Meh. Alas, that is not the first time I've heard people with your job say that. *makes face*
People like that make me want to, uh, well. Sit them down and make them watch CM?
Because CM has a lot of sex, at least by implication. One of the team members is explicitly an expert in sexual crimes; they regularly discuss how sexual sadists perceive victims and how stabbing is a replacement for sexual penetration; prostitutes are a frequent victim identity; sexual molestation is common and ranges from "raped the prostitutes before killing them" to "locks girls in the basement and deliberately impregnates them, repeatedly, for years". One member of the team has a backstory involving molestation as a child. Even the lighthearted moments sometimes involve sexual innuendo (Reid giving two grand to a hooker comes to mind, along with Morgan's "broke, happy man" comment).
Even if you're confident your kid can handle straight-up violence, CM is really not straight-up violence. Nor does it involve straight-up sex! Huge segments of the show are based on the synthesis of sex and violence that patriarchy breeds... and the show's creators say that they "tone down" the show compared to the real-life cases they're often based on. So any kid who goes out looking for 'more stuff like this' and ends up in the "true crime"/serial killer genre...? *horrified face*
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People like that make me want to, uh, well. Sit them down and make them watch CM?
Because CM has a lot of sex, at least by implication. One of the team members is explicitly an expert in sexual crimes; they regularly discuss how sexual sadists perceive victims and how stabbing is a replacement for sexual penetration; prostitutes are a frequent victim identity; sexual molestation is common and ranges from "raped the prostitutes before killing them" to "locks girls in the basement and deliberately impregnates them, repeatedly, for years". One member of the team has a backstory involving molestation as a child. Even the lighthearted moments sometimes involve sexual innuendo (Reid giving two grand to a hooker comes to mind, along with Morgan's "broke, happy man" comment).
Even if you're confident your kid can handle straight-up violence, CM is really not straight-up violence. Nor does it involve straight-up sex! Huge segments of the show are based on the synthesis of sex and violence that patriarchy breeds... and the show's creators say that they "tone down" the show compared to the real-life cases they're often based on. So any kid who goes out looking for 'more stuff like this' and ends up in the "true crime"/serial killer genre...? *horrified face*