Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A new cartoon series aimed at teens that presents the onset of puberty in the most vulgar and graphic way possible is about to debut on Netflix – unless we do something to stop it!
According to Entertainment Weekly, the show, entitled Big Mouth, was written by Nick Kroll, an actor, writer and comedian best known for the Kroll Show on Comedy Central.
Slated to debut on September 29, the show features Hormone Monster and Hormone Monstress, so-called “personifications of puberty” who encourage youth to engage in all kinds of obscene behavior. The show sexualizes adolescence in the most vulgar way possible with pornographic imagery and crude language.
“This series is a sad example of how far the entertainment industry has fallen from respecting basic decency,” says a new petition on CitizenGo, a worldwide community of active citizens who work together via an online petition platform to promote life, family and liberty.
“The show, it seems from the trailer, will be a vulgar retelling of puberty. It will include everything from nocturnal ejaculation, crude depictions of menstruation, discussions about the normalcy of homosexual sexual acts, and a number of other horrors.”
This kind of over-sexualization of teens, particularly girls, has been very damaging to their emotional and psychological health. As our Young Women of Grace study addresses, studies have shown that 40 percent of teen girls in America today have some kind of have eating disorder that is directly linked to the constant objectification of women in the media.
Presenting young men and women as nothing but raging hormones is not funny – it’s depersonalizing, insensitive, and damaging to the health and welfare of our youth.
For this reason, CitizenGo is asking concerned citizens to sign on to a petition asking Netflix CEO Reed Hastings not to host this vulgar show.
The petition reads: “The show’s sexual depictions of its underage characters are arguably examples of underage pornography, and they should not be shown anywhere, much less a mainstream website like Netflix. Please pull this show from your website. Adolescence should not be reduced to vulgar sexuality.”
It adds: Big Mouth is in very poor taste, and as long as you continue to host it I will not subscribe to your service.”
Click here to sign the petition today!
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