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When I first heard it on the car radio, I nearly hit a bus. "Sticks and stones will break my bones, but whips and chains excite me." The song - S&M, by Barbadian popstar, Rihanna, right - is a celebration of sexual sadism, in which she invites her lover to "give it to me strong". The video depicts life in a fetish bar where everyone is in bondage gear and the chanteuse whips the customers. She ends up hogtied and half-naked, saying how much she loves "sex in the air".
Now, I've been around the block a few times, and I'm all for sexual openness, but I was astonished to learn that this was freely played, even on BBC radio. Changed days - I remember when Frankie Goes To Hollywood's single Relax was banned by the BBC for a reference to coitus interruptus which was so oblique I hadn't even noticed it. I'm even more astonished that parents haven't been talking more about this supposedly playful invasion of sadistic bondage into the lives of young girls who learn these lyrics by heart. I'm sorry, but I don't want to hear pre-teens inviting men to whip them, even if it is "ironic".See the full content of this document
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S&M? Not in Front of the Kids
Some parents have complained about the sexualisation of children, like Reg Bailey of the Mothers' Union, whose report into the sexualisation of childhood, commissioned by Prime Minister David Cameron, is published tomorrow. It will recommend tightening up...
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