{"id":276761,"date":"2020-09-18T05:05:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T09:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=276761"},"modified":"2020-10-26T00:55:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T04:55:38","slug":"danish-tv-show-exposes-kids-to-naked-adults-raises-eyebrows-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/th\/danish-tv-show-exposes-kids-to-naked-adults-raises-eyebrows-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish TV show exposes kids to NAKED adults, raises eyebrows in America"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Conservatives have long accused the liberal media of sexualizing children, and the New York Times\u2019 glowing portrayal of a Danish TV show featuring fully nude adults in front of children has left many commentators livid.<\/div>\n
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\u2018Ultra Strips Down\u2019 is a children\u2019s show in Denmark in which an audience of 11- to 13-year-olds watch adults disrobe so they can ask them questions about their \u2018imperfect\u2019 naked bodies. The show\u2019s producers say the intention is to fight body shaming and encourage body positivity.<\/p>\n

The program has been on the air since last year and won an award for the best children\u2019s program of 2019 at the Danish TV Festival. In that time, the show has featured a post-surgery transgender model, a dwarf, and a man with horns surgically implanted into his head.<\/p>\n

However, the series has raised some eyebrows in the US, after the New York Times ran a feature on it on Friday. The piece was largely positive, and described the show as helping children feel more confident in their own bodies. \u201cAt first, they said, they had giggled at the idea of the show,\u201d the article read. \u201cBut they had learned something useful.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not how many commentators in the US saw things. \u201cI\u2019m starting to think I need to keep the libs away from my kids,\u201dquipped journalist Noah Pollak. \u201cChild abuse gets woke,\u201d conservative pundit Ben Shapiro commented.<\/p>\n

Sexual mores have long differed in the US and Europe, with family outings to nude beaches considered normal in Denmark, and public nakedness generally accepted as benign in Germany. Many Americans, however, have not reacted well to the efforts of their liberal media to change this situation. A recent article sticking up for online child predators was slammed as \u201cdefending pedos,\u201d and a 2014 piece describing pedophilia as \u201ca disorder, not a crime\u201d left commentators furious.<\/p>\n

\u2018Ultra Strips Down\u2019 is described as a non-sexual show, filmed with the consent of parents, where the underage audience can leave at any time if they feel uncomfortable. And, despite the avalanche of criticism, some commentators praised the Times for showing the US how things are done abroad.<\/p>\n

The program has also received some criticism in Denmark, with right-wing politician Peter Skaarup telling the country\u2019s BT tabloid this month that \u201cit\u2019s far too early for children to start with penises and vaginas. It corrupts our children, who at that age already have many things running around their heads.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the US, the controversy over \u2018Ultra Strips Down\u2019 comes just weeks after Netflix premiered \u2018Cuties\u2019, a French film depicting preteen girls engaging in sexually provocative dance scenes and stripping down to their underwear. As Republican congressmen demanded Netflix be investigated for alleged child exploitation, the outrage online was near-universal.<\/p>\n

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