So there are places where sex doesn’t sell. Well, one place for certain: Texas. The editor of the magazine Texas Monthly has admitted that he was wrong to run a front cover with the headline “Astronaut Sex!” It resulted in the May issue being the second-worst newsstand seller in the magazine’s 34-year history, and it may yet prove to be the worst.
In a lengthy apology to readers on his editor’s blog Evan Smith explained that he was deluged with complaints from readers who were upset by the word “sex”. In what he calls “a very conservative state” people felt it “crossed a line”. They “did not like having to explain to their sons or daughters what the word ’sex’ means.“
Need I expound on why this is seriously deficient parenting?
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I wonder how they explain “if you have an erection for more than four hours…” or “…and may cause a reduction in the amount of semen.”
I think they all watch TV in Texas, no?
What, are children in Texas hatched? Sheesh.
Forget sex. Wait til those kids have George W. Bush explained to them.
Holiday,
Yes, we watch TV in Texas.
With thousands of boring little towns and miles of nothing.
You bet we watch television.
Wait til those kids have George W. Bush explained to them.
Res ipsa loquitur.
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I have a very distinct memory of, at the age of four, asking my mother what the word “lesbian” meant.
Are there no kids like me in Texas?
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