I'm probably very late to this topic, but my daughter has read Game of Thrones books and my husband just got the first TV series for us to watch.
I was horrified! I'm no prude, but this TV depiction of gratuitous and objectifying porn sex and gory violence seems totally unsuitable for a teenage audience, who I'm guessing are a large part of the audience, it being in the same 'fantasy' genre as Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings.
Unfortunately, we watched the first episode with both my 16yr old and 7yr old daughter (I knowing nothing about it), which made my horror worse. I should have insisted on turning it off.
I (now) understand that it is about being true to the practices of the time and so women would often just be chattels, to be done with as men see fit. And life would have been brutal for everyone.
I certainly won't be allowing my 7yr old to watch it again, but fear I would alienate my 16yr old if I banned it from her watching and she could probably watch it on the Internet if she wanted to. My husband says it better that she watches it with us than on her own. I don't want to watch it, as I don't feel my life will be improved by watching something so horrible. But I also feel very uncomfortable about my husband, who likes porn (which I object to, for the same objectification reasons etc), watching it with our daughter.
My main concern, for teenagers watching this is, that however intelligent and reasoning they are about the setting, they have,if like my daughter, no experience of sex and most importantly, sex in a respectful, equal relationship. Therefore, they have no 'secure' feelings about sex.
How on earth will their sexually formative minds be affected by this type of viewing?
Presumably, the boys will be titillated and eager to see more. What example does this set them of how to treat women?
I feel very sad if girls see this as what sex is all about: being used and abused.
I know this probably sounds as if I'm a colossal prude, who keeps my daughters under lock and key, but that's very far from the truth and so far, we've been very liberal parents and not hidden things.
I just think this is horrid watching, both in sex and gory violence for an 'innocent' mind.
What do others think?
I'll have to explain to my daughter why I'm concerned about it, at least, in a considered and less reactive way. :-(
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Game of Thrones TV Series - Totally Unsuitable for Teenagers to Watch?
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daisy6680 · 07/07/2013 10:19
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