MeiTow wrote:I mean, why is it ok to show nature documentaries with animals mating but we get so weirded out about our own sexuality?
The difference for me is that institutionalized sexism is not the "natural" state of affairs for human existence, and it's not inherent to human sexuality. By all indications it's a relatively recent phenomenon. I simply don't support media which perpetuates those structures.
MeiTow wrote:People have spontaneous sex, one-night stands, no attachment sex all the time. People parade around naked in their homes or even out in public depending on where they are.
I'm fine with these things being represented. However, I'm not fine with problematic situations being portrayed as unproblematic. What if drugging and raping people were portrayed as normal and acceptable on television (well, more than they already are)? I'm not talking about showing it as part of a drama where it's a bad thing one character does to another - I'm just talking about it being
de rigueur. We don't see that in media because we, collectively as a society, have decided that it's unacceptable. But not too long ago it was considered just something that sometimes happened, and sucks to be you if you were subjected to it. Ever pay attention to the lyrics to the wintertime pop song "Baby, It's Cold Outside"? It didn't raise a ruckus when it came out - the man drugging the woman's drink was simply part of the cultural lexicon. That didn't make it right.
There's not an inherent issue with anything you listed. The problem is that these things take place within a societal structure which is explicitly sexist, and therefore these things (and the portrayal of sex, period) take on an entirely different timbre and significance.
