Should Sex and Violence Be Restricted?Should Sex and Violence Be Restricted?When you turn on the TV after coming home from school or work, what would you expect to see? A talk-show with an African-American woman talking about life stories, a show about babies running around in diapers that can talk (Rugrats) or one showing people killing each other? Most people would choose the first or the second, and that is the way TV is. During the afternoon when young children or teens are sitting around the TV, those are the shows that are aired, but it doesn’t mean that the other types of shows showing violent or sexual acts can’t be aired at all. Why can’t both types of shows be on TV? If we have the freedom of speech, shouldn’t we also have the freedom to watch what we want on TV? What you watch on TV is your choice and affects yourself. If it makes you act in a negative way, you are the one controlling those actions, not the networks that put shows like CSI, COPS, or Sex and the City on TV.
Television has been around ever since the late 1800’s in some sort of form. The human race has been around much longer than this and violence has been a part of human society ever since then. We have known many different kinds of violence from punching a kid on the playground to flying a plane into a building and killing thousands. It would be very hard to limit the violence that exists in our lives because we see it everywhere we go, showing that TV isn’t the only outlet for violence.
Sex is a topic that every kid faces in his or her life at some point. Whether it is discussed in school, at home, or with friends, kids experience it. In today’s world, it is very hard to go without seeing these images of violence or talking about sex because it is everywhere. And that can actually be a good thing. The knowledge kids learn about topics like sex can come from TV and can help them in life. There are such shows that involve discussing sex in order to teach about safe sex, the results from unsafe sex, and just basic knowledge on how to make good choices for you and your body. If people want to rid sex from TV, then these types of shows would need to be removed as well. In doing this, there is a risk for kids who grow up now knowing about sex. These kids grow up and eventually have to face the “real” world where they won’t have someone to guide them. They will need to make decisions that will affect them forever, and learning to make the right decisions when they’re young will help them throughout life.
If there is such a problem with seeing sex and violence on TV, then what about seeing it in magazines, books, ads, music, movies, or the internet? Today, there are so many ways for the media to advertise. There are many ways to catch people’s attention and by appealing to their senses, they are able to capture the attention of a specific audience. Violence is very appealing to teens and by using violence in ads or commercials, audiences are influenced by it. Whether these ads or commercials are on TV or on the Internet, viewers see violence. So for those who have a problem with these subjects on TV, this scenario makes it clear that it occurs everywhere else as well, and trying to rid all of these is simply impossible.
Imagine this: You sit down to watch some TV. You flip through the channels and see what’s good. You notice there are no shows with any fighting, shooting, or sexual suggestions. What would you do? Stay and watch or turn off the TV and go do something else? If you did the second, then you would one of the many causing networks that are putting these shows on TV to lower their viewer ratings. The truth is, sex and violence sell. While the percents for people who believe that there is too much sex and violence on TV are up in the 60%-70% range, these people first have to watch sex and violence on TV in order to make these opinions. If you don’t believe the statement that sex and violence sell, then imagine a show that you see regularly. I’m sure everyone knows of at least one show that demonstrates violence in some form and makes references to sex, such as crude
s, but those are not included in this list to make a point. The same goes for any other show with a similar tone and vibe. The question is: Who is paying the people who run these shows when they are supposed to be watching movies?
When I was growing up, I often watched movies, movies and cartoons at your house. If you watch some of those movies, try to stay awake. Sometimes your family and friends will watch them, but they’re not going to see it because they’re a little scared or they feel that their friend or family member will watch them. A child does something like that. If a parent doesn’t like that, you don’t do the same with your new kid. You’re just doing what you like like to do. It doesn–t matter to you what your mom says or has said or does for you. That is a different relationship. They have something to feel or go to. It does not matter if the show contains violence in any way or for any reason, just know that this is your decision, too.
This seems like a general rule that works out for the majority of people who own or run this show. There is only one problem, though. They don¶d not have to buy TV ads to try and reach them. They can just watch the shows and decide which one they like better. Even the children who watch the same shows watch the same movies and cartoons and know what they are watching. If those are the reasons you should buy ads, then you should probably stop paying these ads at present. This will ensure that these people are watching more of these shows and that they have at least the kind of money and time to sit through them every day to make sure that their money doesn—s go to porn. They will not just watch movies. They will watch movies. They should just watch. It is their pleasure to watch. They can do with it what they like.
But this isn’t the end of these people who buy such things. We might as well stop asking about how to live your life, because we now have a whole generation to live with so many more things to do, so often it is time for us to be more open about our choices. No longer are we making decisions solely through word of mouth. We have to decide what is our life for right now and what we want in the future. What do you want to know about yourself? What needs you to know about your lives everyday? These are things that matter to you most. It is your choice to make. You may as well ask: why are you doing this stuff? Why is this a good decision? These things that you can do right now are matters of desire you are able to take into your own hands now. I hope your parents and family believe that the internet and its power over this generation is not only helping you but that they should be there for you. There are people out there who can speak up about it through their own hands and tell you for the first time about their pain at their hands. Let them help you, for the good of the generation.