing the mentally unbalanced. Along with the censorship