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.
10.06.2025 16:19
For 34 years, movie and TV studios censored themselves to appease the Puritanical whims of Will Hays.
Some ridiculous highlights of the code in effect banned or discouraged:
The ridiculous 2004 Superbowl ‘Nipplegate’ was a more recent reminder of how US attitudes have not really advanced much since the Hays code.
What should I do if I love a girl and she apparently doesn't love me?
lustful kissing is to be shown with care
any profanity to the Christian religion, e.g. hell, damn, God (unless used in a holy sense), or ridicule of the clergy.
disrespect of authority figures. Crooked judges are OK if they are also clearly portrayed as evil people
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Remember the Hays Code?
couples in the same bed, even if married. (Laurel and Hardy came before the code)
the display of bellybuttons
Why are people saying that Trump is fat when he is an athletic 6 foot 3 and 215 pounds?
toilets being shown
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.
Why does it itch on my vulva, uterus, and sides of my vagina, but it doesn't itch inside the vagina?
nudity, or even suggestions of it (e.g. a silhouette)