| Survey reveals alarming increase in television violence against women Posted: 09 Apr 2010 01:30 PM PDT
The Parents Television Council has released their October 2009 survey illustrating a troublesome increase in violence against women on television shows. Here are some highlights from the findings in Women in Peril: A Look at TV’s Disturbing New Storyline Trend: -There’s been a 400 percent increase in the depiction of teen girls as victims across all networks from 2004 to 2009. -Incidences of violence against women on the four main TV channels –ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC—rose 120 percent between 2004 and 2009. -Overall violence of other types during the same time frame increased only 2 percent. -The most frequent type of violence shown is beating (29 percent), followed by credible threats of violence (18 percent), shooting (11 percent), rape (8 percent), stabbing (6 percent), and torture (2 percent); -Violence against women tends to be depicted rather than just described, and of the above violent story lines, the acts resulted in the woman’s death 19 percent of the time. -Bodies are being shown close-up, with special effects carefully recreating blood and all sorts of critical or fatal injuries. In a 2010 Survey conducted for Seventeen Magazine, a popular teen girls’ publication, over three-quarters of teen boys polled stated there is too much pressure from society to have sex; due at least in part to being influenced by pornographic images. Almost the same percentage of boys reported having received nude or semi-nude “sexting” (phone or internet photos) from girls.  Actress Jessica Alba stars in a violent new 2010 movie. Both studies conclude that the acts of violence along with explicit sex seen on TV may contribute to young people viewing aggression and violence against women as normal and acceptable. The increase in violence against women doesn’t stop with TV: In the movie, Alba plays a woman involved in a sadomasochistic relationship, where she enjoys being beaten. The trailer is explicit, and you don’t need to be any certain age to call this page up on your computer. The pornographic film industry also relies greatly on scenes depicting violent or forceful sex between men and women or same-sex female encounters. Not all the women involved are doing so willingly. A recent Underground article by reporter Josh Givens covers a new cable TV project, “Footnote,” that aims to expose the exploitation of women in porn—a business now making over three billion dollars per year.  |
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