A-1,
I believe that you cannot combine the words 'Jerry Springer' and 'morals' in the same sentence. The man has none. Grandpa loves to watch that show; it makes me ill. Father's Day on Springer's show? Now that would be a good one ...
As far as the issue of young adults, teens, kids, what-have-you, being introduced to castration issues, well, I have only this to add:
As some of you who have chatted with me or have known me for a while may know, I spent 6 weeks with a child psychologist when I was 11 or so (35 now). And why, you might ask? Because during a physical examination, after much reading of some pilfered books, I bluntly asked my GP if castration was still performed on boys for various reasons. The books I'd read at that time neglected to mention that the Pop got all huffy about it in 1878 and put a stop to it!
Well, needless to say, all hell broke loose over that one! I honestly think the poor man who got stuck with trying to diagnose my little psyche was afraid of me! Of course I agreed with him and did what he said; I wanted to get AWAY from him.
While the idea of optional puberty and the eunuch lifestyle at younger and younger ages is a nice one, at least in some people's books, it simply isnt' going to happen. Hell, a boy can't even pee outside in his own yard without DFC / Welfare showing up to launch an investigation! We're only inches away from showers/baths in swimwear!
Looking back at all the chaos I caused back then, I can't begin to imagine what would happen if an 11 yo. posed that question today. The damn buzzards are always out there, circling, waiting to try and take children away from their parents. And I'm running out of places to hide the bodies, too.
