Mom Protests Library's 'Sexual' Spider-Man Comic

[Sam Fisher]

http://www.ketv.com/news/19025174/detail.html

MILLARD, Neb. -- A Millard mother said she's upset by a comic book that she considers sexually explicit that is in her son's elementary school library.

The comic is part of a popular new series about Spider-Man and the head librarian of the Millard School District said it's been in high demand.

"My son looked at this and goes, 'Ohhhh!'" said Physha Svendsen.


She said the book that her 6-year-old son brought home is not age-appropriate for Norris Elementary School students and wants it removed from the library.

"It has a lot of sexual undertones in here, as far as sexuality goes," she said. "They can learn this through any other place, but it's not something I allow them to learn, in my house at least."

Svendsen said she's actively involved with her four children's educations and said comic books like the one in question hold little literary value. She said she's especially concerned about her 6-year-old son, who's still developing reading skills.

Svendesen didn't elaborate on the book's literary elements that she found sexually inappropriate. Some illustrations in the book showed a female character wearing a bikini and a short skirt.

"I think having it in your school, you're still accountable for what's in there," she said.

Donna Helvering is the head librarian for the district and said each book that lands on Millard library shelves goes through a thorough selection process.

"We look at books, as far as age-appropriateness, we look at books for readability and we make sure that we're buying books that are appropriate for all our kids," Helvering said.

She said times and opinions can change, and she welcomes the complaints.


"We know that we're not always perfect and we always ask parents for their partnership and their contributions to what we purchase in our libraries," Helvering said.

She said that parents can file complaints about library books and the school is required to form a committee to evaluate the complaint within 30 days. The committee will reach a consensus about whether to keep the book on the shelves of that library.

Svendsen said she plans to hold on to the book that her son brought home while the review process takes place.

:facepalm

 

[Johann Krauss]

 

[psychocheeseman]

oh no, a bikini and a short skirt!
I thought there was gonna be some sex orgy Spider man related complaints...
kinda disappointed, I was going to start buying Spiderman again

 

[Schlosser85]

Her kid is going to be the kind who knocks some girl up the first time he has sex because his mother kept him in a sheltered fact-free bubble his whole life and he never learned anything about safe sex, or diseases, or pregnancy, or anything.

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

seriously the human race has started to mate with vegetables

 

[Morg]

Oh good grief the mother a idiot, good thing the kid wasn't looking in Watchmen book, I imagine the mom would burned the whole place down

 

[Charlie No-One]

They have Watchmen in my cousin's junior high library.

 

[bullets]

wait until she finds out what is in those national geographic magazines.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

This is exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about in the 14 year old nude pics on myspace thread.

 

[Immortalfire]

This kid is going to be another Alfie Patten.

 

[Manic]

A bikini? Really? I bet she thinks Frankie & Annette movies are too sexual.

 

[CFE]

With logic like that, she's pretty much trampled any legitimate chance at planned grandchildren. But given who their grandmother would be, that might be a good thing...

 

[ross2287]

They have Watchmen in my cousin's junior high library.

As it should be...and in every library.

 

[Addendum]

Nope, because he's not going to know what a vagina is.

Until he goes to health class

 

[Lighthouse]

Until he goes to health class

I doubt this woman would let him go to health class.

 

[Addendum]

If he goes to public school, it's a required course. Even if a dumb mom doesn't like it

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Sounds like an old story to me. Parents have and always will complain about funny books.

 

[MaskedManJRK]

oh no, a bikini and a short skirt!
I thought there was gonna be some sex orgy Spider man related complaints...
kinda disappointed, I was going to start buying Spiderman again

Yeah, if they were actually putting orgies in, I'd have to buy an issue, if not just for curiosity's sake.

 

[KevanG]

I checked the article nd I know what TPB she's talking about. It's just Mj doing some modelng gig and she's wearing a bikini, this is when Mj and Pete split for a while. There's more sexuality on the mothers soap operas than in that TPB... Next let's get the soaps banned

 

[The Guard]

Poor kids.

My mother's an elementary school librarian...people get offended by the most ridiculous things.

 

[pyromaniac]

Picture and children's books about same sex families and love, and lesbian characters sharing a kiss on prime time soap operas have been known to be taboo topics to oversensitive parents.

You just have to remember there'll always be people like this in the world.

 

[Shemtov]

I checked the article nd I know what TPB she's talking about. It's just Mj doing some modelng gig and she's wearing a bikini, this is when Mj and Pete split for a while. There's more sexuality on the mothers soap operas than in that TPB... Next let's get the soaps banned

But they were never married, how could they spilt up?

 

[Manic]

But they were never married, how could they spilt up?

Bite your tongue. According to my childhood memories, Peter and MJ have been married for years.

 

[Shemtov]

Bite your tongue. According to my childhood memories, Peter and MJ have been married for years.

Manic, I think you need a visit with Dr. Mephisto........

 

[Manic]

Unlike Spider-Man, I don't make deals with the devil.