In his essay, “Video Games Are Responsible for Increased Youth Violence,” author Ron Moten uses his experience working with troubled teenagers to uncover the negative effects of violent media. The problem he identifies is that violent media is responsible for desensitizing youth to violence, hence increasing crime in our society. Motten assumes his readers are educated and sympathetic, but uninformed of the threats posed by violent media. His purpose in his essay is to raise awareness of a connection between violent media and increased crime in society and to convince the audience that violent media needs to be regulated by laws. To achieve his purpose, Moten mainly uses ethos to appeal to his readers.
Pornography Is Harmful To Women and Children Let it be known that the purpose of this paper is to argue that pornography is harmful to society, but more specifically women and children. Unlike any other media representation of sex and sexuality, pornography within our postmodern society has become a cultural category of significance. The typical seediness has somewhat become lost but replaced by a society that mainly focuses sexual imagery in almost everything everyone sees. High contents of sexual imagery is used in the advertising and music industries as well as a number of late night television shows. This sudden shift in people’s attitudes towards the use of certain sexual and erotic images in today’s society raises a number of questions that need to be answered in order to better understand the harms it does to society.
Próspero brings up previous theories that suggest masculinity could be learned by other genders, including women and even LGBT populations, especially if these traits were valued in that society (such as excessive aggressiveness)(2008, 640-641). In his study, he found the gender of the perpetrator had effects on the type of intimate partner violence (644). Erbaugh makes another crucial observation when she remarks, “Isolation is a central tactic of abuse.” (453). The abusers take away the victim’s support network, encouraging co-dependence and leaving them nowhere to turn, socially, physically, economically. Not only is this abuser their familiarity, but they will be forced to give that up frequently for nothing familiar.
In Gerard Jones’ article “Violent Media is Good for Kids”, Jones identifies the ability to use violence in media sources as an outlet for children’s aggression by relating his own personal story with research on his opinion of the subject. Jones targets an audience that believes in the idea that children need a healthy channel for their anger. He quotes Melanie Moore, Ph.D., a teen psychologist who believes that, “children need violent entertainment in order to explore the inescapable feelings that they’ve been taught to deny, and to reintegrate those feelings into a more whole, more complex, more resilient selfhood” (Jones 59). Although Jones addresses the fact that the violence in entertainment is most definitely not harmless and has very
In her article, “Allowing Speech Concerning Child Abuse Is More Likely to remedy Abuse than Perpetuate It”, Marci Hamilton argues that allowing computer generated child pornography will help people understand and deal with the problem of sexual child abuse. It is her belief that hiding the problem will only make it worse. We must allow the use of computer generated child pornography as a form of artistic free speech in order to bring the problem to the forefront of public attention. In so doing, we as a nation can deal with the problem of child abuse in all aspects of life. With an understanding of the problem in full view, the nation can condemn the actions of the pedophiles and move on to the healing process for the affected children.
The problem that arises with this is that their kids could try to be rebellious to their parents’ rules and be sexually active. Due to these factors, it shows that the pros outweighs the cons and it would be beneficial to have mandatory sex education classes in middle schools and high schools. By educating the students, we can reduce the amount of unexpected pregnancies and lower the rate of sexually transmitted diseases. Additionally, there are medical benefits reaped from the birth control pill that can make a major impact on someone’s life. For these reasons, it is important to support sex education in the high school
Starting in the 1970s, new patterns of treatment emerged that focused on offenders becoming more self-aware and teaching them to control their high-risk impulses. Current approaches to treating sex offenders include: Cognitive behavioral Counselors and therapists work toward changing sex offenders thoughts and patterns of arousal. Psycho educational Sex offenders often don't realize the impact of their behaviors on non-consenting adults and children. Offenders are made more aware of their responsibility for the acts they commit, and focus is placed on the offender's concern for his or her victim. Pharmacological Medication is used to reduce sexual arousal.
Child Abuse has become a major worldwide issue that can no longer be ignored. In this paper I will be discussing emotional, physical and sexual abuse as well as neglect I will also be exploring historical approaches to abuse, some of the reasons why children are abused as well as the impact it has on a child's development. Ways to prevent abuse will also be discussed and examined..The mistreatment of children is deeply entrenched in history. Violence is a reflection of patriarchal tradition (Mandell, 2001) The mistreatment of children through violent means is not of the dangers of society and teach the child to deal with everyday problems more effectively. (Derrick and Gilbert)There are various associations that are trying to prevent the abuse and
Over time, authorities have began to recognize the differences of child or adolescent sex crimes to that of adults. It is becoming clear that children can be rehabilitated much easier than adults, especially those who are repeat offenders. It is still important to notify communities of any multi-offender who may move into the neighborhood, but those who are labeled on the sex offender web pages should be only those offenders who have a history of repeating his/her illicit actions and could potentially strike again. There are currently countless individuals labeled on the publicly available sex offenders web sites for the rest of their lifetime who simply do not deserve to be. Many people are listed who are not repeat offenders and have no indications to repeat again.
When desensitized to violence, children are prone to act more cruelly without thinking twice about it. For example, “The American Academy of Pediatrics has found that exposure to violence in media, including in books, can impact kids by making them act aggressively and desensitizing them to violence”(procon.org). The exposure will change how children react to other situations for the rest of his/her life. This same article from procon.org also talks about how some books should not be accessible to children and teens. Certain books may contain inappropriate language, violence, or drugs which can have lifelong effects on young readers.