Why is there outrage at TV sex, but not violence?

I do not understand the entertainment value of seeing violence on the big or small screen.

The latest TV drama to enter the roster of unnecessary, violent TV shows is The Following.

CTV is proud to be running it and with the constant promotion of it and the fact that Kevin Bacon is starring in the lead, it will no doubt find its own following, just like the Dexters, the CSIs and the Criminal Minds that have infiltrated all the network channels and found loyal audiences.

While everyone is free to watch what they want, I simply do not grasp the level of lunacy we have sunk to, when a show that has any reference to nudity, in any shape or form, or even eludes to it in title, like Sex and the City or the now defunct series The Playboy Club, is the target of immediate outrage and action from every parent group advocating responsible programming, while no one ever seems bothered, or rallies any protests against, shows depicting bullet-riddled, mutilated bodies.

It’s a sad reflection of our times, I think, that in order to keep an audience riveted and on the edge of their seats, there have to be explicit scenes with violence.

And instead of reacting with any kind of disdain or shock, we award these shows with increased viewership and accolades and then wonder why our society has become so depraved.

Wendy Reichental Dollard-des-Ormeaux