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I know voyeurism is unhealthy, but is watching porn also unhealthy? Also, does porn have a bad affect on teens Because, I heard about how voyeurism can mess up the mind, I know thats bad. But is it the same as porn? Does it also have a bad affect on teenagers? | | yes it is bad for you. it is BADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. because you start thinking that that's what real life is like and it's not. you want to experience things for yourself, not see other people do it on the internet. LIVE YOUR LIFE, DONT WATCH OTHERS LIVE IT!!! | Help? I may have a problem with voyeurism? I think my problem may have started when I was in highschool when I would occasionally not wear a bra and give guys a glimpse of my chest a few times. I'm 25 now and I often bend over to pick things up (normally I"m wearing jeans) in front of guys, and I sometimes like getting cold on a day wearing a white bra and thin shirt and walking down the street. I was on vacation in Florida last week and did something that I hope was not too imorral. I was wearing a short skirt with no underwear and I saw a teen age boy about 16 years old sitting on a bench outside the tourist shops. No one was there and while I was browsing items outside the store I had my back facing him and bent over so that he could see everything. Noone else was there and I knew I was leaving right after so I didn't think it mattered. I didn"t get caught but now am worried that I have some phychological condition and that I need to get help. I fee very bad. Can I just stop doing this and save myself the embarrasment of telling someone what I did? Can someone help me? | | It seems like you like a lot of male attention. I wouldn't consider it a problem until you get arrested for lewd conduct and become a registered sex offender. You might think about that when your tempted to let loose. Other than that you could become a stripper and enjoy your work there's nothing wrong with enjoying flashing guys or showing off your goods as long as its in the right context. | I think i have a psycho sexual disorder. I need advice.? I believe I have an abnormal sexual behavior. I'm married to a beautiful wife but still I'm addicted to voyeurism since my teen years. I always find ways to voyeur. even to the extent of peeking a neighbors windows. sometimes I got caught. I want to stop but I just can't. Something tells me to stop but my urge is too strong. I know it will ruin my life in the future. Do I need treatment? please help me. thanks a lot guys | | I am a qualified Psychosexual Counsellor and would say as your need has progressed to "peeking a neighbours windows. sometimes I got caught". and "I want to stop but I just can't." then you need Counselling by a specialist in the field | Will the Adam Walsh Act be ruled Unconstitutional? Currently thousands of legal challenges are in the county courts throughout Ohio, overwhelming the courts all across Ohio. Understanding that the local rulings will be appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court (and most probably the US Supreme Court) eventually...will the retroactive application to offenders who committed crimes up to 10 years ago, be ruled to be illegal?
Please keep in mind that these laws apply to any offender of any sexually related crime, ranging from voyeurism to public indecency, to "Romeo/Juliet teen consensual sex, to sexual imposition (Most offenders are not guy rapists). And there are 30,000 citizens affected in Ohio alone.
Also, please understand that thousands of the lowest tier offenders have now been re-classified by the legislature (without a court hearing) to now be highest offenders who must register for the remainder of their lives, including juveniles as young as 14 years of age.
Info at www.constitutionalfights.org | | Eventually it may be. Like most laws passed nowadays, it is fanatical. We need to pay attention to the REAL sex offenders, not the silly Romeos and Juliets. | SURVEY: What is the attraction of reality shows/contests? At the risk of being called snobbish or holier-than-thou, I can't figure out the attraction of these shows. (Yes, I probably AM a snob but I can't help it in this case.)
When I see these shows, I see people put in humiliating situations while the audience gets to revel in the contestant's embarrassment (i.e. "The Biggest Loser"). I guess the audience gets their feel-good moments from "...there but for the grace of God, go I."
It doesn't matter to me that it's their choice. Those at the bottom end of the scale (be it popularity or health) are desperate to try anything regardless of probable discomfiture.
With shows like "American Idol" and "America's Got Talent", the viewer must suffer through less-than-stellar performances at the beginning of the season and endure inane or vicious judges all season long.
"Survivor" aims to bring out the worst of humankind's competitive and bloodthirsty attitudes. We get to see underhanded tricks and general nastiness. Again, the audience seems to appreciate the malice-toward-all mindset.
"Big Brother" is just voyeurism at its worst; it's creepy and repulsive which sums up the audience too.
