Originally posted by NeedaLifeSoon
I am sure you are aware of the thousands of children a year that are sold to the sex slave industry, especially in countries like Thailand and Indonesia.
I would say that many more children are effected by illegal prostitution around the world , than are effected by violent TV shows.
Legalizing it in those countries would do little to stop human trafficking, but if it did I would support any efforts along those lines.
Woah, woah. Where did human trafficking come from? That is illegal.
Prostitution and human trafficking is entirely different, so don't think of using that as an argument.
Now that aside, violent TV shows do more damage. In fact, there have been numerous studies done. The first being done in the late 1940's when TV was becoming what it is. The result was a third grade class just seeing an act of violence instigated them to have a fight once they left the classroom, and the kids were saying, "hit him!".
A much more recent study in 2007 documented that the average US child who finishes school will have seen around 5,000 murders and 80,000 acts of violence of TV. Visual learning is more focused when you are younger. Thus TV does much more damage than Prostitution.