07-09-2012, 10:01 PM
(07-09-2012, 01:24 PM)kandrathe Wrote:(07-09-2012, 09:11 AM)Jester Wrote: ... And it's no more true today than it was back then. Just a single, effective perceptual illusion, repeating itself across the generations.I'm not just echoing the woes of parents past. I can actually point at research that shows more media results in more issues, whether it's violence, sexualization, or just vulgarity in general.
I'll take a closer look. But my priors are pretty strong on this one. Violence is at a historically low ebb. The age of marriage, and the age of first births for women, are at historically high levels - not low. The odds of dying in a barfight, or in a duel, or just randomly in an alleyway somewhere, are far lower than almost any time or anywhere in history.
We live in a lovely time, and if it's not a golden age, it's still pretty amazing. There was a time when it was a matter of fact that a child would, just as a matter of course, grow up believing that some races were superior, that women were weaker, that gays were an abomination against god. What a wonderful thing, to be born now, and not in the 1950s, the 1920s, the 1870s, or any other time.
Quote:Because marketing has its limits, and most parents would be just fine without "Pussycat Dolls" toys being pandered to our children.
I suspect they would also be just fine with it being pandered to "our" children.
-Jester