The nanny-type shows and Discovery Channel shows that insert themselves into the lives of families are also pathetic in that privacy is sold to the highest bidder and the viewers appear to hope for chaos. I suppose the compulsion is for the audience to feel superior to these families.
This type of TV viewing pretty much got its start with "Real World" but, by the 3rd season, even my young-teen daughter could see it was tightly scripted rather than being reality.
In small doses (especially near the end of the season), I can tolerate "Dancing With The Stars" as long as I hit the mute button when the blatherskite judges or hosts start yakking. At least the celebrities are learning something new and working hard. Many of them are actually quite good.
OK, it's been long-winded but, as you can see, I have very little appreciation of these shows. Those of you who enjoy them, please tell me why. I know I'm in a minority and I'd really like to understand why these shows are so popular.
Thanks to those of you who give me well-reasoned answers instead of trash-talk. | Oh dear, I think that type of 'entertainment' is boorish, cheap, inane and in some ways quite offensive. Sometimes I think it reminds us of the inner idiot in us all and maybe we get some satisfaction that someone else is crying over being a crap dancer. The bad thing about this type of tripe is that it is still on the tv and it is syndicated around the world.
We get the same crud in Australia and it rates through the roof. I shudder at the water cooler talk when Betty from accounting and Barry from marketing have deep and meaningfuls over whether some dingbat should win BB.
The thing is and I am sure you will agree, is that it is one of those 'through the looking glass' views of reality. Problem is though, it is not reality. It is a concept of reality for people who are to scared to face the reality of their own humdrum existence. I'm sure post structuralists like Lacan would have a field day with this type of concept.
I don't, I prefer my reality served up on a platter not by graph paper brained TV execs, but by experiencing it in real life.
I say to apologists of these shows, turn off that garbage and get out into the real world, for by watching this absolute lunacy you are slowly losing your concept of real reality.
See? Now you have me on a rant haha.
This is one of the best questions I have seen on this site, thank you, keep em coming. You are a breath of fresh air ;) | Is SC Republican Senator Jake Knotts Bi-Polar? (He believes he's a red-neck because he stayed out in the sunshine too long???) Can you impeach a state senator who is suffering from Strom-itis)
Knotts Apologizes for Slur, Won't Resign
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Woman Shot While Driving along I-20
McMaster Endorses Haley for Governor
Orangeburg Shootout Kills Bystander
Woman Sought for Using $700+ in Fake Coupons
SC House Returns to Deal with Vetoes
Bolchoz, Condon Endorse Wilson for SC AG
PDs Help Fan the Heat
Body Found in Newberry County
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Man Gets 2 Years for Attending Cockfight
Midlands Man Sentenced for Guy Pornography
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Seattle Man Arrested for Mail Sent to DeMint
Clyburn Calls for Probe Into Greene Campaign
Greene Saying Little About Senate Campaign
Hiring Outlook Improves for Q3
Black Activist Group Calls SC Killing Hate Crime
Democrats Want Greene to Quit U.S. Senate Race
Governor Issues 107 Budget Vetoes
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Teacher Arrested on Sexual Conduct Charges
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Sheheen Avoids Runoff in Democratic Gov's. Race
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Meth Lab Suspect Caught
Haley Denies 2nd Infidelity Claim
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Man Charged with Fatally Shooting Co-Worker
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Two Charged in Pills Theft
Two Citations in Wreck Involving Mayor-Elect
Gov. Calls Folks Allegations Politics as Usual
Governor Tours Coast as Hurricane Season Opens
SC Lawmakers Concerned about Gulf Oil Spill
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Healthy Carolina Farmers Market Goes Weekly
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Airmen Return from Iraq
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Death Threat Made Against SC AG
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Gaston Man Charged with Voyeurism
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Lexington County State Senator Jake Knotts addressed the General Assembly yesterday on the ethnic slur he made recently during an Internet political talk show.
Knotts had criticized fellow State Senator and GOP candidate for governor Nikki Haley, as well as President Obama, by calling them "ragheads" -- a jab at those who wear turbans or headdresses.
"I deeply regret the remarks that I said and have already apologized before anyone even asked me to," Knotts told his fellow lawmakers. "I'm sorry that my disgusting remarks have offended some people. And you see, in these days and times, anything you say can possibly offend people. It's the way you say | | Obama has attention deficit disorder. I think mental defects are caused by serving in government. Or government service attracts defective people. One or the other. Have you watched Nancy Pelosi? She reminds me of a serial killer with a frozen smile. What a wack job. | Should Christian clergy be allowed video recording equipment? I have noticed an upsurge in reports of crimes committed by the clergymen with video equipment.
