Parker's First Post

They say that part of the college experience is to travel abroad and learn new things; if that’s the case then the first part of our abroad trip was a complete success.  London was definitely a giant leap away from my life in Indiana.  I have truly immersed myself in the culture, and one thing that has really stood out to me (it’s also what I will be presenting for my project) is the idea of heteronormative sexuality in television and advertisements in London. 

One of the biggest comparisons I can see between the US and the UK is that here there is a more relaxed view on nudity and sexual images shown in television, advertisements and even newspapers.  The first indication of this was when I decided to pick up a copy of The Sun (I did not know it was a sort of tabloid news paper) and turned immediately to an advertisement with a woman topless.  If by some miracle that an advert like this would be printed in the US, there would be a massive scandal involving lawsuits and job losses, but I digress. 

There seems to be all of this openness to sex, it seems more natural instead of it being this taboo subject that has been in our media.

I hope to learn even more as things go by.  Hopefully I will get a lot of chances to watch television and see the real difference.