Sex or Violence?

Originally Posted by Night Phoenix

You people fail to recognize the simple fact that the consequences of wanton violence are plainly clear to everyone. People die, get maimed, and severely hurt.

However, the consequences of sex are not presented in the same way. It's simply something that is pleasurable. But what entertainment featuring sex in a provocative way fails to show the fact that STDs exist and that childbirth out of wedlock is the single largest contributor to poverty.

QFT

A child would experience more trauma, I think, from seeing violence at an early age. However, I also think the effects would be shorter lasting than those of seeing sex at the same age. As Night Phoenix pointed out, "the consequences of wanton violence are plainly clear to everyone," while the effects of wanton sex are not quite so obvious. Exposure to sex on TV might actually be a little beneficial, if it was shown in a more realistic light. I might be more apt to turn on my bloody TV then, too. :P

Maybe I can shed some light on the whole "sex leads to violence" thing:

Sex is the one thing that pretty much every lifeform on the planet has in common. It's the one drive through which we can relate to every other animal. Without it, there is no LIFE on EARTH. Well, certainly no multi-cellular life, anyway. Sex = life.

Violence is the exact opposite. It's death, it's destruction, it's pain, it's suffering. It's also the other necessary component of life, since nothing can live without death. And, if nothing was alive, there'd be no pain, and nothing could die.

Bullshit argument, if you ask me.

Jam it back in, in the dark.