When parents become desensitized to violence and sex in movies, they may also become more lax about their children's exposure to both onscreen, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that when they had 1,000 parents watch a series of movie clips, the group seemed to be less bothered by violent or sexual content with each successive clip. And as that happened, their willingness to let their kids watch the movies grew.
The rapid shift in parents' attitudes was surprising, said lead researcher Daniel Romer, associate director of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center, in Philadelphia.
"We saw a really remarkable desensitization," Romer said.
[For more of this story, written by Amy Norton, go to http://consumer.healthday.com/...ence-sex-692839.html]
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