Comments for Chaselicious's Weblog http://chaselicious.wordpress.com Everything Keeps Coming Up Licious Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:52:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Everyone Loves A Little Gossip…and SEX! by elsa1811 http://chaselicious.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/everyone-loves-a-little-gossipand-sex/#comment-3 elsa1811 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:52:33 +0000 http://chaselicious.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-3 You, reader, are going to think that because I'm only commenting on Chases's columns means that I'm obsessed by what he is writing... but it's not the truth (at least entirely), in fact, I like what he chose as subjects to talk about! Anyway, the topic about the relationship between gossip girl and the notion of sex interested me a lot, owing to the fact that that is the first thing that surprised, or even revolted me when I came to the US, and especially to Los Angeles three weeks ago, and in a very particular way. As a matter of fact, since my native country, France, I heard a lot of things about America, substantially, as for example that they were overall conservative (though the really tight fight between The Democrats and The Republicans, the US stay above all very puritan), and liked following strict rules. But I wasn't expecting so much embarrassment about a topic, such as sex! in the country where "anything is possible", I waited for a lot of open-minded people who don't care in talking about anything, where is this damn freedom of expression ? I know how it works : people like watching TV series and movies such as "Sex and the city", "Gossip girl", listening musics talking about dirty things, but they don't wanna talk about it, because they feel ashamed of delivering subjects such as sex in front of people's face. What happened in people's mind to be afraid of talking about subjects that belong to nature? After all, everyone will pass by this path one day or another... so why not breaking the ice and discuss without taboos? Why the parents don't warn and learn children about their adult life, instead of protecting them until the day they will plunge into "real" life, frightened and without self-reliance? In France (where I'm from), and certainly in whole Europe, people are quite free and open-minded about the subject, they don't care about what can be shown in TV, movies, and music, because they know that this must be part of people's life, since teenager until... (for example, "Sex and the city" is in France inadvisable to people under 10, whereas in the US, it's allowed for people over 14). Actually, French people are also renowned for dining whereas speaking about sex, between other subjects a lot more interesting, I reassure you! So, american people, can you prove us that you are a lot more profligate that your reputation can pretend? I bet on you! You, reader, are going to think that because I’m only commenting on Chases’s columns means that I’m obsessed by what he is writing… but it’s not the truth (at least entirely), in fact, I like what he chose as subjects to talk about!
Anyway, the topic about the relationship between gossip girl and the notion of sex interested me a lot, owing to the fact that that is the first thing that surprised, or even revolted me when I came to the US, and especially to Los Angeles three weeks ago, and in a very particular way.
As a matter of fact, since my native country, France, I heard a lot of things about America, substantially, as for example that they were overall conservative (though the really tight fight between The Democrats and The Republicans, the US stay above all very puritan), and liked following strict rules. But I wasn’t expecting so much embarrassment about a topic, such as sex! in the country where “anything is possible”, I waited for a lot of open-minded people who don’t care in talking about anything, where is this damn freedom of expression ?
I know how it works : people like watching TV series and movies such as “Sex and the city”, “Gossip girl”, listening musics talking about dirty things, but they don’t wanna talk about it, because they feel ashamed of delivering subjects such as sex in front of people’s face. What happened in people’s mind to be afraid of talking about subjects that belong to nature? After all, everyone will pass by this path one day or another… so why not breaking the ice and discuss without taboos? Why the parents don’t warn and learn children about their adult life, instead of protecting them until the day they will plunge into “real” life, frightened and without self-reliance?
In France (where I’m from), and certainly in whole Europe, people are quite free and open-minded about the subject, they don’t care about what can be shown in TV, movies, and music, because they know that this must be part of people’s life, since teenager until… (for example, “Sex and the city” is in France inadvisable to people under 10, whereas in the US, it’s allowed for people over 14). Actually, French people are also renowned for dining whereas speaking about sex, between other subjects a lot more interesting, I reassure you!
So, american people, can you prove us that you are a lot more profligate that your reputation can pretend? I bet on you!

]]> Comment on Pregnant Teens Have to Do With the Election? by elsa1811 http://chaselicious.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/pregnant-teens-have-to-do-with-the-election/#comment-2 elsa1811 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:27:47 +0000 http://chaselicious.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-2 I totally agree with this idea, because I deeply think that medias have better to do than chatting about a teenager's pregnancy just because she is the daughter of a candidate to vice presidency of the United States. In fact, teenage pregnancy happens to a lot of young ladies, it's not the first time we hear about this news all over the US, and more generally all over the world. Actually, in the country where I'm from, i.e. France, a lot of teenagers are also "touched by this outbreak" , and even more if we make the proportion, comparing to the US. However, that is not a valid reason to make about this subject a serious case in which everybody has to know about it, as if it was a huge defect that you have to get rid of immediately. Indeed, French people are interested about it (who isn't ?), but in an other way, like for example making serious TV shows about it, and try to really understand what happens in teenagers' minds, and how to anticipate it for years to come. This french behavior may actually exist because of our vision less conservative of seeing things, anyway very different from the vision of the US by american people (without wanting to offend anyone)! Finally, if even Sarah Palin, the most conservative and puritan politician that I have ever known made a deal about that, who can't ? ELSA I totally agree with this idea, because I deeply think that medias have better to do than chatting about a teenager’s pregnancy just because she is the daughter of a candidate to vice presidency of the United States.
In fact, teenage pregnancy happens to a lot of young ladies, it’s not the first time we hear about this news all over the US, and more generally all over the world. Actually, in the country where I’m from, i.e. France, a lot of teenagers are also “touched by this outbreak” , and even more if we make the proportion, comparing to the US.
However, that is not a valid reason to make about this subject a serious case in which everybody has to know about it, as if it was a huge defect that you have to get rid of immediately.
Indeed, French people are interested about it (who isn’t ?), but in an other way, like for example making serious TV shows about it, and try to really understand what happens in teenagers’ minds, and how to anticipate it for years to come. This french behavior may actually exist because of our vision less conservative of seeing things, anyway very different from the vision of the US by american people (without wanting to offend anyone)!
Finally, if even Sarah Palin, the most conservative and puritan politician that I have ever known made a deal about that, who can’t ?

ELSA

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