BBC Forced to Defend Gay Kiss After Complaints
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They're complaining about the show "confusing children"? This doesn't sound like a children's show.
Imagine how much more confused a child will be if they see two gay people kissing after years of their parents keeping them in a bubble world where gay people don't exist.
And I do respect the BBC for defending their show.
They're complaining about the show "confusing children"? This doesn't sound like a children's show.
Imagine how much more confused a child will be if they see two gay people kissing after years of their parents keeping them in a bubble world where gay people don't exist.
And I do respect the BBC for defending their show.
Not specifically about homosexuality but I remember talking to my mother about this (she works in primary care, in Britain) and asked her how children dealt with minorities or things they weren't used to. My mum has had disabled people on her course and people of all races and creeds, and she has had to place them with primary students, often to the protests of the parents.
What she found is that children often don't judge at all, unless their parents are really obviously racist. In all her nearly thirty years of teaching experience she's only had to deal with the children of parents who she later found out were insanely bigoted. A normal child will be interested, and want to find out more, children are naturally curious, and it should be a parent or teacher's job to help them understand things.
For some expamples:
A black woman goes into a rather elite Norfolk primary school, (she was from somewhere in Africa, very dark skinned and with a pronounced accent as well). Not one child was mean to her, they just wanted to know about where she came from and what her accent was and why her skin was dark. There was no malicious intent behind it, they were just curious because, it being the sort of school it was and Norfolk being the sort of place it was, they had never been in close proximity to a black person before. According to the woman, it turned into an entire hour talking about other cultures around the world, and filled in for their 'religious education' lesson as well.
A woman who lost her arm when she was a child after an accident goes into a school, and again all she has to endure is some very curious children asking why she doesn't have an arm below the elbow.
Children aren't as prejudiced as people think. A prejudiced child is almost certainly a sign of prejudiced parents. If a child saw this on the BBC and asked their parents about it, normally I would say it's the job of the parents to explain what's going on, but I don't think I'd want these parents to explain personally.
What she found is that children often don't judge at all, unless their parents are really obviously racist. In all her nearly thirty years of teaching experience she's only had to deal with the children of parents who she later found out were insanely bigoted. A normal child will be interested, and want to find out more, children are naturally curious, and it should be a parent or teacher's job to help them understand things.
For some expamples:
A black woman goes into a rather elite Norfolk primary school, (she was from somewhere in Africa, very dark skinned and with a pronounced accent as well). Not one child was mean to her, they just wanted to know about where she came from and what her accent was and why her skin was dark. There was no malicious intent behind it, they were just curious because, it being the sort of school it was and Norfolk being the sort of place it was, they had never been in close proximity to a black person before. According to the woman, it turned into an entire hour talking about other cultures around the world, and filled in for their 'religious education' lesson as well.
A woman who lost her arm when she was a child after an accident goes into a school, and again all she has to endure is some very curious children asking why she doesn't have an arm below the elbow.
Children aren't as prejudiced as people think. A prejudiced child is almost certainly a sign of prejudiced parents. If a child saw this on the BBC and asked their parents about it, normally I would say it's the job of the parents to explain what's going on, but I don't think I'd want these parents to explain personally.
oh my jesus, 100 people! thats like... none compared to the actual viewers for most shows. and 'confuse children'? what the fuck, why? war is gonna fuck em up, but two guys kissing? and its fiction.
I hate some people sometimes, I really do -_- They ***** and complain about everything they see on TV "Oh, that's inappropriate, oh my kids can't see that, oh my children might get confused", bull****!!
If you don't want your kids to see violence, sex, drugs and smoking, put it on CBeebies or CBBC, don't let them watch tv late, become a better parent and put restriction on your TV. The rest of us shouldn't have to be restricted to what we see just because a few people don't like it.
How the X is that going to confuse children? Why were your children watching it? BBC should call them crappy parents and leave it at that, don't like it? Tough! It's staying right where it is, keep your complaints to yourself.
If you don't want your kids to see violence, sex, drugs and smoking, put it on CBeebies or CBBC, don't let them watch tv late, become a better parent and put restriction on your TV. The rest of us shouldn't have to be restricted to what we see just because a few people don't like it.
How the X is that going to confuse children? Why were your children watching it? BBC should call them crappy parents and leave it at that, don't like it? Tough! It's staying right where it is, keep your complaints to yourself.
I was going to comment, but then I say your comment and it completely summed it up.pulse2 said:
Do you think as many would've complained that, instead of a male couple kissing, it was a female couple kissing?
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
"Confuse Children"????
Every day I get out of bed, and turn on tv/internet/read a paper, and never fail to loose a little bit of faith in the human race.
I'm unsure as to what I find more rediculous; that someone could actually have that opinion or that they have the audacity to complain about it to the BBC.
Every day I get out of bed, and turn on tv/internet/read a paper, and never fail to loose a little bit of faith in the human race.
I'm unsure as to what I find more rediculous; that someone could actually have that opinion or that they have the audacity to complain about it to the BBC.
That'll be from the media watchdog groups we have here.
Its actually quite pathetic. Its few groups of a couple hundred people that complain to "official" organisations that something is inappropriate and the "offensive" item is usually taken down.
Don't believe me? This was banned in Britain. I think about 100 people or so complained.
Its actually quite pathetic. Its few groups of a couple hundred people that complain to "official" organisations that something is inappropriate and the "offensive" item is usually taken down.
Don't believe me? This was banned in Britain. I think about 100 people or so complained.
Gay guys. Oh the horror. Can't have any of that polluting the airwaves.
Besides, that thing about confusing children is bullshit. I had homosexuality explained to me when I was five. It did not scar me for life. Hell, I didn't even care. My mum just said, "You know how men and women fall in love and live together? Well, sometime men do that with men and women with women." Then I said, "Oh, alright," and got right on with my completely unconfused five-year-old life.
*sigh*
Besides, that thing about confusing children is bullshit. I had homosexuality explained to me when I was five. It did not scar me for life. Hell, I didn't even care. My mum just said, "You know how men and women fall in love and live together? Well, sometime men do that with men and women with women." Then I said, "Oh, alright," and got right on with my completely unconfused five-year-old life.
*sigh*
