Australian culture is very unpredictable when it comes to sex. As a nation we can be very open-minded about it, then suddenly become surprisingly prudish. You can often see this odd ambivalence played out in the media.
Take the outrage that a naughty, sex-themed episode of the beloved family drama Packed to the Rafters provoked a week or so ago. And now there's anger over a clearly humorous sketch about group sex on the new ABC show Hungry Beast. While this doesn't sound like it was very funny, it was clearly meant in jest, so condemnation of it seems quite excessive. Even the star netball player mentioned in the skit, Liz Ellis, laughed it off.
Take the outrage that a naughty, sex-themed episode of the beloved family drama Packed to the Rafters provoked a week or so ago. And now there's anger over a clearly humorous sketch about group sex on the new ABC show Hungry Beast. While this doesn't sound like it was very funny, it was clearly meant in jest, so condemnation of it seems quite excessive. Even the star netball player mentioned in the skit, Liz Ellis, laughed it off.
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