I am amazed at how many people claim to be "shocked" and "disgusted" by MTV and this display. Since the 1960's our culture has been changing to reach this point. Remember when Lenny Bruce was arrested for using certain words in a nightclub? Many of those words are now used here on Mudcat. There were sexual revolutions that empowered people to take control of their own bodies. We may have gone to excess, but I think there were some important lessons.

I am not a fan of the performances that MTV shows, even though I have a close family member that works for MTV management and was very directly involved in Sunday nights half-time show. I do give my children more credit to understand what is peformance and what is reality and what is staged. We take the time to watch with them and discuss.