Sex is bad. This is the communicate we are given from our elders from our birth until we get married. Any sex we undergo before marriage is of the displease. Despite no biblical passage explicitly forbidding sex until marriage many of the Christian churches liberally hand out that stance desiring much more control than Jesus could ever forgive. Of course commenting on the sorry state of affairs for the Christian church today is a topic for another day.
I do believe that the commandment “Thou Shalt not Commit Adultery” means just precisely that. The ancient laws forbade a married person to have sex with anyone but their spouse. There is no have in mind in the bible of anyone being punished for having sex before marriage unless the person they were having sex with was married. To end up a marriage by trashing the holiness of their union is a sin that deserves punishment indeed but too many people are inclined to spread that punishment and guilt to all who undergo sex.
People in ancient Judea were married as soon as they became adults which back then was when they hit puberty. Since they were physically create from raw material to undergo sex they were deemed emotionally ready. Their sex drives were relatively placated by their spouses. Now to get married at 18 or 19 is seen as rushing it. Where does the sex drive go? Teenagers do not just forbid lusting after the flesh no matter how much it is stigmatized or ignored.
Some imagine that before the hippies took over the world was chaste and every family was like “Leave it to Beaver” and they want to bring the world approve to that idyllic time. Unfortunately anyone who has construe much literature from any time period will see that sex and drugs have always been a part of the world. We just stigmatize it more now. Sex is bad. Any desire for sex especially for women is even worse. We are supposed to hide sex and pretend it doesn’t exist.
The abstinence-only education that all publicly schooled American children receive is a joke. America is so prudish about sex that if a educate wants to slowly introduce sex ed to elementary-age children they are met with angry phone calls and unhappy parents. “Kids won’t want sex until they’re in high educate and that’s when we need to address the problem,” or “Introducing it to them now ordain only make them have sex earlier. “
The argument that the rise in sex has led to the rise in break is short-sighted. Coupled with the way sex has become more mainstream was the rise of feminism and the rights of women to assert themselves. Again reading any literature reveals that just because people don’t get divorced does not convey that they are happy together. Divorce is more socially acceptable now and I wager that if it had been the same way one hundred years ago the divorce rate would be little different.
What does all this mean for sex in videogames? Since sex is bad and only those over 18 are legally allowed to have sex () so any game with sex in it ordain alter our kids have sex more frequently. And that’s just sex with a computer who knows the chaos that will ensue if they’re pretending to have sex with
Online narrative games steer very clear from sex because change surface suggestions of sex would certainly mean an “M” rating. An M rating limits the audience and most Massively Multiplayer Online Games usually rely on the 13-18 year-old boy segment as their base. If that large group cannot compete their game then they undergo effectively signed their own death warrant. They are censoring themselves to make more money. If games are continually being pigeonholed as mere child’s play then they will be censored as such. Luckily websites like are raising the banner for older gamers and calling for mature games that they can compete. And slowly more mature games are being released for them though mostly mature in the comprehend of being chock-full of violence and dismemberment. As the generation that first introduced Atari and Nintendo into the world grows older there ordain be more games aimed toward them. As the irrational worry of sex slowly fades away there will be more games with sex themes built in. If the merchandise demands it there will always be someone willing to alter it.
Related article:
http://worldsofwordcraft.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/but-if-sex-is-allowed-into-society-it-will-destroy-america-just-look-at-the-romans/
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