I'm dubious of stimulation and effect, wary of speaking of anyone's experience but my own. I knew as a kid very clearly the distinction between real violence and cartoon or film violence. I'm waiting for the legions of those affected by what they see to give testimony. For The World. My body will not allow it.
People really ought to think about the effects.
They may not faint like I do, but they're getting desensitized to violence, and it contributes to the social violence of gangs and the like. It's incredibly difficult when there are so few alternatives. Teens go to movies because there's often nothing else for them to do, and if they are gruesome or bad movies, no one in society seems to be saying so. I'm not an insider. I'm not living down there.