When does a prime-time TV show cross the line between talking about sexual subjects and exploiting them? Glee illustrated the question in last week's episode, "Sexy," which featured among other things, frank dialogue about lesbianism, gay relationships, celibacy, promiscuity, virginity, STDs, sex tapes and the meaning of "Afternoon Delight."
In fact, the show was so racy that it aired a parental warning at the top, as if:
a) Parents are actually watching Glee with their kids
b) This would make kids think twice about watching, versus having the exact opposite effect.
I don't think shows -- even shows for tweens -- should be set in a '50s-style utopia in which there's no sex and no bathrooms. But an episode so saturated with sex talk that it requires a warning sticker may be a bit over the top. "Sexy" went out of its way to mock conservative approaches like abstinence and glamorize sexual behavior both in song and in bed.
I'm torn between the value of honest discussions about things like gay acceptance and sexual responsibility and the burden put on real parents when their 9-year-olds come asking what Gwyneth Paltrow was going to do with that cucumber. More power to Kurt (Chris Colfer) and his dad (Mike O'Malley) for discussing the bees and the bees, but I'm certainly not ready to answer that question for my 12-year-old.
Source: http://www.ivillage.com/was-glee-too-sexy/1-a-331214
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