Today a single woman in her early 20s might watch these shows. Racy TV shows can be the remote preparation for bigger problems.
Viewers would also need to ask whether the shows are near occasions of sin, since the dialogue and the suggestive gestures of the actors might trigger temptations. After all, the characters are often attractive and sympathetic, and there is a tendency to identify with them and root for them, no matter what they act out before a camera. These shows can deeply affect a person’s way of thinking and even endanger his faith over time, since they might accustom someone to think that things such as divorce or pre-marital or extra-marital sex are OK. Like soap operas in the U.S., telenovelas can contain a lot of secular, anti-Christian messages and viewpoints. – R.Ī: While these shows might not be strictly considered pornographic, you should ask yourself whether they will help your Christian living and your relationship with Jesus. It immerses all who are involved in the illusion of a fantasy world. It does grave injury to the dignity of its participants (actors, vendors, the public), since each one becomes an object of base pleasure and illicit profit for others. It offends against chastity because it perverts the conjugal act, the intimate giving of spouses to each other. 2354 says, “ Pornography consists in removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in order to display them deliberately to third parties.
I personally do not think they are porn because there is no nudity, but I recently read the Catholic Church’s catechism and so now I’m confused. I would like to know if it is wrong to watch these shows, since at times sexual scenes will come up and I would like to know if these scenes would be considered porn? I watch these shows for the story and the plot. These shows are basically a romantic story about a couple and how it unfolds. Q: I am Hispanic, and watching telenovelas (soap operas) is very popular in Latin America.