I live in Los Angeles, California and have DirecTV satellite service. Late in the evening here on at least one (and usually more) channel is a shopping program called "Shop Erotic" which features sex toys for sale. Most of the time I just surf right past it, but from time to time I stay on the channel just out of curiosity. Of course I never buy anything from them, mostly because their prices are simply outrageous. You can get as good or better toys for a lower price at your local adult toy store (though they are disappearing fast!) or from Adam and Eve....er....at least so I've heard.
The strange thing about this I that I am 53 years old (soon to be 54) and I remember when TV stations couldn't even say the word pregnant on the air. I remember when Lucy and Desi has separate twin beds and when those beds were pushed together in the last year or so, both beds had their own sheets and blankets so there was always bedding between them. Rob and Laura Petrie had separate beds and the idea of sleeping across the room from her was inconceivable to me and I was just a kid. I remember when the rule was that if a man and a women were shown together in the same bed, they both had to have at least one foot on the floor (yes, that was a real rule).
Still, I have seen plenty of pre-Hayes films before censorship hits the movies big time and when the "It Girl" (Clara Bow) was featured in several films obviously bra-less and when Jane (in Tarzan and His Mate) had a full frontal nude scene in it in 1934.
Censorship has bounced all over the place in the years of TV and film. One wonders if it will ever settle into an acceptable form and, quite frankly, I hope it won't. Personally I like the tension, the give and take and the tug or war over what is acceptable or nor in film or on TV. I think it's a healthy thing that makes us face ourselves and our own sexual attitudes.
So tell me, do you get "Shop Erotic" that sells sex toys? If you don't, would you like to? Do you think there is too much censorship on TV or not enough?
Talk to me.