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. In her piece, “The Truth About TV’s Rape Obsession”,
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Woman have fought for their rights to overcome the subordination they 've felt because of man. In society we tend to look past rape and many woman even hide the assault due to shame. Similarly, Jada Yuan, writer of “Orange is the New Black is the Only TV Show that Understands Rape”, agrees with the idea that Television should display women overcoming their traumas of assault. “Realism isn’t the problem; lack of purpose is” (Page 2), Yuan picks apart TV’s desperate craving for ratings, for she has higher hopes for television than violence without a purpose. The author brings up the idea that as an American society we begin to close our ears and eyes when confronted with rape. Women are assaulted daily; in fact one in every five women experience sexual assault. Rape shouldn’t be a tool for entertainment, women deserve an opportunity to face their daemons rather than be forgotten within the plot line. Jada Yuan structures her piece with her idea, “[Women] deserve yo have their traumas acknowledged. They deserve their stories to be told ” (Page 4). This is an obvious representation of how our society functions; ask women to raise their hands if they have ever been sexually assaulted and you will see a lack of hands, begin talking about rape and sharing stories and you’d realize the majority of the room have experience some sort of trauma. Socially, people need to talk about
Woman have fought for their rights to overcome the subordination they 've felt because of man. In society we tend to look past rape and many woman even hide the assault due to shame. Similarly, Jada Yuan, writer of “Orange is the New Black is the Only TV Show that Understands Rape”, agrees with the idea that Television should display women overcoming their traumas of assault. “Realism isn’t the problem; lack of purpose is” (Page 2), Yuan picks apart TV’s desperate craving for ratings, for she has higher hopes for television than violence without a purpose. The author brings up the idea that as an American society we begin to close our ears and eyes when confronted with rape. Women are assaulted daily; in fact one in every five women experience sexual assault. Rape shouldn’t be a tool for entertainment, women deserve an opportunity to face their daemons rather than be forgotten within the plot line. Jada Yuan structures her piece with her idea, “[Women] deserve yo have their traumas acknowledged. They deserve their stories to be told ” (Page 4). This is an obvious representation of how our society functions; ask women to raise their hands if they have ever been sexually assaulted and you will see a lack of hands, begin talking about rape and sharing stories and you’d realize the majority of the room have experience some sort of trauma. Socially, people need to talk about