CNN says movies with female heroines cause increase in

violent acts by girls.

Guess CNN thinks we need better role models for them in the media.

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right?

talking worked for them or not.

with male heroes affect violent acts by boys?

Not to mention dumbass violent presidents?

OK, I see their point. :eyes:

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some asshole parents took 4 kids under 10 to see 'the departed' the night it opened

This sounds like right-wing claptrap to me. More the-society-is-going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket talk. :eyes:

society to reflect and learn

about how media also impacts the behavior of boys.

I thought most people here didn't believe violence in movies and video games affected people.

a cartoon. i never let boys watch. people would say but but but they are the heroes, they do good. empower females. i told them.... they have an angry face... always. and resolves all thru kicking ass. never niceness never crack a smile, the faces are always angry. i wont condition boys with that. ed ed and eddy and sponge bob. neither did i allow. it honored stupid. made stupid funy, ok. i have never found stupid funny. johnny bravo.... a sexist, demeaning show to females even though he was presented as stupid. with females going around slapping the guy. that had all the mix in it. and for kids, little kids.

on the other hand, dora, little bear ect.... was about caring, kindness, goodness. i allowed and encouraged those shows and we would talk them out, about how behavior like that is a plus for society

now. if i feel a show can be a positive influence. why in the world, in honesty, wouldnt a show be a negative influence.

but yes reflect and learn. it is not the only thing that creates. it is just one of the ingredients in the whole mix. a kid that has reflective connected parents isnt going to be effected the same. all kinds of factors are in play

we have a myriad of ways to undervalue women and girls. Violence is *'s solution to everything, maybe people (including girls) follow his example.

Bill

i believe this beat 'em up mentality of our adults feed our children. my post delving more into it, i made clear, there is not just one reason, a whole lot that i see is feeding this.

i agree

I'd like to see what they have to say.

Who on CNN? When on CNN?

about it, then I assume you must have paid attention to who it was as well as the context in which it was said. No?

names are.

No talking, no diplomacy. I have also seen that violent crime has increased in the past two years, according to the FBI stats. Even though some crimes have declined (like sexual assault, burglary, etc.), the more violent crimes (murder) have increased for the first time in about ten years.

"Violent acts" like, say, fighting back against abusive boyfriends and potential date-rapists?

Shut up, CNN, or Buffy may have to kick your ass.

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is necessarily a good thing be it hostility or passivity, but could they be more specific? Such as, what movies, what observations etc...

KABLAAAAM!!

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So there, CNN!

Damn you, Barbara Stanwyck, think of the children!!!!

After dad went off to work and the kids went to school the Stepford wife's started hitting the bottle and began throwing the pots and pans around the house pissed off at their plight in life. So then they went to work were they could live as equals to their husbands but were again treated as second class humans. Hell that would piss anyone off. Acts of violence caused by decent roll models? I don't think so.

To me, Eleanor Roosevelt is a bigger heroine than Bonnie Parker. And the same thing goes for the concept of the strong man. MLK had the strength of a 100 men. I don't know if movies are getting more violent and if that is having an effect on society. I don't know whether a video of girls beating up another girl on Youtube marks a trend in the greater society or is just an example of aberrant behavior sensationalized by a media hungry for sensationalist stories. I just know that a true hero or heroine to me is someone who uses their strength of heart and mind, instead of their gun or their fists. I don't know if those qualities are admired today, however.

the Cleopatra-inspired asp murders of the mid-60s?

Damn you, Liz Taylor!

So, do sitcoms make Americans funnier? (The Eisenhower era would seem to disprove that.)

Has anyone seen an increase in one-eyed people walking around after the "Kill Bill" movies?

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violent movies and boys playing violent video games who grew up to be perfectly normal and not prone to violent behavior. The difference = participatory parenting!!!

based on the ethos of integrity cause CNN to curl up in the fetal position and make pee pee.

Police Woman with Angie Dickinson and Foxy Brown with Pam Grier.