Comments on: I forgot http://www.theoldschoollunch.com/2008/05/11/i-forgot/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:11:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: admin http://www.theoldschoollunch.com/2008/05/11/i-forgot/#comment-771 Wed, 14 May 2008 05:57:38 +0000 http://www.theoldschoollunch.com/2008/05/11/i-forgot/#comment-771 I think it's so bad in tv/film today that it's to the point where if i'm watching just about any scene and a man or a group of men are in a showdown situation with a woman or women, i'm automatically thinking in the back of my mind "he's/they're going to beat her or beat her <i>and</i> sexually assault (or) rape her." And I think when The Skeptics hear this, they're not realizing the millions of scenes that most peoply don't equate with the stereotypical jogger-and-rapist-in-the-bush rape or date rape. In Shoot 'Em Up with Clive Owen, a male character at one point has a woman captive and he takes the hot tip of his gun and sexually molests/assaults her to get information. Even one of my favorite movies, Dawn Of the Dead (yes, a zombie movie i'm not ashamed to admit) there's a part (spoiler alert) where there's a faceoff between two camps of survivors. 3 men vs. a group of men and women and the 3 men happen to have guns. As a woman and one of the gun wielding men start arguing, someone says "you've got quite a mouth on you" and what does one of gun wielders say next? You got it. "Someone should show her how to use it." I think it’s so bad in tv/film today that it’s to the point where if i’m watching just about any scene and a man or a group of men are in a showdown situation with a woman or women, i’m automatically thinking in the back of my mind “he’s/they’re going to beat her or beat her and sexually assault (or) rape her.”

And I think when The Skeptics hear this, they’re not realizing the millions of scenes that most peoply don’t equate with the stereotypical jogger-and-rapist-in-the-bush rape or date rape. In Shoot ‘Em Up with Clive Owen, a male character at one point has a woman captive and he takes the hot tip of his gun and sexually molests/assaults her to get information.

Even one of my favorite movies, Dawn Of the Dead (yes, a zombie movie i’m not ashamed to admit) there’s a part (spoiler alert) where there’s a faceoff between two camps of survivors. 3 men vs. a group of men and women and the 3 men happen to have guns. As a woman and one of the gun wielding men start arguing, someone says “you’ve got quite a mouth on you” and what does one of gun wielders say next? You got it. “Someone should show her how to use it.”

]]> by: renee http://www.theoldschoollunch.com/2008/05/11/i-forgot/#comment-770 Wed, 14 May 2008 04:48:40 +0000 http://www.theoldschoollunch.com/2008/05/11/i-forgot/#comment-770 You just described one of my pet peeves. It seems no matter what I watch or read - movies, tv, books, graphic novels, whatever - the implied or overt threat of rape is omnipresent. And like you said, it's even in lighter fare and stuff intended for kids. I've been watching the 2nd season of Heroes and there were like 3 or 4 attempted/threatened rapes in the first 3 episodes or something - all basically plot devices so the male heroes can rescue the women. It was seriously upsetting to me. I can't watch something like that without it coloring the whole rest of the show/movie etc. I can't imagine how upsetting it would be for a rape survivor. Arg. Ending this rant now before it gets out of hand! You just described one of my pet peeves. It seems no matter what I watch or read - movies, tv, books, graphic novels, whatever - the implied or overt threat of rape is omnipresent. And like you said, it’s even in lighter fare and stuff intended for kids.
I’ve been watching the 2nd season of Heroes and there were like 3 or 4 attempted/threatened rapes in the first 3 episodes or something - all basically plot devices so the male heroes can rescue the women.
It was seriously upsetting to me. I can’t watch something like that without it coloring the whole rest of the show/movie etc. I can’t imagine how upsetting it would be for a rape survivor.
Arg. Ending this rant now before it gets out of hand!

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