Sexuality is talked about in an everyday life. sexuality comes in my ways, straight, gay, bi, lesbian, transgender, transsexual, and intersex. In our society we mostly look at everyone being straight or other wise they have a medical issue. when looking at someones sexuality as being gay or bi and so on people do not really understand the meaning of what they are. Here is a video clip of what gay means:
From the understanding of this video, bert and ernie should not be portrayed as gay in a miss understanding. Children should not be exposed as being gay and the kids are not going to understand what it means. The parents are the ones who are causing this problem with the tv show. the parents should let the show be the way it is and allow the kids understand the meaning behind anything that is going on in the show. If the show is showing the kids an understanding of what gay is and how it is allowed than so be it. Parents are the causes of brain washing kids into believing that gay is a bad thing, and that it is not allow. We need to allow kids to chose what is allowed and what is not, they are the ones controlling the future.
From the understanding of this video, bert and ernie should not be portrayed as gay in a miss understanding. Children should not be exposed as being gay and the kids are not going to understand what it means. The parents are the ones who are causing this problem with the tv show. the parents should let the show be the way it is and allow the kids understand the meaning behind anything that is going on in the show. If the show is showing the kids an understanding of what gay is and how it is allowed than so be it. Parents are the causes of brain washing kids into believing that gay is a bad thing, and that it is not allow. We need to allow kids to chose what is allowed and what is not, they are the ones controlling the future.
Hello Johnathan Dickinson, I found your blog on sexuality to be rather interesting. I absolutely agree with you when you say that Bert and Ernie's characters on sesame street should remain the same. I personally feel that sesame street's goal is to educate children on the fundamentals needed to enter school, not the fundamentals needed in understanding sexuality.However, I disagree with you when you say that "parents are the causes of brain washing kids into beleiving gay is bad".I on the otherhand feel society and media plays apart in that "brain washing", not just parents.But despite that I think your blog made valid points on what the value of sexuality is to young children.The main point being that sexuality is usually irrelevant to young kids and especially children who are watching sesame street. Which means sexuality is more important to adults living in society with morals and values that may conflict with what being gay means.
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I agree with your point that children should not be exposed to this yet, nor should children tv shows acquire this relationship for 2, 3 year olds to see-this is all based on assumption really, and they should continue promoting educationial assistance and safety awareness.
It really doesn't matter considering, the fact that they're puppets.Years ago, Big Bird was
in the media for the same reason and now,our favorite "under the sea" character Spongebob
was claimed to be gay-yet he's become a huge sucess over the years. Older kids love him
and he even has a dance named after him-the Spongebob which can be found on YouTube.
I think it is also important that we consider
the fact that their brains aren't fully deve-loped yet for them to understand. It's a matter of misinterpreting homosexuality and when your
a kid-everything's new. Everyone has their own opinions and assumptions. Imagine a kid sitting by him or herself in a living room with no pare-ntal supervision and watching 2 characters being intimate-what thoughts will they have, what ques-tions or will they just jump to their first action.
A young boy or girl could possibly walk up to someone else of their own gender and kiss him or her unaware of the consequencs. People still have negative thoughts on gay marriage, or gay couples in general, which I don't understand-love is universal. But when it comes to a kid, they're still growing and may continue to engage in this act early on. Some parents, however, want to expose their kids to this because they figure it's a new generation, bigger things are happening with the world, and also they want their kids to be ready for the hardships they people encounter within school, with everyday life, when they step into the real world and/or maybe, just to educate them on the current issues we're facing. I disagree with the idea of children having a choice of the channels they want to watch. Nowadays, cable stations put anything
on television- doesn't mattter if it's adultly material or not. What happened to parental con-
trol services? It's too much freedom at such an early age where they should be starting to comprehend some rules and direction-the basics. The point is,parents need to be more attentive of their children's actions.
Hi, Jon! I have to agree with Rayonah. I think your blog is very interesting. It caught my attention right away. I think both of you are right, in a sense. Parents AND the media portray being gay as a bad and unacceptable thing in society. Parents do it with gender roles. They tell their sons to stop acting like wussies or sissies and tell their daughters to stop running so much and "act like a lady". But, at least parents do it subtlely. The media just throws it right out there. Ever since I can remember, cartoons have been outlandish, i.e., aliens, kids with superpowers, kids who are science geniuses, animals that talk, etc. The main purposes have been to either entertain or educate. As adults, we think too far into the future. How about just letting children be children. Let them learn what's really in front of them, and forget about what we FEAR is in front of them. It reminds me of the teletubby that everyone thought was gay, because he carried a pocketbook or a suitcase. And what gets me is that people really believed that he was gay. It's us with the dirty minds. Leave the kids out of it. I think we could expand on your topic a little more by discussing the real fears parents have about homosexuality. I don't think it's the homosexuality itself that many parents are afraid of. It's the stigmas associated with homosexuality that the parents are trying to prevent their children from experiencing.
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