Parents everywhere rushed to cover their children's eyes during the Super Bowl halftime show, all because of Janet Jackson's inability keep her top on.

For anyone who either missed the show, the television coverage or the radio, Internet and newspaper coverage, or who is just living under a rock, Jackson's breast was exposed Sunday night during the halftime show after singer Justin Timberlake ripped a part of her top off.

Timberlake and MTV - the producers of the show - have denied that the bared breast was intentional and said that the accident happened because of a costume malfunction, but this seems highly suspicious, considering the exposure came just as Timberlake sang the words "I'm gonna have you naked by the end of this song."

Just an accident, huh? The Federal Communications Commission obviously doesn't think so. It announced Monday that it will be looking into this "incidental" nipple exposure.

MTV needs to learn a harsh lesson - they are not in cable heaven anymore, where bared breasts and thongs are allowed. Channels such as CBS and NBC have much higher standards, and Jackson's topless dance doesn't meet prime-time standards.

Over the years, Super Bowl halftime shows have continued to get racier, as the artists that are performing have gotten sexier and younger.

In 1987, when The Beach Boys performed, or in 1994, when Stevie Wonder played, it's an easy bet that neither Stevie nor any of the Beach Boys exposed themselves to the crowd.

It all started to go downhill in 2000 when "Dirrrty" Christina Aguilera shook her stuff. Now, only increasingly sexual performances have followed.

We, as adults, are past this. We're past being in junior high school and laughing hysterically and using the word "boobie" to describe breasts. Let's all hope we can get past this. Besides, Britney Spears is probably off somewhere planning her next move to try and upstage Janet - and, trust me, we can wait to see that.