Pastor (and registered sex offender) John Albert Kleinpeter was arrested for surreptitiously shooting photos up women’s skirts in Lake Elsinore area Target stores.
John Albert Kleinpeter, also known as John Andrews, is pastor of Generations Community Church in Lake Elsinore , California. The church website was pulled offline after this story hit the news.
Kleinpeter was caught in the act by investigator responding to complaints. Kleinpeter stood behind the woman and held his cell phone under a piece of paper to conceal it. When she bent down he put the camera between her legs and snapped photos, documents show.
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A Newark pastor allegedly forced two teenage girls to videotape him and one of his congregants engaged in sexual acts at a New Jersey motel, authorities said. Cops arrested Rev. Moises Cotto, pastor of the Congregation of Yahweh Templo El Candelero, at his East Orange home Monday night and charged him with ikdnapping, aggravated assault, attempted aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a minor. Authorities say the 55-year-old Cotto and his congregant, Brenda Pabon, met multiple times a week at the Benedict Motel on Routes 1&9 in Linden and forced the two girls to videotape.
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A former Kennesaw youth minister and magician who went by the name “Magic Jeff” was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Wednesday for offering to help guyren in store restrooms and then secretly videotaping them. Wasley was a youth minister at Calvary Jesus Church in Kennesaw and often went by "Magic Jeff" when he performed for guyren at hospitals and schools. At one time, he was a magician at the American Adventures amusement park in Marietta.
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PROVIDENCE - An evangelical minister is accused of surreptitiously videotaping up the skirts of unsuspecting women and downloading the images onto his home computer. Miller Flambert, 49, was arrested Tuesday, a day after he was seen sticking a pen-shaped video camera under the skirt of a woman waiting in line at the pharmacy in the Wal-Mart on Silver Spring Street, said police Maj. Thomas F. Oates III. Flambert was arraigned Wednesday on two counts of video voyeurism, a felony. However, the police think Flambert has videotaped about 50 women during the last six months, at stores in Providence, Cranston, Warwick and West Warwick, Oates said.
www.projo.com/news/content/provid… | | I don't think the answer to such offenses is to prohibit clergymen from owning/ possessing video equipment. I think the answer is to prohibit clergy from having a penis. That should take care of the clergy=pervert equation. | Friends please give your opinion? Ever since the dawn of the satellite era of television and with the introduction of the information superhighway to the world wayback in the mid 90’s, a sudden and sharp rise in voyeurism has resulted which has in many ways been responsible for women and girls being looked upon as a mere sex object not only in advertisements on television but also on the streets where all females have to bear the brunt of eve-teasers, sex-maniacs and other emerging miscreants. In the name of music television, the audience is exposed to a lot nudity and skin show resulting in high libido among people in their pre-teens. The consequences are pre-marital sex, date rapes, molestation of minor by minors, other forms of sexual harassment of women and girls at their work places. The worst scenario is that certain paedophiles visit the internet for certain heinous purposes and try to trap innocent guyren visiting the net. There are many websites which openly discuss and soloicit sex from guyren and also put up sadistic jokes for enjoyment by such perverts. The point which I am trying to make here is that is not high time that governments of all countries wake up to the menace being created through the misuse of modern media ? Are we waiting for statistics of sexual crimes to crop at a level when these things would have gone out of our hands? Can’t we make stronger laws to protect the dignity and modesty of women and guyren who are being abused daily in the name of emancipation and modernism.? Believe me! Incidents of eve-teasing and molestations of women and guyren are getting a casual treatment all over the world without an eyebrow being raised to the seriousness of such crimes and the devastating effects it can have on the victims. Perpetrators of such crimes are able to walk free after being arrested on the pretext that they were mentally ill or that they got too carried away by the level of voyeurism in the media. The time has now come for all of us to think together to fight this growing menace of over sexual exposure through the media. | Recent study in social cognition has focused on what specific environmental conditions would help promote the forming of gender stereotypes in regards to social perception and behavior. Television advertisements are highly suggestible, persuasive elements of everyday life that do help form and strengthen gender stereotypes. Analysis of television advertisements has shown that many ads contain gender-stereotypic ideas and pictures. Americans cannot escape being affected by these ads, as more than ninety percent of all American families own televisions, and the average person views over seven hundred advertisements each week alone.
