[Reader-list] sources of violence

[aditya velivelli]

One thing you have missed out is - this kind of
extreme sexual harassment was non-existent 30 and more
years ago. Its rampant increase can only be attributed
to exposure of the male to these tantalising movies,
pictures which seem to offer them some kind of odious
satisfaction, but in the end just leave them hanging -
the resulting frustration is showing in the form of
sexual misbehaviour.

the problem may be a lack of respect and the seeing of
the female as a lesser person, but then why wasn't
this kind of sexual harassment present in India in the
1960's for instance.


--- Menso Heus <menso at r4k.net> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 05:24:36PM -0700, aditya
> velivelli wrote:
> > Why Bollywood films are prime motivators of rape
> and
> > other forms of violence:
> > 
> >
>
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/04/11/stories/2004041100350200.htm
> 
> What is your opinion on this piece? Personally,
> however nicely the
> conclusion is put, I cannot agree with this and
> believe it's a 
> tremendously simplistic portraying of the issues at
> hand. 
> 
> It has to do with lack of respect and contempt for
> the female, which
> I personally believe comes forth from societal and
> cultural structures
> which do nothing to disprove of such behaviour and
> at times even 
> encourage it.
> 
> It is the turning around of problem and symptom. The
> problem is not movies
> with as symptom the assaults of women: the problem
> is a lack of respect
> and the seeing of the female as a lesser person,
> which might or might not 
> be a view that is confirmed by certain movies. 
> 
> Assault of women has always been an issue, long
> before how they were shown
> in movies became one. 
> 
> Menso
> -- 
>
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> <xterm> The problem with America is stupidity. I'm
> not saying there should 
> be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't
> we just take the 
> safety labels off of everything and let the problem
> solve itself?
>
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