Sex and Violence

When Monty Python's Flying Circus debuted on the BBC, the cast was told that they couldn't have "too much sex and violence" in the show.

So, the second episode is named "Sex and Violence." Really.  You can look it up.

As for sex, violence, and language, where's the line in YA lit these days? I've noticed a lot more of both in recent series. Does it get more violent than Hunger Games? I'm pretty sure that line has been blurred, or even erased, at least here in the U.S.

But we Americans have always been a violent lot. Ya wanna make something of it?
*sound of a shotgun cartridge clicking into place*

But I digress.

More YA books seem to have sex scenes (although still very toned down compared to adult lit), and the language has gotten more blue recently.

So, what do you think about the sex, violence, and language in YA these days? Is this a good trend? Does it make YA lit reflect teen's reality, or is it introducing excessive harshness to kids who should be given more wholesome examples?

Link-O-Rama

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A friend of mine sent me a link to a Kids in the Hall sketch because a scene in chapter 4 of Minder reminded him of it:



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