Social scientists are suggesting that although television ads are generally made to promote specific items, they may have a lasting effect on several things, such as people’s beliefs, values, attitudes and even their behavior. In 1980, researchers from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization suggested that repeated exposure to sexist ads is a contributing cause to havoc in society and many social problems, including such behavior as violence against women and sexual harassment to eating disorders. Although not many experimental studies have been done about the results of gender stereotypic television ads, research does suggest that these ads can temporarily influence the viewers’ self-concepts. Jennings, Geis, & Brown in a 1980 study found that women who viewed ads showing reversed gender roles were more self-confident than women who viewed ads with typical gender roles. In addition, Atkin & Miller in 1975 showed that guyren who viewed ads depicting reversed gender roles rated male oriented jobs as more appropriate for women, as opposed to those guyren who viewed ads with women in a traditional homemaker role. Later studies have shown that ads portraying women as homemakers may activate the belief that women are domestic and nurturing, whereas ads that show half-naked women, may activate the belief that women are alluring, frivolous sexual objects.
Western culture has changed its image of feminine beauty over time. Whereas once pleasantly plump was considered beautiful, currently a slender physique is what is considered ideal. With the increasingly thinner ideal, women’s dissatisfaction with their body image and eating disorders in women has increased considerably. This lead the authors to wonder about several things, such as; Would viewing ads depicting females as sex objects exacerbate these same body image perceptions among women? Would these female sex object ads influence body perceptions of men, since it might get them thinking about the stereotypical ideal of a large, muscular male body? Since research suggests that women who have feminist beliefs are less influenced by these sexist ads than traditional women, would the viewers’ perception of their body image be moderated if they leaned toward feminist beliefs?
In this study, Howard Lavine, Donna Sweeney and Stephen H. Wagner examined whether male and female participants had an increase in the dissatisfaction of their own body images, after viewing advertisements that depicted women as sexual objects. Their hypothesis was that when women were exposed to sexist advertisements three things would happen. First, these women would judge their current body size as larger. Second, there would be a larger difference between their actual and ideal body sizes (wishing they were thinner). Third, they would show a bigger difference in their own ideal body size and their perceptions of other women’s body size preference than the women who viewed either the non-sexist advertisements, or the viewers in the no ad control condition. They also predicted that feminists would show more negative attitudes about the sexist ads than the non-feminists would, and the feminists were more negative about the sexist ads than they were about the non-sexist ads.
To test their theory, both males and females were exposed to three separate situations. The first group viewed 15 sexist ads and 5 non-sexist ads (sexist ad condition), the second group viewed 20 non-sexist ads (non-sexist ad condition), and the third group completed a body image and attitude scale but were not shown any ads (“no ad control” situation). The first two groups were told that they were participating in a marketing research project and the purpose of the study was to determine the pleasantness of the ads. Each ad was then rated for its pleasantness. Finally, groups 1 and 2 were asked to fill out a seemingly unrelated questionnaire about attitudes and beliefs. During the debriefing, not one of the participants expressed either suspicion about the purpose of the study, nor whether the two sections of the study were related. The third group’s data measured the different degrees in which feminists of both genders were affected in both attitudes and body image dissatisfaction.
The results of the study showed:
(Attitudes toward sexist vs. nonsexist ads) feminists held significantly higher negative attitudes about the sexist ads than the non-sexist ads. The feminists also had more negative attitudes about those sexist ads than the non-feminist participants.
(Effects of exposure to sexist ads on body image) results were the same across the board for the nonsexist and no ad control situations on the body image as a function of ad type, gender, and favorable or opposed attitudes toward feminism. Basically, women rated themselves as fatter than ideal and men rated themselves as too thin for the ideal after watching sexist ads. Men and women’s ratings showed a marked difference in the sexist condition, but did not differ in the nonsexist condition. The analysis on body image and actual/ideal body size difference was not changed by attitudes toward feminism.
