tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050996142546962834.post6917478288353753025..comments2024-03-27T13:55:34.257-07:00Comments on DJan-ity: Happy Easter (Orthodox)DJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050996142546962834.post-53819462581369531392009-04-25T14:22:00.000-07:002009-04-25T14:22:00.000-07:00After the independence in 1991, there was an outbr...After the independence in 1991, there was an outbreak of "indecent" TV content. Nowadays, it is quite put in to formal and legal frame and you cannot see explicit scenes, and softer scenes are after midnight, or at least after 9 PM and they tend to be marked with the age ratings. BUT, in general, Europe laws are quite more relaxed so what can be seen in cinemas can be shown on TV, so every channel is like HBO here. No edited for TV needed :)<br />Hotel TV is different story, so it has all the inappropriate cable channels provided...kirevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16748178728876528202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050996142546962834.post-52132638272690207242009-04-20T21:01:00.000-07:002009-04-20T21:01:00.000-07:00Wow, Buz, that's good, but sort of hard to underst...Wow, Buz, that's good, but sort of hard to understand. You're right, but it's hard for me, an American, to think of children being exposed to this sex stuff on TV. Maybe it's only in the hotel, I don't know. Last evening after the meeting Mickey and I hung out with three wonderful Bosnian women who are definitely liberated and interesting, and speak a zillion languages. I'm learning a lot!DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6050996142546962834.post-28842536556595847562009-04-20T19:15:00.000-07:002009-04-20T19:15:00.000-07:00It seems hard to pin a specific cause to any speci...It seems hard to pin a specific cause to any specific effect. Depending on where and when you are, an increase in women's rights might lead to more revealing attire (preferred by some women), or it might lead to restrictions placed on revealing attire (seen by other women as contributing to or aggravating the base tendencies of men). As you say, repression of women's rights could lead to men objectifying women, but it could also be that men objectifying women is what leads to the repression of women's rights. Of course, objectification can go in any direction (and will probably never disappear from the world of human sexuality), but men's greater potential for using violent force, *combined* with his objectification of women, is the real genesis of repressed societies (in which women are typically hidden or over-exposed, as the men see fit). But, assuming we can somehow avoid destroying either the planet or all of the life on the planet, I think modern communications technology might actually be helping to create (very, very slowly) a new kind of common consciousness, and common conscience, that could go a long way toward eventually suppressing the worldwide acceptance of violent potential and replacing it with something more feminine. Many things in the way, though, not the least of which is religious fundamentalism. I guess my hopes are for those living centuries from now.Buzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820913066052044418noreply@blogger.com