Sex vs Violence

[sumbirdy]

When I have kids I'd rather them watch the violent than sex. My reason? Violent movies can be a teaching mechanism (See that? That's NOT okay. Ect.... But of course, watch a Disney flick afterwards so they have no nightmares. lol) Sex, on the other hand is natural, God meant for it to happen, but it's not something I'd want to expose my child to until a certain age.

It just seems like to me, I'd rather over expose my kids to something where I can say "that's wrong" and teach them, than over expose them to something that really isn't wrong, so I can't tell them that, and they grow up (in EXTREME cases, NOT saying this happens in anything but 0.05% of people) to be pervs and rape people or are sex addicts because they've had an overexposure to sex.

I know most of this probably doesn't make sense to you. It makes sense in my head I just can't find the words to express it the way I want. lol.

[finn's mom]

When I have kids I'd rather them watch the violent than sex. My reason? Violent movies can be a teaching mechanism (See that? That's NOT okay. Ect.... But of course, watch a Disney flick afterwards so they have no nightmares. lol) Sex, on the other hand is natural, God meant for it to happen, but it's not something I'd want to expose my child to until a certain age.

It just seems like to me, I'd rather over expose my kids to something where I can say "that's wrong" and teach them, than over expose them to something that really isn't wrong, so I can't tell them that, and they grow up (in EXTREME cases, NOT saying this happens in anything but 0.05% of people) to be pervs and rape people or are sex addicts because they've had an overexposure to sex.

I know most of this probably doesn't make sense to you. It makes sense in my head I just can't find the words to express it the way I want. lol.

It makes sense, thank you. The only part I disagree with is using a violent film to teach "wrong" to, unless it's a film like American History X. There's a lesson to be learned from that film. But, ultra violent movies like the Saw movies, or most slasher movies, I guess I just don't see the lesson there (unless you just want to say, before the movie, "everything that happens in this movie is wrong, don't ever put your head in a guillotine...now enjoy!").

[Twisterdog]

But, ultra violent movies like the Saw movies, or most slasher movies, I guess I just don't see the lesson there (unless you just want to say, before the movie, "everything that happens in this movie is wrong, don't ever put your head in a guillotine...now enjoy!").

I agree. I do not think children need to sit and watch two hours of torture, murder and dismemberment in order to get the message, "Now, Junior, cutting off someone's limbs with a chain saw is naughty, don't do it."

[sumbirdy]

I agree. I do not think children need to sit and watch two hours of torture, murder and dismemberment in order to get the message, "Now, Junior, cutting off someone's limbs with a chain saw is naughty, don't do it."

That's not what I'm talking about at all. I'm talking about the less violent movies (you know, guns and fighting) There's NO WAY I would sit a kid in front of a really gory movie, nor would I sit them in front of a show full of sex.

My earlier explanation of why I would choose violence over sex stems from personal experience. My aunt and uncle have three children (two boys and a girl) who they exposed to both types of movies. None of them were violent, but the girl decided she wanted to be a prostitute-at the age of three. She would go up to complete strangers and say "For 20 bucks you can have the whole night"