I agree with you, but intelligence has many aspects. What you call socialisation is a form of intelligence. It can/could very well be harmful as you said, but it's not guaranteed. Good parenting should always come before parenting through video games.
bloodling
You've very correct that it's not guaranteed. Nothing is guaranteed when it comes to human behaviour. Everything is statistical. The idea though is that when the statistics show that something is very likely to be damaging, it is best to avoid exposure to it, just in case you might be one among the percent of people who are affected by it.
The socialisation I describe is not a form of intelligence. It's our biological nature. Higher order animals and babies learn by imitation... and we do too, it's just that babies haven't yet developed their prefrontal cortex that'll allow them to suppress their imitative actions. It's just wrong to think that only unintelligent people can't socialise properly. Psychopaths, for example, are often highly functioning individuals, but are completely dysfunctional in society (and are almost all men.)
As kids grow older, parental influence lessens. That means it becomes increasingly difficult for parents to instill values into their children and instead, peer groups, school, and the media affect them more. It's easier said than done to say that good parenting and teaching your kids right from wrong could prevent any harmful attitudes from developing, and I think it kind of unfairly blames parents.
But in any case, good parenting does often involve not allowing your kids to be exposed to something for which they may not be ready. I think that at age 13, your most significant brushes with sexuality should be slow-dancing with Cindy and getting to kiss her on the lips... rather than walking around in a strip club with half-naked women taking their clothes off for men and dancing on them for money.
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