| EEPiccolo said: But as for sex vs. violence, I view that one as fairly simple, although I'm sure some, if not many, will disagree. I doubt there's more than a few on these boards that thinks violence in music, movies, and videogames increases violence in real life. However, can the same be said for sex? I think not. The pre-teens see and hear promiscuous behavior being glorified everywhere. And they have practically no one telling them otherwise, especially if their parents are not involved, as is the case often these days. |
Not really correct. Facing a lot of violence may not increase violence in real life, but it can have huge influence on personality.
If you see too much violence, you lose the ability to understand the feelings of the person that has to suffer under the violence. This ability is called "Empathie" in german, I don't know how it is called in english. Anyways, this can lead to a general lack of emotions.
Knowing that, I think seeing violence is far worse than seeing something related to sex.
But this also is a cultural discussion, here in Europe, sexuality on tv is not such a problem for parents as violence is, while it is vice-versa in the USA. For example, even in series dedicated to an older audience such as Nip/Tuck, you'll never see a naked breast, while in germany, you often see naked breasts during the afternoon in free-tv. On the other hand, violent games are often banned in germany while this does not seem to besuch a problem in the USA.
