Structural violence

Blurred lines is a song produced by musical artist Robin Thicke , and is one of the most controversial songs of this past decade, the music video basically promotes sexism which shows that rape themes are accepted in current society, here is why. In one of the scenes models pass by Robin and he starts playing with his fingers, this implies that the reason women get raped or sexually harassed is because of their body language, promoting things like “rape myths”, it is said in an article that the…

not be engaged in. The sexualization of girls can have an impact on society in general. Research shows that it encourages sexism, discourages girls from pursuing careers in science, math, and technology, and it increases sexual harassment, sexual violence and the demand for child pornography (McCarthy, 2008). Sex portrayal is unrealistic and can cause negative misconceptions about sex and sexuality. All of these outcomes are negative outcomes that could be prevented it sexual content in the…

The case raised in the above is mainly due to the use by Electronic Arts an impression that included Keller and other student-affiliated characters in their designing of the video game. This implies that the company may have infringed on the rights of these athletes protection from unwarranted publicity. This is what the Keller and the Arizona State University on the use of its content in designing the game. On the other hand, the company ran to the First Amendment in asking that the claim be…

from ideology is a deeply traumatic experience. They must be forced into freedom. Neo is aware he lives in a lie, that Morpheus’s red pill will make him see the painful truth and shatter the illusion. This is the paradox he must accept, the extreme violence of liberation: one must be forced to be…

At the surface, Dick Hebdige’s Style in Revolt: Revolting Style resembles an informative piece on punk culture. I believe that he wrote the article to take power away from the punk movement. However, he did it in a passive aggressive way. By writing in a passive aggressive way it goes against the punk scene because punks are resembled as openly opinionated. Hebdige does this by making his piece seem unbiased since it seems as though it is only for informational purposes. Hebdige wants to inform…

never showcases anything as above ordinary, makes no judgment calls for the spectator. It challenges our sense of the everyday by forcing us to observe, and to wonder, what constitutes everyday life at a mental hospital for criminals. Its focus is on violence that is as daily as the newspaper, the unspectacular coercion by which the institution maintains itself. It is the incredible accomplishment of the film to incite the viewer…

In "Television Addiction Is No Mere Metaphor" by Robert Kubey and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi it states that if you desire something enough you will end up doing it. They explain that "temptations that can disrupt their lives are often pure indulgences." That saying surprised me but I soon realized how true it is. They also backed that sentence up with examples of how "no one has to drink alcohol." They then go on talking about how TV is one of our biggest things that hold us back and make us less…

I had caught an assault charge in middle school, I was in Juvey for a couple days. Then I went home, after getting put on a short probation. About 4 years later, everything started to collapse. I had another assault charge put against me. Someone had spit on me, so I pinned them against a wall by their throat. I immediately let go, because I was about to black out. I knew what was about to happen, I had dealt with the police before. As they arrive, I had my thoughts together and was calm.…

neighborhood to turn on the neighbors and resort to violence. In the final scene, the neighborhood turn on the new neighbors completely. After Dylan finds a spy camera on his house and another man finds a recording device, Dylan decides to take action. All of the residents of Maple Street, except Will, come with torches and fire starters and light the new neighbor’s house on fire. The residents acted without knowing the full story. This was pure violence. The full story was that they were setup.…

escape (Gleave, “When Is Violence Justified?”). How would you get out of this situation? Begging this man to have mercy, or turning to physical contact to forcefully push him aside? At those circumstances, nobody knows for sure if violence is ever a necessity, but other types of violence such as domestic should never be tolerated, so when would it be? In some opinions, people say that violence should be tolerated because aggression is part of our human nature, hence the violence (Glowacki,…