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traci
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Sexual Violence and the Media
April 5, 2005 - 01:00 AM
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The media can be both helpful and detrimental when portraying cases of sexual assault or molestation. In the Kobe Bryant case, for example, the woman who claims that Kobe raped her is portrayed as a person who is pursuing legal action only for fame and money. In the Michael Jackson case, the boy who claims to have been molested by the star is not always believed either. The media is quick to point out that the boy's family has been involved in many other cases that involve famous people and legal cases. Granted, the media has an obligation to represent all sides of a story, but if that representation is skewed or non-existent, it becomes problematic.
Stereotypes of sexual violence are nurtured by the media too. I think people become desensitized to the words "rape," "murder" and so on when they are constantly in the news. Long-term coverage of cases is only given to the rich, famous or seemingly newsworthy people. The numerous amount of other people who are victims of sexual violence do not receive that same coverage, and it makes it seem as if "real" cases of sexual violence are not that bad and that they do not occur often. The good role that the media does play in covering issues of sexual violence comes when experts are able to give knowledge to the general public about sexual violence and all that surrounds it. As long as that information is accurate and helpful, it can serve to breakdown stereotypes about sexual violence and empower people to fight it. What do you think?
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Re: Sexual Violence and the Media
May 11, 2005 - 02:09 AM
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Originally posted by trace
The media can be both helpful and detrimental when portraying cases of sexual assault or molestation. In the Kobe Bryant case, for example, the woman who claims that Kobe raped her is portrayed as a person who is pursuing legal action only for fame and money. In the Michael Jackson case, the boy who claims to have been molested by the star is not always believed either. The media is quick to point out that the boy's family has been involved in many other cases that involve famous people and legal cases. Granted, the media has an obligation to represent all sides of a story, but if that representation is skewed or non-existent, it becomes problematic.
Stereotypes of sexual violence are nurtured by the media too. I think people become desensitized to the words "rape," "murder" and so on when they are constantly in the news. Long-term coverage of cases is only given to the rich, famous or seemingly newsworthy people. The numerous amount of other people who are victims of sexual violence do not receive that same coverage, and it makes it seem as if "real" cases of sexual violence are not that bad and that they do not occur often. The good role that the media does play in covering issues of sexual violence comes when experts are able to give knowledge to the general public about sexual violence and all that surrounds it. As long as that information is accurate and helpful, it can serve to breakdown stereotypes about sexual violence and empower people to fight it. What do you think?
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the media blessing or curse?
June 24, 2005 - 06:33 AM
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The media is supposed to serve a very important purpose in that it informs us about whats going on around us. So if lets say the government does something that we disagree with we can be aware of it. Without the newspapers revealing Nixons involvement in the Watergate scandel the public may have continued to be duped. However the press has sadly disentegrated. I feel that they have trivialized the issues. One minute they talk of a flood that killed hundreds of people and then it's on to Michael Jackson's latest plastic surgery. They are trying to entertain us with yellow journalism rather then give us truly important facts.
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Re: Sexual Violence and the Media
July 31, 2005 - 05:17 AM
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Again you are using examples of very highly publicised people. Of course their cases would take more precedence over those of "real" standing. For the mere reason that the public, society cares more about Michael and Kobe. Would people really pay as much interest to the cases if they we're normal real people? Truth is we put famous people up on a pedastol and when they do things involving sexual crimes or any type of crime the media does what they do best. The publicity is off the hook. About what you said about the families and bad publicity, the same issues would have been mentioned in court anyway.
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Re: Sexual Violence and the Media
October 4, 2005 - 07:06 AM
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All I can say is... Sex sells.
This thread made me think of the song "Violent Pornography" by System of a Down.
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October 4, 2005 - 09:43 AM
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Well i dont quite think so. The recent rape victims coming to light in Pakistan is only with the help of the media who give coverage to these events, and in Pakistans case some justice as well. Furthermore most of the rape victims in Pakistan are from the downntrodden class who are unknown.
Therefore, hadnt it been for the media who highlighted rape cases such as that of Mukhtar Mai in Sahiwal, 2002.People would still have been completely naive when it came to the abhorrable conditions of the women in Pakistans rural areas.
Hence Kudos to the media for all they do in order to report such crimes.
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We are all involve.
October 5, 2005 - 03:40 AM
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Now we are chastetising the media with much ease and tomorrow we will celebrate thier exploits.This is the condition of man.However this is not mean to say that media are so innocent in news reporting these days as the erosion in the worlds value system affects them.In the developing country where the media grapple with a lot of problems the have sold themselves cheaply that some hardly belive thier stories but never mearnt to say tha there are no principled ones.
Indeed, sexual issues sell too well than most discuss .I consider sexual abuse too grievious and would not fail castigate any who embarks on such roadas it reduces the woman value and human worth.
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Re: Sexual Violence and the Media
April 4, 2006 - 06:04 AM
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unfortunately, many ppl like to hv sex & violence to spicy-up the tv...
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Re: Sexual Violence and the Media
September 12, 2006 - 06:32 PM
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I was just reading in Inga Muscio's 'Cunt' (the book, not her actual cunt) a great idea she had to respond to sexual violence in the media -- in particular, to hollywood films that include sexual assaults and rape. First, she suggests not attending movies that include rape scenes...but sometimes we don't know they're coming, right? So second, when a sexual assault or rape scene unfolds on the big screen in front of you, jump up out of your seat and (ideally with your friends) make a lot of noise and dictate how the rest of the scene will go:
"and then she knees him in the balls!!!! OOHHH she's gouging his eyes out!!!! She rakes his eyes with her fingernails!!! YAAAAH!! She's kickin him in the balls with her pointy shoes!!!!!"
Something of that nature.
Then, storm out of the theatre and grab a manager. Demand your money back and tell him/her that you won't support a movie in which a woman is sexually assaulted or raped for the sheer glam of hollywood. Tell him/her that if you had known that in this film there would be a women being needlessly victimized, you wouldn't have come to see the film anyway.
This is what she suggests in her book 'Cunt', and I think it's a fantastic idea.
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Re: Sexual Violence and the Media
September 14, 2006 - 08:54 PM
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do the families of 'real' victims want the story to get out into the media? other than to raise awareness?
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Re: Sexual Violence and the Media
October 2, 2006 - 12:59 PM
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matt85 wrote:
do the families of 'real' victims want the story to get out into the media? other than to raise awareness?
thats true. many families whose members has been victimized by rape choose not to have their story shown to the media. Even though rape is a big issue, the media somehow always stretches it a little too far.
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