This past week when our International Conflict tutorial
ventured over to the Imperial War Museum, the topic of media violence was
relevant. This time though, there
was a noticeable awareness for violent content everywhere- and the museum did a
great job advertising necessary and obligatory precautions that needed to be
taken. There were signs all over
the museum with different variations of warning the public of some regions of
the museum containing disturbing content which I found to be very effective and
something I have not always seen in places that I have previously been to on my
trip that have displayed disturbing content.
One that particularly caught my attention was a sign in
front of the Blitzkrieg experience.
It said no one was allowed under the age of 16 unless an adult
accompanied them. For one, I
thought the age choice of 16 was quite random, and secondly I also thought this
was a rather old age for a restriction.
This sign definitely prefaced me to believe the “experience” was going
to be quite scary and thrilling considering the restrictions placed upon
it. The exhibit definitely wasn’t
nearly as disturbing as other areas of the museum I thought and didn’t meet my
expectations that the sign created.
How are age restrictions chosen? And do age restrictions
preface us to actively seek a thrill of some sort in anticipation of reasoning
why there is an age restriction in the first place?
Well I also went on the trip and I don't know if that was the sign by the Holocaust exhibit but if so I think there should definitely be an age restriction.
ReplyDeleteThere were pictures of dead naked bodies piled up in pits and the victims' clothes which I'm guessing were burned from the gas chambers
I agree that 16 was a little old I would say maybe thirteen but 16 is a universal maturity point. We get our license at 16 we can legally stay out until midnight, get emancipated, and I know some people's parents wouldn't let them date until they were 16.