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.
Last Updated: 17.06.2025 02:23
Some ridiculous highlights of the code in effect banned or discouraged:
lustful kissing is to be shown with care
couples in the same bed, even if married. (Laurel and Hardy came before the code)
Why am I so afraid that gun owners have set traps to kill me outside my house or my car?
nudity, or even suggestions of it (e.g. a silhouette)
toilets being shown
The ridiculous 2004 Superbowl ‘Nipplegate’ was a more recent reminder of how US attitudes have not really advanced much since the Hays code.
any profanity to the Christian religion, e.g. hell, damn, God (unless used in a holy sense), or ridicule of the clergy.
sexual perversion, including homosexuality (naturally), and sexual relationships between the white and black races.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world still sniggers at American prudishness.
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the display of bellybuttons
Remember the Hays Code?
disrespect of authority figures. Crooked judges are OK if they are also clearly portrayed as evil people
Where do high school kids get weed from?
For 34 years, movie and TV studios censored themselves to appease the Puritanical whims of Will Hays.