| I think the argument against sexual content in games goes something like this: "Playing a character in a game who picks up a bat and bashes in someone's head will not lead a child to pick up a bat in real life and bash in someone's head. There's no need to worry about fostering an insensitivity to violence, because everyone knows that a child can tell the difference between fantasy and reality. Sex, on the other hand, is different. Even a cartoon nipple will put thoughts of sex into a child's mind, and once it starts, there's no stopping it. The child will seek out pornography, stare at women in real life, and possibly become sexually active, none of which ever would have happened if the child had not seen the cartoon nipple." (*cough*, *cough*, *hack*, *cough*)
You see, it's all about real-life consequences. |