Voyeurism

The Lives of Others (von Donnersmarck, 2007) explores the concept of the surveillance society and its effects on the surveilled. Surveillance has a sinister way in which it changes the way we think and act and has several psychological consequences. The Lives of Others follows the story of Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler and his mental anguish as he spies on artist Georg Dreyman and fellow girlfriend Christa-Maria Sieland. The film explores the idea of understanding humanity in an intimate nature through…

they get criticized for the same thing that we praise Shakespeare for? Plain old-fashioned sexism.” (McCulloch) Even Dionysus' protection cannot stop Pentheus' disdain and disgust for the Maenads' “silly Bacchic rituals” (Euripides, 273). Pentheus' voyeurism of the Maenads finds its parallel in the stalking and abuse of marginalized women by anti-feminists and white supremacists, a notable example being GamerGate, a violent harassment campaign against Anita Sarkeesian of @FeministFrequency.…

Rape or any type of sexual assault is devastating no matter the context. However, when put into the context of psychology, rape and sexual assault is especially heinous. Rape or sexual assault will practically affect every woman at least once in her lifetime, whether they are the victim or know a victim. This essay will discuss the many psychological impacts that rape and sexual assault result in, particularly touching on PTSD and the trauma associated. Numerous statistics and studies draw on…

“Don't Ask Don't Tell” was a policy enacted on the military in 1993, this policy allowed for a US soldier no matter what rank, gender, race, or religious affiliation, who was gay or lesbian to be kicked out of service if their sexual orientation became known. In 2010 congress had repealed this discriminatory policy. In the summer of 2012, the Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, which had forced the federal government to deny more than 1,000 federal…

unrealistic expectations on women. Girls grow up with mass media and even toys dictating what a woman should look like. Women have been discriminated in many aspects of life and visual art is not exception. When analyzing female depictions such motifs as voyeurism, objectification, scopophilia, and woman as an object of male pleasure are most likely to appear (Snow,30). Saint Barbie by Mark Ryden, is a ten by fourteen inch oil on panel paining. It depicts a little blond girl in a pink dress…

Kora Lahm Hour: 1 The film Psycho was made on September 8, 1960, by Alfred Hitchcock. Psycho was Hitchcock’s most successful film and it’s said to be the best horror film of all time. Most of the film focuses on Marion Crane, a Phoenix real-estate secretary. Marion was trusted by her employer to take $40,000 to the bank, but she sees the opportunity to take the money and start a new life. With the money, she leaves town and heads towards Sam’s California store. During a storm, she gets off the…

Women were seen as sex symbols and tools to make the male lead, or hero, more appealing. They were the assisting actor who was to never steal the spotlight, and to only make the male character more relatable for the audience. In Laura Mulvey’s essay, “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema,” we see how women are truly portrayed in the business of entertainment. Women are seen in Hollywood films as expendable and an untainted, virgin body image. Their characters weren’t as important as males, or as…

Early on in Martin Scorsese’s new film, Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) cheerfully describes money as being like “mainlining adrenaline.” Belfort, the real-life rogue trader who set up Long Island stockbroking film Stratton Oakmont, is depicted in the film as reckless, obnoxious, and sexist. Nonetheless, as portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio, he is a very likeable character. We can’t help but root for him. Everything about The Wolf of Wall Street is excessive. It’s a three-hour orgy of greed,…

Furthermore, in many states first or second-degree sexual assault crimes involve non-consensual contact and or sexual activity (Sprague). Not only that, but state laws also consider non-contact sexual abuse such as harassment and voyeurism as sexual assault. In the state of Texas, sexual assault is considered a grave offense under Penal Code, Title 5, chapter 22 section 22.011 (Justice) . Under this penal code, charges can be elevated to aggravated sexual assault based on certain circumstances…

Sexual Assault Prevention on College Campuses College is supposedly the “best years of your life”, but this is not the reality for approximately twenty percent of college-aged women. The constant fear of becoming a victim of sexual assault is growing concern among young women on college campuses. Action needs to be taken immediately to protect the women at college and universities across America. Due to the high levels of sexual assault occurring on college campuses, college and university…