Our television ads have changed their roles of women as homemakers into sex objects over time. The purpose of the study was to see the if there was a significant influence over men and women’s self-perception and their satisfaction of body image after being exposed to sexist television advertising. The study showed that sexist ads did have an influence on both women and men alike. While women tended to rate themselves fatter after watching such ads, men rated themselves opposite and thought they were too thin and not muscular enough. Although the effects of this study temporarily affected the participants, repeated exposure to such ads may have longer or even lifelong effects. The researchers also found two additional results that were unexpected. First, while feminists held more negative attitudes about the sexist ads, their negative body image was affected the same as the non-feminist subjects, so being feminist had no influence on whether the ad affected their ratings. Second, being shown sexist ads decreased both men and women’s dissatisfaction with their bodies. The authors suggest that future research should be more focused on examining the conditions and the manner in which group attitudes change the effects of being exposed to stereotypic information. The authors state that since distorted body image and body dissatisfaction have been specifically correlated with such harmful things as dieting, depression, and low self-esteem their study about the effects of sexist television ads has definite social implications for both men and women's psychological adjustment and well-being.
This study was very surprising in some respects. I had never thought about sexist television advertisements affecting anyone but women. I thought that women were mainly the ones that obsess about their body image and also how they perceive others view their body. Men apparently see themselves as not large enough, without enough muscles, while not surprisingly women view themselves as too fat to live up to the societal norm in America.
I thought that the authors isolating the elements of feminist beliefs in both men and women and determining what impact this had on their body images and sexist feelings quite interesting also. While it seems fairly common sense to realize that people with feminist beliefs state they are impacted in a more negative way than traditional valued people, it seems odd that they still let the ads negatively affect their perception of their bodies.
American society today places too much emphasis on what a perfect body should look like. We seem to say to our guyren, "it doesn't matter what a person looks like on the outside, it's what's on the inside that counts", or "don't judge a book by its' cover". I think everyone has heard these idealistic but unrealistic anecdotes many times before, but as we see every day in television ads, magazines, billboards and radio commentary, these are just nice little sayings that we as American adults ignore daily. Why do we do this? It's hard to say. Not all cultures idolize extremely thin women, and years ago, neither did Americans. As the research stated, years ago what was considered a beautiful womanly figure was much heavier with more rounded curves than the anorexic look of today. Today in America, a woman that wears a size 3 or 5 dress seems to have the ideal figure, but do most people realize that the most famous sex symbol of all time, Marilyn Monroe wore a size 14?
While this study did show that not only women were affected by the sexist ads, but also men, I still hold the firm belief that we as women struggle with a negative body image much more so than men. I have been on and off diets since I was 11 years old. I have a very negative body image, so I am in the mainstream thinking of today. Ads on t.v. definitely play a part in this negative body image, but also the comments I hear in every day life. Ask almost any male what they want in a woman, and most of the time, they will say, "well, she has to have a nice body". I think anyone would be hard pressed to hear a common concern for women being that men just aren't large enough, or have enough muscles to suit their taste in physical attractiveness. Of course, this is a generalization, but I think it's an accurate one. I still have hope that someday I will find someone who is as interested in my personality, values, morals and beliefs as I am in theirs, and not just pass me by because I'm overweight. Maybe someday, I will have a positive body image and could think of myself as being attractive or beautiful. (Or I'll just move to Germany, where the men prefer their women to be heavier)! | What do you think is the proper solution to this ? Ever since the dawn of the satellite era of television and with the introduction of the information superhighway to the world wayback in the mid 90's, a sudden and sharp rise in voyeurism has resulted which has in many ways been responsible for women and girls being looked upon as a mere sex object not only in advertisements on television but also on the streets where all females have to bear the brunt of eve-teasers, sex-maniacs and other emerging miscreants. In the name of music television, the audience is exposed to a lot nudity and skin show resulting in high libido among people in their pre-teens. The consequences are pre-marital sex, date rapes, molestation of minor by minors, other forms of sexual harassment of women and girls at their work places. The worst scenario is that certain paedophiles visit the internet for certain heinous purposes and try to trap innocent guyren visiting the net. There are many websites which openly discuss and soloicit sex from guyren and also put up sadistic jokes for enjoyment by such perverts. The point which I am trying to make here is that is not high time that governments of all countries wake up to the menace being created through the misuse of modern media ? Are we waiting for statistics of sexual crimes to crop at a level when these things would have gone out of our hands? Can't we make stronger laws to protect the dignity and modesty of women and guyren who are being abused daily in the name of emancipation and modernism.? Believe me! Incidents of eve-teasing and molestations of women and guyren are getting a casual treatment all over the world without an eyebrow being raised to the seriousness of such crimes and the devastating effects it can have on the victims. Perpetrators of such crimes are able to walk free after being arrested just because they are either guyren of top politicians or on the pretext that they were mentally ill or that they got too carried away by the level of voyeurism in the media. The time has now come for all of us to think together to fight this growing menace of over sexual exposure through the media. What are your views on this ? | You radical fundamentalist..
