Recently, we had a public denouncing of Grand Theft Auto from "concerned" parents about the newly-discovered Hot-Coffee Mod (A modification found in the game that allows the player to play an explicitly sexual minigame). The word "concerned" is used sarcastically, as Jimmy's, 12, mother finds GTA in his room 6 months after she bought it for him for Xmas. Why does she "care"? Because the news said it had sex in it, which she newly found out, even after she should have read the BOX. However, she knew it was violent, but she wasnt concerned about that.
The lesson is, our culture is more concerned with sex than violence. In my opinion, this defies logic and the laws of nature. I find it perhaps far less dangerous for a child to watch a couple during intense ecstasy of a beautiful orgasm than someone's head being blown off by a 50-cal slug. Sex is a natural, beautiful, explainable thing (unless you are a member of a religiously-based Anti-Sex organization), and it is FAR more likely that the child, much later in his or her life, will see and adore the unclothed body of his or her sexual partner. However, violence, on the other hand, is a dangerous thing to show children. Worse than the actual event on TV, is the parents' inability to explain the event, why the character died, and the difference between good and evil (without indoctrinating him with an extreme sense of "justice" and retribution). It is far more likely that the child will be traumatized from violence than sex (if you explain it right).
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