Uncovering Sex and Sexuality Censorship in Today’s Business World
Do we just fear nudity or is it the mere thought of open sexuality?
Here’s one of the banner ads in question for your viewing enjoyment. You’ll note there is no nudity shown whatsoever, and there is nothing graphic, violent, or otherwise generally offensive in the ad.
Not to imply there’s anything immediately offensive about the natural state of the human body – but that’s another discussion for another day.
However, the depiction of this woman licking a thorn is very sensual, seductive, and sexually playful. Or could it be because we mentioned Intimate Encounters. We can’t have that now can we – people admitting that they actually want and have sex. 
And sometimes you can’t say the word "Gay" on the radio
This is a little off topic, but not too much. We were signing a deal to run some radio ads on a very popular Dallas radio station when we found out that we had to edit our ad. They required a single very specific change – we had to edit out the word "gay". No, really.
Janet Jackson’s infamous breast – the wardrobe malfunction extraordinaire
I’m sure many of you remember Janet Jackson’s "wardrobe malfunction" not too long ago. This was one of (if not THE) most replayed moment in TIVO history. Gee, guess that tells us something.
And sadly millions of people turned to stone that day. Or did they? Wait, this just in. Janet Jackson’s breast did not trigger mass fatalities after all. Not to mention the administrative grandstanding in the days following, you would have thought someone had launched a nuclear war.
In summary
We believe sex is not in any way evil or terrible. But this general fear and shame associated with sex and sexuality is a prime cause for many of our societal issues and relationship problems.
How many people don’t even know if they’re sexually compatible until after they get into a marriage contract? Yes, it’s their choice of course. But just think about their chances of staying together long term if their sex life is really poor. Of course they could stay together and pretend to be monogamous like many couples do, and cheat with others on the side. Is that really better? Is it any surprise our divorce rate is over 50%?
Ok, deep breath. Blessings all round, and on with our day.
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