Appalling TV

We have basic cable.  We do not have any fancy packages.  With that said, let me explain why I am so appalled.

Shawn got hooked on this show called Sons of Anarchy on FX.  It's about a motorcycle club that makes their money illegally like trading guns, etc.  Basically a soap opera for guys.  I watched the 1st season with him & it was good.  I was shocked by the language used at 9pm on basic cable but whatever.

In season 2 the club lost their gun connection, got into more trouble & were broke so they bought a porn company.  In the background of most most scenes were women making out, fondling each other, etc.  That's not uncommon for TV but these women were wearing nothing but a g string and pasties on their nipples.  Their bare breasts hanging out, shaking in front of the entire 9pm community literally shocked me!

I could not believe they put this on television!  FX is not HBO or Cinemax, it's a basic cable channel!  In an episode of Breaking Bad, which is not sex based at all, we see a flashback involving one of the low lifes in the show.  In it, he visits a strip club.  This has nothing to do with the current story line of course. 

Again, the women were dressed just as the porn stars in Sons of Anarchy, pressing the actors' faces into their bossoms and shaking, jiggling around.  I was once again shocked.

Last night we were playing cards on the floor and had the TV turned to channel G4, which is kind of a guys channel.  They run entire hours on video game reviews, show only action movies, and COPS marathons.  We had it on COPS while we played and a commercial for a program on The Adult Entertainment Expo ran three times between 8:15 and 9pm.

These women were practically naked on poles, spreading their legs.  Shawn nearly gave himself whiplash looking away from our card game.  How is it they can run a commerical showing women topless with cereal box stickers on their nipples? 

Not that I'd approve of it, but if you stuck a sticker at the end of a penis, will they put that on TV as well?  It's downright disgusting!  I hate to think of myself as a prude, but really, what's so wrong about being a little prudish?  What happened to standards and censorship on TV?  How long until this appears on local networks like NBC?

When did this country become so at ease about nakedness and sex?  It's stuff like this that makes me almost wish I lived in a county where women covered themselves thoroughly.  How is a parent supposed to protect their children from this?  The only possible thing you could do is throw out the TV, the computer, make sure they never walk into any store that sells magazines, and lock them in the closet until they are 18.

Remember what TV used to be?  The censors made sure Jennie's navel was covered at all times.  On Laugh-In they were always making camel jokes because the word "hump" was not allowed on television!

(By the way, I am only 29 and yes, I know about Laugh-In.)