Why are Americans such prudes?

I find it very interesting that it is very easy to see lots and lots of violence on the televison, but god forbid you see a pair of knockers.

In Europe it is the opposite. You are more likely to see sex on the tele than you are to see violence.

To me, showing sex makes much more sense. Every human being has sexual desires (and most act on them). And there is no law against having consensual sex with someone. However, there are many laws against murder, rape, assault.

So why is the United States so hell bent on keeping sex of the television?

Any thought? Opionions?

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Not too far from the truth.  I become bored without a dose of violence in my media habbits.

But anyway, unfortuately, in American culture sex has always been a taboo subject.  Certainly things are getting more relaxed as of late, but there are still a shit ton of people who absolutely terrified of the concept of sex as normal everyday thing.

To make a long story short:  Religious kookes told people sex was bad/dirty/for married people only.  They taught that to their child and so on and so forth.  Of course, there were free thinkers too, but the majority of people grew up being totally uncomfortable with the subject of sex.  SO, asshole who work in organizations like FTC pretty much banned the idea of having anything sexual in broadcast programming.

Oh well.  There are only so many ways to fuck someone.  But there are an infinite number of ways to kill them!