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Violence Against Women Entertains

11-Nov-09 12:17 | anonymous

Gender violence has cultural roots - we learn what we see.  Unfortunately, according to a new study, what we're seeing is a lot of violence against women and girls.

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From Sociological Images

Parent's Television Council has put out a report titled "Women in Peril: A look at TV's disturbing new storyline trend" which found that depictions of violence against women has increased by 120% on mainstream television. Specifically:
"Cumulatively, across all study periods and all networks, the most frequent type of violence was beating (29%), followed by credible threats of violence (18%), shooting (11%), rape (8%), stabbing (6%), and torture (2%).  Violence against women resulted in death 19% of the time.

Violence towards women or the graphic consequences of violence tends overwhelmingly to be depicted (92%) rather than implied (5%) or described (3%)."

And if you're skeptical, check out some of the images collected at Sociological Images.
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