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.
13.06.2025 12:33
Meanwhile, the rest of the world still sniggers at American prudishness.
Some ridiculous highlights of the code in effect banned or discouraged:
Remember the Hays Code?
Most people aren’t following this important dietary advice. Are you? - The Washington Post
nudity, or even suggestions of it (e.g. a silhouette)
The ridiculous 2004 Superbowl ‘Nipplegate’ was a more recent reminder of how US attitudes have not really advanced much since the Hays code.
For 34 years, movie and TV studios censored themselves to appease the Puritanical whims of Will Hays.
What do all Indian parents have in common?
disrespect of authority figures. Crooked judges are OK if they are also clearly portrayed as evil people
toilets being shown
any profanity to the Christian religion, e.g. hell, damn, God (unless used in a holy sense), or ridicule of the clergy.
Has any man licked his wife's vagina while another man had sex with her?
couples in the same bed, even if married. (Laurel and Hardy came before the code)
the display of bellybuttons
lustful kissing is to be shown with care
I'm British and feel ashamed of the crimes of British colonialism. What should I do?
sexual perversion, including homosexuality (naturally), and sexual relationships between the white and black races.