I remember when I would watch movies with my parents as a kid, I would always have to cover my eyes when there was a scene where the characters were kissing or taking part in sexual intercourse. From a young age we’ve been giving guidelines as to the things we can and can’t look at and have also been reminded that this will change with our age. One of the most restrictive things that its viewing is controlled of is the naked body or sex. I always wondered why. Why was it that at 9 I wasn’t allowed to look, at 13 I was allowed to look with my parents, and at 21 I was allowed to look alone? And the most important thing here is that in all those years before I was able to watch it alone, I still managed to find a way around it- a way to see it. The naked body is intriguing, but there is such a restriction on viewing it that there is a sense of uneasiness that arises from looking at it with other people. It’s almost as if we’re that 9 year old kid again who is being told to look away. Why are we not allowed to look is something that I don’t understand but I can however say that this power is so much at play that it has become embedded in us. We find it taboo to see images of sex or nudity because we shouldn’t want to look at things like that. We find it taboo if someone has sex on their computer because that goes against the restrictions in place. But the truth of the matter is we want to look. Whether it’s a scene of a crime, sex, nudity, pain, etc. we want to look and it’s almost as if wanting to look is natural but because we live in a society that limits it, we must do it secretly.
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