Game of Thrones TV Series - Totally Unsuitable for Teenagers to Watch?

[daisy6680]

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. :-(

I did something I had thought I never never would do, and took away the book when I saw it in DS's hands (age 13). All his classmates were reading it; it was in the primary school library!!! To see this stuff on TV is even more vivid and so worse. I don't think this means I will next advance to bonfires of books in the town square, but honestly, YANBU. I think it's unsuitable for adults!

Katiehalfprice...... Best stealth boast ever!

(Was she a baby or an older girl?)

It's only a stealth boast under this username. I've talked about it endlessly under a previous namechange

DD is one of the babies who plays Gilly's baby in season 3 :)

I don't know, I used to watch 18 rated films at that age (16/17), with te luscious Mr Swayze in, all you saw were his pert bottom and a bit of martial arts action. I was fine for it, teir are some overreactions here. It depends how your teenager will take it, certainly wrong to show this to a 7 year od though. The stuff I got away with as a teen.

I used to red Jilly Cooper series at 12, allthse bonkng and graphic sex discriptions

Agree with the others who say why on earth would you let your 7 year old watch it when it is clearly labelled as an 18.

I wouldn't have a problem with a 16 year old watching it - plus she's read the books which in my opinion are way more graphic than the TV series!

why are you allowing your 7 yr old to watch an 18 certificate programme anyway it has it on theDDs dvd case clearly stating 18 cant get past that sorry GOT is raunchy and has violence in it I dont think it is pornographic though ,