{"id":28916,"date":"2023-10-02T12:26:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T16:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=28916"},"modified":"2023-10-02T12:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T16:26:58","slug":"parental-advocacy-group-warns-parents-of-netflix-series-sex-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/10\/parental-advocacy-group-warns-parents-of-netflix-series-sex-education.html","title":{"rendered":"Parental Advocacy Group Warns Parents of Netflix Series &#8216;Sex Education&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_28928\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28928\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/10\/netflix-sex-education-credit-kaspars-grinvalds-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28928\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/10\/netflix-sex-education-credit-kaspars-grinvalds-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"netflix\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaspars Grinvalds\/Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An organization that advocated for a safe media environment for children warned parents about a Netflix series that depicts youth in sexual situations and pornographic imagery. The Parents and Television Media Council raised awareness about the Netflix series \u201cSex Education\u201d since its first season in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The series tells the tale of a socially awkward high school boy who sets up an underground sex therapy clinic for his classmates. This year, the show entered its final season, which PTC Vice President Melissa Henson hopes is a sign that it is ending due to waning audience interest or no interest. Henson doubts Netflix will develop a sequel series, but she raised concerns that shows like \u201cSex Education\u201d represent a \u201ctroubling pattern\u201d of Netflix putting out content that shows minors in highly sexualized situations.<\/p>\n<p>Actors in the series were people of age playing minors, but Henson still sees an issue with adults pretending to be underage youth in sexual situations. She raised similar concerns with the show \u201cBig Mouth,\u201d an adult cartoon that the PTC vice president said has grown actors voicing minors that handle sexual scenarios. Henson also highlighted the controversy that followed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/cuties-film-inspires-cancelnetflix-backlash-over-sexualization-of-children.html\">Netflix<\/a>\u00a0streaming the French film \u201cCuties,\u201d a movie that led to members of Congress urging the Department of Justice to\u00a0investigate the streaming service\u00a0to find out whether it violated any federal laws by distributing the film that sexualizes 11-year-old girls and promotes the normalization of pedophilia.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WldgrH9SvbE?si=LzjCPIwtqiPAl7oh\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Others had asked what the nearly 70 underage girls who auditioned for the movie had been asked to do during their auditions and where those tapes are now.\u00a0\u00a0Unlike \u201cSex Education,\u201d in \u201cCuties,\u201d Henson noted that the actors were underage girls.\u00a0The PTC vice president warned that the people watching shows like \u201cSex Education\u201d are typically middle or high schoolers who might find something relatable to identify with that keeps them watching.\u00a0Henson said, \u201cBut then they\u2019re presenting kids who are watching this with this notion of, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s OK to be promiscuous; it\u2019s OK to be sexually adventurous, and it\u2019s OK to engage in these sorts of high-risk, low commitment encounters. And that\u2019s the sort of message that they\u2019re giving young viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cThe only other scenario that I can think of is that they\u2019re really targeting this to adults, not kids. In which case, they\u2019re encouraging adults to view these minor characters as sexually adventurous and willing to engage in these behaviors that are pretty advanced and far outside the norm for the average middle schooler or high schooler.\u201d\u00a0On its website,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parentstv.org\/netflix\">PTC<\/a>\u00a0urges people to sign an open letter to Netflix investors to hold the streaming service accountable for \u201csexualizing\u201d children\u2019s entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>PTC also announced that it plans to petition U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to see if Netflix had violated federal laws related to child sex, indecency and human trafficking.\u00a0According to Henson, PTC delivered petitions around a year ago; however, the organization has not received a response from the Department of Justice besides a brief clarifying question from a field office looking for more data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An organization that advocated for a safe media environment for children warned parents about a Netflix series that depicts youth in sexual situations and pornographic imagery. The Parents and Television Media Council raised awareness about the Netflix series \u201cSex Education\u201d since its first season in 2019. 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