Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site amdcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!gatech!amdcad!linda From: linda@amdcad.UUCP (Linda Seltzer) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Rape - Another Solution (violence in art) Message-ID: <2666@amdcad.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 14:10:12 EDT Article-I.D.: amdcad.2666 Posted: Thu Aug 15 14:10:12 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 22:39:49 EDT References: <2402@amdcad.UUCP> <1079@ames.UUCP> <679@ttidcc.UUCP> Organization: AMDCAD, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 28 Summary: Studies on violence In article <679@ttidcc.UUCP>, hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) writes: > In article <1079@ames.UUCP> barry@ames.UUCP (Kenn Barry) writes: > > It's important to remember that it has never been shown that vicarious > >violence (movies, books, etc.) causes violent behavior; It is an area of > >current controversy. > > There have been many studies done with children that demonstrate beyond > reasonable doubt that watching violent behavior on television or file leads > to increased aggression and violence in the watcher's behavior. There is > some controversy as to whether this is true of adults, though there is > sufficient evidence to conclude that watching violence at least causes a > desensitization. I believe that there have been studies by George Gerbner, Dean of the School of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania, which reported that people who watched television often generally were more suspicious, believed more often that WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE THE VICTIMS OF CRIME, and beleved with greater likelihood that they could be victims. > > > > ... But without > >conflict there *is* no story. > > There's always character studies and documentaries. (-: > What about spirituality, romance, and mytstical experience? What about abstract art?