There should be freedom, let it be freedom to abuse. Freedom should be protected at any cost, even at the cost of humanity itself.
OK seriously speaking, it is because of founding principle of western civilzation. Because of "freedom of expression" and "free market economy" capitalist can misuse some human traits to make money which is resulting in decay of basic human values which in turn can even result in decay of human race itself.
Western civilization can't further be adjusted to solve this problem. Solution is only to eliminate so called "western civilization" and bring another one which can be called "Modern Islamic civilization". Do you know why west is scared of "scarf"!!! | In what ways can senior citizens help to solve this problem ? Dear Senior citizens, ever since the dawn of the satellite era of television and with the introduction of the information superhighway to the world wayback in the mid 90’s, a sudden and sharp rise in voyeurism has resulted which has in many ways been responsible for women and girls being looked upon as a mere sex object not only in advertisements on television but also on the streets where all females have to bear the brunt of eve-teasers, sex-maniacs and other emerging miscreants. In the name of music television, the audience is exposed to a lot nudity and skin show resulting in high libido among people in their pre-teens. The consequences are pre-marital sex, date rapes, molestation of minor by minors, other forms of sexual harassment of women and girls at their work places. The worst scenario is that certain paedophiles visit the internet for certain heinous purposes and try to trap innocent guyren visiting the net. There are many websites which openly discuss and solicit sex from guyren and also put up sadistic jokes for enjoyment by such perverts. The point which I am trying to make here is that is not high time that governments of all countries wake up to the menace being created through the misuse of modern media ? Are we waiting for statistics of sexual crimes to crop at a level when these things would have gone out of our hands? Can’t we make stronger laws to protect the dignity and modesty of women and guyren who are being abused daily in the name of emancipation and modernism.? Believe me! Incidents of eve-teasing and molestations of women and guyren are getting a casual treatment all over the world without an eyebrow being raised to the seriousness of such crimes and the devastating effects it can have on the victims. Perpetrators of such crimes are able to walk free after being arrested just because they are either guyren of top politicians or on the pretext that they were mentally ill or that they got too carried away by the level of voyeurism in the media. The time has now come for all of us to think together to fight this growing menace of over sexual exposure through the media.
In what ways can senior citizens contribute towards creating an awareness to help youngsters from falling into the wrong hands ? | Half-Drawn Boy, I'm disappointed. It's true that technology has not caused this problem but has only made anything and everything more easily accessible, but don't blame it on women. We did not decide to "make ourselves" sex objects. We always have been sex objects and considered sexual property, and we only began to regain some independence during the 60s and 70s. Even then, it was a struggle (and sometimes still is) because single women, whether divorced or having decided not to marry, were considered suspect, along with any woman who chose a nontraditional career or hobby. A woman who stepped outside traditional female roles had her womanhood questioned because women were defined by their dependence on men. It was men who made us sex objects by assuming they owned us, and the only thing that changed with the coming of the internet was that the guys who usually spent their time looking at Playboy just found a new and more widely varied way to find their porn.
As for the questioner's original question, I don't think there was any "sudden and sharp rise in voyeurism." A condition which has always been there just suddenly became more apparent. Things like rapes, premarital sex, and guy molestation did not suddenly arise or increase, and they were not caused by the information superhighway. The media just made such things more visible to the public, whereas in the past they didn't make the news. The media have been changing over the years and become more competitive with each other for ratings, and thus their choice of material to cover has been increasingly sensationalistic. They have a saying, "If it bleeds, it leads." They want shocking stories which grab your attention. As for sexual criminals being able to walk free, that's an old problem with the laws which need changing and also has nothing to do with the information superhighway. Sexual predators have a high rate of recidivism (repeat offenses), they can't successfully be cured, and the laws don't provide for long enough sentences to keep them off the streets. |
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