There’s a new show on MTV called “Skins” that features 15-year olds having sex. Outraged critics call it child porn, but one of its young stars defends the program by saying, “It’s what teens are doing.”
The Hollywood Reporter lives up to its name and reports:
Skins star Sofia Black-D’elia – who plays a lesbian teen on the MTV series – is defending the controversial content.
“It’s pushing the boundaries for teen drama because I think Skins goes where other shows are afraid to,” she said on the HDNet show ‘Naughty But Nice With Rob’ this week.
… Black-D’elia says, “It’s what teens are doing. It’s the way teenagers believe, I think, especially you know in certain situations when you come from home lives where your parents don’t really support you or really listen to you. That’s what most of these kids are going through. And so, um, the drugs and the sex, they’re vices, and that’s what teenagers have.”
Sofia, honey, we’re not quite sure how to break this to you, but lots of improper things happen in life, but that doesn’t mean they need to be glorified. Is there an age limit to what gets shown on television or is “It’s what they’re doing” the only determining factor?
This story from CBS San Francisco might even make Black-D’elia think twice:
A teacher at Oakland’s Markham Elementary School has been suspended indefinitely after school officials said a pair of second-graders performed sex acts on each other in class – with the teacher present.
“I think everyone is taken aback over this shocking incident,” Troy Flint, the spokesman for the Oakland Unified School District, told CBS 5. “Of course, it is hard to understand how that could have occurred.”
… In one case, several students apparently took off their clothes and were naked in the classroom. In the second incident, a boy and girl reportedly engaged in oral sex in front of their classmates.
Would Ms. Black-D’elia be opposed to a show that featured second grade sex? Probably not. Because, like, you know, it’s what second graders are doing.
We’re pretty sure she’d say it shouldn’t be on MTV because Nickelodeon would do a far better job of reaching the target demographic.
Source: Hollywood Reporter, CBS San Francisco
