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Q: do you want to encourage violence with depictions of violence?
A: yes. Violence is occasionally necessary and better than non-violent alternatives. Where there's a credible threat of violence, there's also politeness, restraint, mercy, etc.
Q: do you want to encourage reproductive sex acts?
A: not really, biology has endowed humans with a very strong encouragement already.
Q: there's no biological encouragement towards violence?
A: not to a remotely comparable degree. Men will sit around having a good time and abruptly want sex. They don't think "man, I haven't killed anybody for three days, my trigger muscles are turning blue." When people speak of 'bloodlust', the metaphor is sexual. There aren't metaphors in the other direction.
Q: ok, well what about encouraging sexual acts with animals?
A: do you also drink from muddy water? Get a basic sense of hygiene.