Hidden Innuendos. Hidden Intentions.

All of us at some point in our youth have woken up on a Saturday with the only intention to sit in our pajamas, with a bowl of Lucky Charms cereal in our laps, and watch cartoon after cartoon. As children, were we too distracted by separating our marshmallows in our Lucky Charms bowl to realize what these cartoons were indirectly teaching us?




False Innocence?

 

Hidden innuendos have been in entertainment for decades for example, when motion pictures first came out it was socially unacceptable to be obviously sexual. Thus, they hid sexuality with sarcasm, lingo, and simple diction.



The motion pictures shown in the early 1900's were,yes, sexual but the viewers were adults, not youthful children. Has our society taken it too far in regards to introducing sexuality to children at too young of an age? or is simple fun that children are too naïve to fully understand? And, do the producers of these shows have hidden intentions with including this sexuality?

I personally believe SpongeBob is a hilarious, witty, and a fun show. Although, now that I am aware of the sexuality that lies within it, it makes me question if my parents knew of these hidden innuendos. Or, do parents nation wide intentionally turn the other way? 

This subject interests me because I am definitely split with what I believe. On one side I think we introduce America's youth to sexuality unbelievably too early even if they're oblivious to it. Although, on the opposing side, I enjoy these shows and obviously this love for these cartoons is nation wide within our pop culture.  

Ultimately, it is up to the parental guidance to either not allow ones children to watch such cartoons or, to turn the other way intentionally.

 One may ask though, with the route America's youth is going, are parents turning the other way too often?

Here are Links to videos and stories that are examples of sexual innuendos within children's cartoons.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA--60mJths
• http://www.cracked.com/article_18672_the-6-creepiest-things-ever-slipped-into-childrens-cartoons.html
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbNEhezUfVE&feature=player_embedded