Interesting observation Of course, by this standard It's a Wonderful Life (the one with Henry Travers as Clarence Odbody the angel) would not pass muster after the kiss Jimmy Stewart gives Donna Reed.
========================== John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Coordinator, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 ========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Britt" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 8:57:55 AM Subject: [tips] A New Movie Rating System So I’m listening in the background as my 14 year old daughter watches Miley Cyrus in some movie she made a few years ago. She and her handsome boyfriend are having an argument (on the beach at sunset). She really wants to get something resolved but suddenly her boyfriend just grabs her face and gives her a forceful kiss, which, you guessed it, she succumbs to. So, let's see...what does this teach us? Boys: instead of trying to think things through with your girlfriend, just use force Girls: don't expect too much from your boyfriend, just go with it Maybe instead of violence and nudity ratings, there should be some other kind of movie rating system - one that evaluates the subtle messages movies convey to our children. Okay, okay, time to relax, get off my high horse and get back to work. What a fuddy-duddy father I am... Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66454&n=T&l=tips&o=37729 or send a blank email to leave-37729-13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=37730 or send a blank email to leave-37730-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
