Any number of representations can communicate a victims perspective, however whether they move the narrative forward (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) or simply exist as moments of narrative excess , defining the character but not structuring the narrative (e.g. Game of Thrones). (Projansky). The inclusion of a scene of a sexually violent nature in any film or television show is always met with the debate whether the particular contact and depiction is gratuitous or educational. “....a dramatic movie on television can be a useful tool in educational efforts aimed at altering perceptions about a social issue such as date rape”. (WILSON et al., 1992), whilst (Bufkin, Eschholz 2000) claims that this unidimensional movie picture of rape may help to…
Throughout the many works of Livy, there are countless tales of Roman men embodying many of the core Roman values. These men are shown exuding these values that were core to Roman behavior. These men are often portrayed as heroes in battle like Romulus, or great figures who come to save Rome in times of need like Cincinnatus. These men embody what it means to be honorable and faithful Romans. On the other hand, women such as Lucretia and Verginia are portrayed as a type of martyr.…
Through the course of this essay about sexual assault, it will start by summarizing the content of the presentation, then linking and viewing the content through the lens of theories related to the course content, and finally suggesting ways to overcomes this problem in Educational context The presentation started by defining what is sexual assault and the prevalent myths in our society. ‘’Sexual assault is any involuntary sexual act in which a person is coerced or physically forced to engage against their will, or any non-consensual sexual touching of a person. ’’ Sexual Assault." Wikipedia.…
Another example of a film done right is Precious. Precious is a film that will forever be embedded into the minds of those who watch. Precious is dark and sometimes visually shaking. People resonate with the abuse that the main character undergoes. Throughout her childhood, precious is abused and raped by her parents.…
Soc 262 AA-Social Deviance American Juggalo paper by Sheida Arbabian This paper examines and analyzes deviance of a short documentary called, American Juggalo by Dir Sean Dunne, it reveals the social conditions and behaviours of a notorious marginalized group at a music festival. The focus will be to identify its causes & effects through normative violations such as folkways, taboos and laws; this gathering of Juggalos’ demonstrates the manifestation of deviance when isolated from society. The Juggalos’ acts of deviance serve a manifested & latent function by violating normative folkways.…
In addition, another effect of rape culture upon women is their self-reflection. After the rape, women had felt that they were dirty, they began to think of themselves as slutty and believed that they are themselves either used or damaged goods, therefore nobody would want them. They felt ashamed of who they are and felt that they were no longer fitted in the ideology of ‘pure and virgin’ stereotypes that men would want (Bell et al., 1994). These created feelings of anxiety and depression between the victims (Burnett, 2009).…
Last Tuesday night, I attended the Vagina Monologues, which is a performance by Bryant students in the “movement in ending violence against women and girls in our own country and around the world.” The performance was made by different Bryant students, some that I am friends with, telling stories and poems of different aspects of women’s lives. In a great cause, the Monologues reflected on what it is like to be a woman, and what emotions women go through on a daily basis. Some of the monologue topics included appearance, organisms, how to be happy sexually, and more.…
According to Argos and Shohov (1999:59) explains that any unwelcome sexual advances, demands for sexual favours, or other verbal and physical conduct of a sexual nature may lead to sexual violence when, such a conduct has the aim of unreasonably distracting an individual’s performance at work or creating a work environment that is intolerable. Sexual violence takes place when there is an unwanted behaviour that is related to sex and a certain impact on an employee, specifically when the employee rejects the unwanted behaviour and loses a job or any offer that is related to their job. Furthermore sexual violence involves four behaviours and they are: firstly, the action and it can physical, verbal or visual. Secondly the action must be unwanted…
Introduction Perceptions about the severity of rape encompass considerations about the liability of the victim and perpetrator, assessments of motives, and numerous psychological consequences (Ben-David & Schneider, 2005). In a rape-supportive culture, minimizations of harshness of rape can be asserted by refusal to label the situation as rape or by characterizing the situation as not being psychologically damaging which is a violation of the rights of the victim (Glass, 2002). Traditional sex scripts of men and women create a rape-supportive culture in the United States (Check & Malamuth, 1983). Rape is a coherent extension of our cultures sex role socialization process that legitimizes coercive sexuality.…
Sexual intercourse plays the most important role in keeping humankind alive, yet it’s violated severely through prostitution, pornography, premarital sex, adultery, masturbation, and the worst offense of all: rape. Despite rape being a grave violation of the human body through force of sexual actions without consent, the judicial branch of the United States government seems to have no care in the matter whatsoever. The people of our generation seem only to care about this curse when it directly affects them. Somehow, we allow these monsters less to no jail time for their crimes, usually do with the fact that they attempt to make it about themselves and that,” They were the real victims”.…
So if one is going to use someone's experience in their film, make sure you're doing it in a way that doesn't hurt them. If your goal is not to empower the victim, what is the point of using their fear and exploiting it for shock value? If you are going to use rape in your film, asses why: What messages or lack of, can people gather about rape based on your film?…
FROM HEAD TO TOE Can you believe that you deserve to be assaulted because of your gender? Besides, being sexual harassment and rape victims, at least, 2000 women were executed after the Revolution in Islamic Republic of Iran, between 1981 and 1990 and the youngest was just 10 years old. They lost their gained rights and got an inequality in the society along the Revolution. Especially after divorcing, they were losing all their rights that marriage gave to them.…
In todays society rape acts can be committed by anyone parents, extended relatives, lawyers, doctors, even law officials cops. In Chapter 26 of Alder and Alder the book provides many great examples about rapists and their motives. Rapists are viewed as people who suffer from an "irresistible impulse" and "disease of the mind" which allow them to commit such acts. Being raped is seen as a psycho-pathologic problem and individuals who partake in rape activities are viewed by society as "sick" or "psycho". Rape is viewed as behavior learned when individuals interact with each other.…
Rape Culture Rape culture, I at first thought that this term was coined by man hating feminists, trying to blame men for the abuses against women. But, after taking this class and reading the material provided I now realize this is indeed a culture. It is how society acts towards, and its situations in which sexual assault, rape and general violence are ignored, trivialized, normalized or made into joke (Ridgeway, 2014). Or to simplify, that we as a society are more desensitized to sex and acts thereof, because of media, movies and lyrics of music, that promote violence against women. I am guilty of listening and dancing to the music of those artists and reading “harmless grey books”.…
Robotically clicking through the channels, society doesn’t turn away from killings or murders being used as a tool of entertainment. The numbing feeling finally slows while sitting in the recliner as a nausea arises, and scenes of a woman loosing the light in her eyes plays. Murder and kidnapping can be talked about but forgotten minutes later, rape is the most heinous crime; because the victim dies throughout the period he or she lives. As rape scenes become more relevant in TV culture, Sonia Saraiya ignites the idea of using media as an essential outlet for rape. Talking about the topic of rape and focusing on the victims on television would spark the topic out of the dark in our society.…