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1 day ago
… traumatizing (e.g. kids growing up in households where adults would have sex in the same room have all sorts of problems
Sure, to my western/puritanical upbringing that is weird, but I suspect for the majority of human history: parents have being having sex in very close proximity to their children. Separate bedrooms, even separate beds are a modern luxury.
> but I suspect for the majority of human history: parents have being having sex in very close proximity to their children.
Putting aside how true such a claim is... just because something was a thing for most of human history doesn't mean it doesn't cause issues.
> just because something was a thing for most of human history doesn't mean it doesn't cause issues
I suspect they had far more important things to worry about - like getting enough food.
One can have more than one problem.
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The issue is that we raise kids into this world, and not a different time and place. They grow up to be maladapted to this world.
You are suggesting it’s maladapted if they go and do the same thing in their own families later? Why should they care about what the majority thinks is good and normal?
Because if you need to spend time in a classroom, or a workplace, or form romantic relationships, it's important that you have attitudes that are somewhat in line with meaningful portions of the society around you. Obviously.
i always drag this one out: For a lot of modern history, public hangings were a family affair. Pack up a picnic and go downtown to watch a man hang.
> then exposing people to violence in their daily life is bad
Oh my god yes, and we’re doing such a great job of that aren’t we? We have gratuitous violence on demand now.
Public hangings are fine compared to what I see on TV/Netflix.
They don't care about people being desensitized to violence. Need a new generation of soldiers, after all.
But sex? Other people being able to see sexual depictions literally gets people's panties in a twist.
Have you ever seen someone die in real life? Please let us know if it felt similar, psychologically and emotionally, to watching Netflix.
Yes, and that was bad. If you prefer a society free of violence (I do), then exposing people to violence in their daily life is bad.
> If you prefer a society free of violence
I would prefer to ride a Unicorn to work. This is pure fantasy. There will always be human violence. Preparing children for it is a lost art in sections of the world.
In many civilized/industrialized places, these children (sometimes already matured) are immediately traumatized or pretend it is of no consequence through various rationalizations. It's a cycle that repeats in throughout history.
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