Why do Americans and foreigners alike describe the USA as prudish? Why do I see nothing prudish about the USA society? USA feels like one of the loosest countries although Americans claim to be very reserved.
11.06.2025 18:31
Some ridiculous highlights of the code in effect banned or discouraged:
nudity, or even suggestions of it (e.g. a silhouette)
disrespect of authority figures. Crooked judges are OK if they are also clearly portrayed as evil people
What exactly is female squirting? Is it only urine or a combination of liquids?
Remember the Hays Code?
Meanwhile, the rest of the world still sniggers at American prudishness.
sexual perversion, including homosexuality (naturally), and sexual relationships between the white and black races.
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lustful kissing is to be shown with care
For 34 years, movie and TV studios censored themselves to appease the Puritanical whims of Will Hays.
any profanity to the Christian religion, e.g. hell, damn, God (unless used in a holy sense), or ridicule of the clergy.
How do you get a teenage boy to care about hygiene?
the display of bellybuttons
The ridiculous 2004 Superbowl ‘Nipplegate’ was a more recent reminder of how US attitudes have not really advanced much since the Hays code.
toilets being shown
couples in the same bed, even if married. (Laurel and Hardy came before the code)