Blaming Violence and Sexuality on the Media
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The Matrix is by far one of my favourite movies, but what has driven me to write on such a topic is the negative feedback fellow breakthrough movies and other forms of entertainment are getting from society in general. Yes it is true that two seemingly normal students shot and killed tweleve of their fellow classmates and one teacher at Columbine Highshcool, but what has this got to do with the media? These boys were obviously sick individuals. Certainly we were all exposed to the same movies, comics, and TV shows, but you dont see me or any of my friends going around killing anyone. Yes, Neo said “Guns, lots of guns”, but once again how does any of this relate to the situation at hand? What is more violent than traditional and modern Chinese and Japanese movies? Have you seen any anime lately? Look at their socities, wholesome as ever. Does this not say something?
Quite frankly if your child has grown up thinking that just because he/she sees something bad on TV its ok to mimic it, that says something about his/her upbringing. Its innate behaviour for children to mimic. Its how they learn to talk, walk and help themselves, but just like how their physical development needs to be supplemented by parents, their mental development needs to be nurtured too. THIS! is the difference between law-abiding people and criminals. THIS! is the root cause for violence and other such behaviour. THIS! is where the blame should be placed, NOT on The Matrix!
Parents need to realize that they have the right to be involved in their kids lives. They have the right to say no. All the arguments
and silent treatments wont go in vain if you just stick with them until theyre mature enough to handle their own lives.
Another thing that absolutely disgusts me is the “women as sex objects” crap. For those of you who arent familiar with this, it refers to the portrayal of women (in laymans terms), as being nothing but pretty and sexual beings. Yes, Xena is scantily clad. Yes, Supergirl shows a lot of leg, but that doesnt mean diddly squat. Women are always complaining about the world being male dominated, but the men dont look at Xena solely in a sexual way. The whole idea behind the show was to promote girl power and be a spin off of the hit series Hercules. Shes a heroine and a damn good