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things you can only do with boys (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by Samsy@lemmy.ml to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Yes, all genitals seem weird to show people. I don't even show them to my parents. I tried not to take them at all, and instead tried to take a few with angles that obscured any private areas. I think my parents have seen a couple of those, but I don't even send them.

Perhaps the comic is from the mindset 40 years ago. I could easily see parents of that era doing this and thinking it was fine.

[–] kinkles@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I was wondering why you are showing your nudes to your parents and then I realized you are talking about your own kids

[–] NewAgeOldPerson@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

🤣🤣 I honestly did the same

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I think home photography was still pretty new 30-40 years ago, might be why some families were weirdly oversharing with baby photos? Idk.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think it's more that adults sexualizing children wasn't considered a frequent risk, people didn't think anyone they knew would look at babies that way. Gen X parents really shifted a lot in terms of culture in the US, under their generation child sexual abuse cases have dropped significantly, and that's adjusting to unreported numbers.

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

under their generation child sexual abuse cases have dropped significantly

If this is true, that's really impressive. I've heard how insanely widespread all kinds of abuse used to be through history, often even openly. But if the culture shift was really as sharp as this seems to suggest, I'd be worried it could go almost just as fast back in the other direction.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I can't say world wide, but in the U.S., home photography was not new 30-40 years ago. I was a kid 30 year ago and I had real camera and various disposable ones over time. Maybe home videography was becoming more common 30-40 years ago, but photography had been around.

[–] Zalvala@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, home photography wasn't new in the 90s, it'd been worked on for a bit.

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago

Would you say home photography was widespread in the 40s? 50s? 60s? 70s?

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 1 points 5 months ago

Also back then you didn't have photo previews plus limited number of photos

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

It probably differs more across cultures. There are even cultures where public virginity tests are acceptable.