Why is sex worse than violence in our society?

I changed my mind about doing a long rant post and the thing that bugs me right now is how sex (which is legal between two conscenting adults) is viewed worse by our society than murder (which is illegal for everyone).

To illustrate my point I will use the game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. This game has resently been changed from a M (mature) rating to an adult only rating. Now when hearing this you may not be surprised. I mean we are talking about a game where you can steal cars, kill cops, sell drugs, ect.; however, none of these are the reason why this game was given an adult rating. The game was given an adult rating based soley on the fact that there is sexual content in the game. This game should have always had an adult only rating, but not because it contained sexual content. To quote Jay Leno "...apperently a game where you steal cars and kill cops is ok. It's when sex is involved that we have to put our foot down...". The sad thing about this quote is that it is true in our society. We are more woried about our children seeing sex then we are them seeing movies, tv shows, video games, ect. that show graphic violence, including murder. Then we are surprised that our kids are getting more and more violent as the years progress....

Don't get me wrong I DO NOT blame any video game, movie, or tv show for the increase in violence in children. I blame the parents and our society for implying to our children that violence is acceptable. I don't believe that young children should be exposed to either sex or violence until they are adults, but if given the choice on if I'd rather teens have sex or go out and kill people, then I am going to have to say sex everytime (and I DO NOT think people should have sex until married...I just think that they should never kill people).

We as a society need to take a step back and look at the messages that we are sending children. We need to be better role models for our own children and we need to start taking more responsibilty as parents instead of inventing syndroms or blaming the tv for how our children are acting....