Reddit reviews The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things: Crime, Drugs, Minorities, Teen Moms, Killer Kids, Mutant Microbes, Plane Crashes, Road Rage, & So Much More
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Fear is an incredibly powerful tool for negativity. It's really ridiculous how "scared" our society is of everything.
This book is actually really really good about it.
https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Fear-Americans-Minorities-Microbes/dp/0465003362/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537480072&sr=8-1&keywords=fear+book+why+americans
Barry Glassner's The Culture of Fear has a good discussion of why those drops aren't discussed.
To (over?)simplify his work: People who are afraid of what might happen to them when they're outside are much more likely to stay home and watch TV, which is where all the product advertisements are.
Culture of Fear may be worth reading for some insight
Checkout The Culture of Fear, which attempts to answer why we fear what we do. Great read. http://www.amazon.com/The-Culture-Fear-Americans-Minorities/dp/0465003362
First of all, it's not cherry picking (though it seems you are), these are reviewed scientific papers. Second, there is no scientific consensus because of the taboo of studying the subject, but more and more researches are getting the balls to come out and call bullshit on on the mainstream view.
Further, if you had read the abstract, you'd see that the Westermarck effect is not 100% proven and more research is needed. How about you do some research before you talk about a subject you know nothing about?
Studies of child-hood sexuality:
http://www.ethicaltreatment.org/research.htm
http://www.ipce.info/booksreborn/martinson/infant/InfantAndChildSexuality.html
http://newgon.com/wiki/Main_Page
http://sexuality.spaceandmotion.com/sexual-development-children-teen.htm
http://www.ejhs.org/volume3/Haroian/body.htm
Studies done into the psychology industry:
http://www.amazon.com/First-Do-No-Harm-Industry/dp/0864700474/ref=sr_1_42?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1347509168&sr=1-42&keywords=first+do+no+harm
http://newgon.com/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.srmhp.org/0402/child-abuse.html
http://www.srmhp.org/0402/repression.html
http://www.ipce.info/library/web-article/trauma-myth-susan-clancy-book-review
http://transres.freeweb7.com/levine.html
http://www.ipce.info/library_2/files/rind_jen.htm
http://www.nambla.org/trauma_myth.html
http://tanadineen.com/writer/writings/sexualharass.htm
Manufacturing Victims: http://tanadineen.com/documents/MV3.pdf
http://www.amazon.com/Harmful-To-Minors-Protecting-Children/dp/0816640068/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pdT1_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=76HTLA12QPTR&coliid=I2ZYLJADY7SNA0
http://www.amazon.com/Erotic-Innocence-Culture-Child-Molesting/dp/0822321777/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=76HTLA12QPTR&coliid=I2OBVH6P4AIKLB
Articles and books on the hysteria and others:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Culture-Fear-Americans-Minorities/dp/0465003362
http://bigthink.com/ideas/41459
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/11/29/six-year-old-wisconsin-boy-being-prosecuted-for-playing-doctor-with-a-five-year-old/
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,460225,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kern_County_child_abuse_cases
http://newgon.com/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.srmhp.org/0402/child-abuse.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20050310183555/http://logicalreality.com/openbb/board.php?FID=61
http://human-stupidity.com/stupid-dogma/faulty_science/us-congress-senate-condemn-scientific-researc
http://mirror.wikileaks.info/wiki/An_insight_into_child_porn/
http://human-stupidity.com/stupid-dogma/child-porn-witch-hunt/children-loved-child-porn-modeling-photo-sessions-were-the-highlight-of-my-life-children-traumatized-by-federal-government-prosecution
http://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/i_did_not_know.htm
http://www.b4uact.org/facts.htm
http://www.vice.com/read/the-a-to-z-of-sexual-history-incest
http://www.historyundressed.com/2009/08/incest-within-royal-families.html
http://www.srmhp.org/0402/repression.html
http://human-stupidity.com/stupid-dogma/child-porn-witch-hunt/legal-child-pornography-reduces-child-sex-crimes-milton-diamond-hawaii
http://human-stupidity.com/stupid-dogma/teenage-sexuality/child-porn-laws-kill-destroy-lives-judge-jack-b-weinstein
http://transres.freeweb7.com/levine.html
http://human-stupidity.com/irrationality/stupid-dogma/child-porn-witch-hunt
http://falkvinge.net/2012/09/11/child-porn-laws-arent-as-bad-as-you-think-theyre-much-much-worse/
Edit for n00b formatting.
Culture of Fear is a great book that really elaborates on all of this stuff.
P.S. I just looked, and the author released a Tenth Anniversary Edition in 2010.
If you are genuinely curious on why, there is an excellent book called "Culture of Fear":
http://www.amazon.com/The-Culture-Fear-Americans-Minorities/dp/0465003362/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342914601&sr=8-1&keywords=culture+of+fear
The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things: Crime, Drugs, Minorities, Teen Moms, Killer Kids, Mutant Microbes, Plane Crashes, Road Rage, & So Much More [Paperback]
Allow me to suggest a more informative text: 'The Culture of Fear' by Barry Glassner
>Specifically, NOT a police officer, because kids can't tell the difference between that and a security guard, and many security guards are just people with a desire to have authority.
Are you kidding me?
>Mostly, I think the priority of "someone with little kids" over anyone else is appropriate. They will be more tuned in to the needs of children, and are more likely to take the time to help and understand how to talk to kids.
Are you kidding me?
Edit: Removed abusive language.
I'll remember him when I swing by Barnes and Noble. You should look at this:
https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Fear-Americans-Minorities-Microbes/dp/0465003362
Read this: http://www.amazon.de/The-Culture-Fear-Americans-Minorities/dp/0465003362
This is not just about fear, but also stress/anger/insecurity:
A good quote:
> Fear is one of the primary things that motivates the American people, and that is a very powerful weapon that can be used against us. Just look at how the public votes, and what they say in polls. It's obvious that there's a ton of fear.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-04-23/guest-post-america-1-fear-stress-anger-divorce-obesity-anti-depressants-etc