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Are we heading toward an R rated culture? Hlase Baloyi on why sex sells

  Just a question: Are we heading toward a permanent R-rated culture? I know that "sex sells" has been a mantra for decades now but it just doesn't seem to let up. And as I move from that age of being a younger person to one whose peers have children, I feel like I'm a lot more sensitive to it now. Watching the Superbowl with a few young children, I felt uncomfortable at times, even though I'm sure this exposure is nothing new, even tame if you like. I'd like to be able to watch Superbowls, sports, etcetera with no commercials that include sexual innuendo. I'm not a parent yet, and perhaps some of you parents may think that I am too conservative or whatever word is used to describe my lack of enthusiasm for exposing children to this innuendo, but I'm cool with the label. I can already tell that when I have children I'm going to have to accept a lot of things that I'd rather not. Maybe by then they'll have a commercial-free channel, or I'll be forced to make my children watch only Nickelodeon until they're 16! But this idea that sexual innuendo must be included to add some value to a show or commercial is just a shame. It really is.   Hlase Baloyi is a lawyer from Zimbabwe. He considers Washington DC his second home but describes himself as a “regular guy living on planet Earth”. Follow him on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hlase.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