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: 21.06.2025 01:09
toilets being shown
the display of bellybuttons
Some ridiculous highlights of the code in effect banned or discouraged:
Why are people saying that Trump is fat when he is an athletic 6 foot 3 and 215 pounds?
Meanwhile, the rest of the world still sniggers at American prudishness.
For 34 years, movie and TV studios censored themselves to appease the Puritanical whims of Will Hays.
couples in the same bed, even if married. (Laurel and Hardy came before the code)
If Republicans say that Biden goes to shower with his daughter, how do Democrats support it?
The ridiculous 2004 Superbowl ‘Nipplegate’ was a more recent reminder of how US attitudes have not really advanced much since the Hays code.
disrespect of authority figures. Crooked judges are OK if they are also clearly portrayed as evil people
Remember the Hays Code?
What are the pros and cons of living in Male, Maldives?
sexual perversion, including homosexuality (naturally), and sexual relationships between the white and black races.
lustful kissing is to be shown with care
nudity, or even suggestions of it (e.g. a silhouette)
Do women like men who have slept with many women?
any profanity to the Christian religion, e.g. hell, damn, God (unless used in a holy sense), or ridicule of the clergy.