Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Rape - Another Solution (violence in art) Message-ID: <679@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 17:56:49 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.679 Posted: Wed Aug 14 17:56:49 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 21:00:37 EDT References: <2402@amdcad.UUCP> <1079@ames.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 48 Summary: 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. Obviously, the above are generalizations and not necessarily true for all children or all adults. Note that this cuts two ways. At the ends of the bell curve there could be people who can watch Clint Eastwood movies all year without noticeable change in behavior and people who can be pushed over the edge of violence by a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Either type could be too rare to significantly affect experimental results. > ... There are many sorts >of films (comedies, musicals, etc.) which rarely feature violence. Your >singling out of American screenwriters also seems gratuitous. There is >violence in the films of all countries. Perhaps American films are, on the >average, more violent than the films of other countries, but what I've seen of >the Italian and Japanese cinema suggests otherwise. I agree. > ... But without >conflict there *is* no story. There's always character studies and documentaries. (-: > ... Nor, I think, is there any way to curtail the >popularity of adventure and suspense, short of censorship. I agree we should >vote with our $$$ for films we like, but we can't expect everyone else to >always vote the same way. One of the cheaper prices of freedom. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe