If violent movies don’t influence children why not let your young daughters etc sit and watch a movie with you? Violent rape scenes in movies- why not let your 12yr son watch these? Its something you can discuss after about human nature.
i was not shielded from the horrors of the world as a youngster and i grew up as someone who has the ability to support victims of violent rape, mental illness and so forth. i firmly believe the early exposure to the darker side of the world left me able to confront such stuff without it phasing me.
i’ve also watched a lot of people being killed in films and managed to go 28 years without ever feeling the need to even punch somebody.
films where you watch somebody acting something is one thing, being in control of a character than can kill is another i think, computer games as they become more realistic are probably more of a threat to anybody of a certain disposition towards violence. you could argue they allow some to act out fantasies virtually and that’s enough to stop it spilling over into the classroom (so to speak) but i do think there’s going to be generations of people a lot more comfortable with the idea of inflicting deliberate harm on others. as warfare develops into a near simulation anyway (pressing buttons behind a screen instead of running over the trenches) i can’t really see it as a good thing.