Why in "i love Lucy" you couldn't say the word pregnant?and you couldnt show a woman pregnant on television?

Question

this is when Lucille Ball was pregnant with Desi Arnaz Jr.

Answer 1

My children's great grandmas who is 79 years old, told me when I was pregnant that in her day they hid that "condition". On the all Americans have always been stuffy about s*x, but tolerate violence...

Answer 2

it would implied that Lucy and Ricky had s*x which was against censorship back in the days  

Answer 3

they showed her when she was pregnant, they never showed them in a Single bed they slept in Double and never showed a Toilet, it was considered bad taste back then

Answer 4

she was shown as pregnant and back in those days is was;nt allowed they didnt do things like we do today.even in my mums time they never talked about it or showed it,it was just that way ,way back then.its not like it is today,today everything is exposed and i do mean everything.when i was pregnant that was 1977 the first thing my mum said to me is hide it hide it.i said how do i do that when im 5 months a long.and she was trying to hide my belly.im thinking yeah right.it just was'nt talked about like it is now

Answer 5

Because being pregnant would mean that they had s*x, which is wrong even for married couples. Little Ricky was delivered by the stork (this was before there were OB/GYNs).