This week I spent a fair amount of time spectating as folks on the Internet reacted to a viral blog from an innocent lady writing to girls that post pijama pictures on Facebook. Dozens and dozens of other blogs reacted. Hundreds and thousands of people had to share their opinions. Modesty (re: Miley Cirus) seems to be the most controversial subject on the Internet in past months/years. Not starvation. Not unemployment. Not child abuse. Not war with Syria.
So my gut inclination is to ignore the topic, because God
knows we don't need one more opinion on the subject. But among the pages/opinions I have read, I
still haven't seen this simple critique - in response to those who feel that
once a young man has seen a girl who is scantily clad, that he cannot
"unsee" it, or cannot then see the girl as anything but a sexual
object.
All I have to say is, the best way to make sure your son
can't "unsee" an inappropriate image or movie scene is to teach him
that he can't. Once a young man has
internalized this mentality, then the power images have over him is more about
the erroneous idea that he is powerless to change his thoughts than it is about
the images themselves.
Stop disempowering your youth. Your son (and your daughter) has the ability
to change his (her) thoughts. There is a
lot of crap on the Internet. You clicked on this link, didn't you? And yet, I bet you will forget about having
read this in about 30 more seconds.... unless I tell you you will not be able
to forget, ever... hmmm....
