Originally Posted by
MadMojoMonkey
Outside of school = plainly against the law in a place where there is no way to say, "Everyone there was of sound mind, capable of choosing their own choices under our law, and everyone thought it was OK." If someone (a child) is subjected to this in our society, then you will have 0 luck convincing anyone that this should not be a criminal act.
In our society.
I'm neither saying this is how it should be nor is it what I think is best. This is just how it is.
The dissonance is because I think society's prudishness is dumb. If you ask me if I think it's OK to [public display of affection], then my answer is yes, I think you should have that right, but no society doesn't.
I don't think we do our adult selves any benefit by growing up in a society where sex is always what we're shown and delivered and sold, but never what we talk about. I'm (controversially) not in favor of shielding sexuality (or violence or any other unavoidable reality they will need to understand and deal with one day) from children. Society has trumped my opinion, but I think society is perfectly wrong on this one. Disclaimer: I don't have (nor will I ever have) kids.