Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Be Realistic, Except for the Naughty Parts

Recently, a mother in Pennsylvania tried to get Anne Frank's unedited diary banned over explicit passages about her emerging sexuality. But let's be real here. The passage wasn't exactly Fifty Shades of Grey but more like an awkward girl in health class talking. Basically the quote was "the thing is so small, I don't know how a baby comes out or a man goes in." Personally, I find it more disturbing that there's an edited version of the book. We should not sanitize what Anne Frank went through because some prudish parents feel uncomfortable about their children learning about the natural world and their bodies. Let me be clear, I'm for parents giving permission before letting a kid read questionable sexual passages but there shouldn't be an edited version of history.

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