It's more like casting out a net. you get some, but not all. They call it fishing not catching, for a reason. Many people have a secret self as well. Proclaim disdain while hiding different sentiments, perhaps even from themselves. I am of course not saying that you were groomed. Such a classroom experience is only one of many exposures to such themes some overt, many covert. TV adverts, movies (The Professional, comes to mind), Cartoons, Anime (Sailor Moon). Been going on and building over many decades.
It sounds like you are saying all media,, all literature, all social discourse, should be censored of any content that could give anyone sexual ideas. Besides the fact that teenagers are suddenly confused and consumed by sexual ideas already,, and need steering in a moral direction, how does it help anything to make bad choices verboten?
I don't believe your characterization is entirely wrong. I would argue that these actions within media, video games, cinema, arts, and other forms of entertainment are by design. What matters to the groomer is the impact on the groomed. The slippery slope is not a myth and there can certainly be no dispute that the lines and boundaries and what is normal (no one dares to criticize desmond and troon story hour) have shifted. This is really only possible through a full court press of exposure. We swim in a veritable ocean of this.
I see the art aspect of all this, including literature and music, somewhat differently. First, if you have ever hung out with any artists, you may have noticed that their work and philosophy tends to fall into certain categories:
My creations are an expression of my feelings--therefore they are meant to convey raw emotion (mine) and evoke the same in you.
My creations are meant to make a statement/send a message--therefore they reflect thought and reasoning. If you don't get my message you may be a stupid bigot.
This is my job, I just try to bring out the client's vision--therefore thoughts or feelings or aesthetic considerations are a function of my cash needs.
I'm having fun hanging out with edgy artists until the money runs out--therefore any art I produce is accidental (often seen around universities).
So before I jump on any art, I like to know what is behind it.
Second, people are very sexual. Even the primmest spinster can be surprising. Sex is only a little behind breathing, sleeping, and eating as constant drive, or we wouldn't be here discussing child development. I predate electronics and spend a lot of time in the further past, and can't think of a place or time where sex was not a frequent component in art. It won't go away. It's in the Bible. We will always have sex and have to explain it to children, because they will soon notice they have parts that don't seem to have a purpose, or see classic Greek statues, or pregnant women. There used to be different developmentally appropriate explanations leading up to the Big Reveal but someone hijacked that and decided to dump it on toddlers. Complete with art that speaks to the target with both thought and feeling. THIS is grooming, not reading about someone doing it. It is introducing concepts before they can be understood, encouraging behaviours whose consequences can't be understood, splitting children from family tradition,and generally causing confusion. The object of any brainwashing has to be softened up and in a personal way. And then the dominator has to interact in a personal way.
So you are saying discovering this perversion and being led to reject it with your peers and an adult pointing out how wrong it is, is grooming?
It's more like casting out a net. you get some, but not all. They call it fishing not catching, for a reason. Many people have a secret self as well. Proclaim disdain while hiding different sentiments, perhaps even from themselves. I am of course not saying that you were groomed. Such a classroom experience is only one of many exposures to such themes some overt, many covert. TV adverts, movies (The Professional, comes to mind), Cartoons, Anime (Sailor Moon). Been going on and building over many decades.
It sounds like you are saying all media,, all literature, all social discourse, should be censored of any content that could give anyone sexual ideas. Besides the fact that teenagers are suddenly confused and consumed by sexual ideas already,, and need steering in a moral direction, how does it help anything to make bad choices verboten?
I don't believe your characterization is entirely wrong. I would argue that these actions within media, video games, cinema, arts, and other forms of entertainment are by design. What matters to the groomer is the impact on the groomed. The slippery slope is not a myth and there can certainly be no dispute that the lines and boundaries and what is normal (no one dares to criticize desmond and troon story hour) have shifted. This is really only possible through a full court press of exposure. We swim in a veritable ocean of this.
I see the art aspect of all this, including literature and music, somewhat differently. First, if you have ever hung out with any artists, you may have noticed that their work and philosophy tends to fall into certain categories:
Second, people are very sexual. Even the primmest spinster can be surprising. Sex is only a little behind breathing, sleeping, and eating as constant drive, or we wouldn't be here discussing child development. I predate electronics and spend a lot of time in the further past, and can't think of a place or time where sex was not a frequent component in art. It won't go away. It's in the Bible. We will always have sex and have to explain it to children, because they will soon notice they have parts that don't seem to have a purpose, or see classic Greek statues, or pregnant women. There used to be different developmentally appropriate explanations leading up to the Big Reveal but someone hijacked that and decided to dump it on toddlers. Complete with art that speaks to the target with both thought and feeling. THIS is grooming, not reading about someone doing it. It is introducing concepts before they can be understood, encouraging behaviours whose consequences can't be understood, splitting children from family tradition,and generally causing confusion. The object of any brainwashing has to be softened up and in a personal way. And then the dominator has to interact in a personal way.