насилие и женщины
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maryxmasмеджу делами посмотрела фильму "С меня хватит" с Джей Ло.
ну что я могу сказать. идиотский фильм.
нереалистичный ни на полторы минуты.
я не поверю ни за какие коврижки, что женщина -- после месяца даже самых упорных тренировок (учитывая, что до этого она была простой домохозяйкой) сможет забить мужчину, которому чуть выше помышек. пусть она идеально спланировала всё на местности -- всё равно.
у него руки длиннее, он сильнее -- и намного.
я знаю, что это нереально. не говоря уже о том. что её отпустили без суда и следствия. хотя в реале женщины, убившие мужей при самообороне -- даже если перед этим они не раз и не два обращались в полицию по поводу избиений -- сидят. за предумышленное убийство.
под катом -- статья на Альтернете 'Enough' Is Not Enough, где этот вопрос рассматривается гораздо детальнее.
но я не о том.
'Enough' Is Not Enough
Bernice Yeung, AlterNet
May 23, 2002
In a bloody, glass-shattering fight scene that marks the climax of Enough --
the latest Hollywood "woman-in-jeopardy" flick that opened in theaters on
Friday -- Jennifer Lopez kills her husband.
Enough is the story of Slim (Lopez), a young domestic violence survivor, who
finally strikes back at her violent and abusive husband Mitch. As one of only a
handful of Hollywood films to tackle domestic violence head-on, Enough -- which
has all the trappings of a major blockbuster -- could have helped increase
awareness of a long-neglected social problem. But instead it mostly serves to
fuel popular misconceptions, presenting overly simplistic ideas about domestic
violence. The most damning aspect of the movie is its dangerous message that
violence is the only choice open to battered women. Worse yet, it is completely
inaccurate about the consequences of making that choice.
After she delivers the lethal punch that launches Mitch into a glass dining
table, Slim calls the police, looking remorseful and shocked as she waits for
authorities to arrive. But rather than deal with the consequences of her
actions, the film cuts quickly to the final scene where Slim, looking lovely
and calm, is reunited with her young daughter at a bustling airport, presumably
to live happily ever after, Hollywood-style.
Enough's tagline is "Self defense is not murder." But in the name of
self-defense, the movie shows Slim deliberately planning the murder of her
husband. The result is a misleading and potentially damaging message of what
really happens to battered women who kill their abusers. The heroine of Enough
is able to evade all criminal and emotional consequences for her actions,
unlike the estimated 1,000 women who are serving long prison sentences for
killing their batterers.
"The movie both helps and hurts our message [which is] that survivors often act
in self-defense," says Olivia Wang, an attorney with the California Coalition
of Battered Women in Prison. "It [helps because it] promotes the message that
domestic violence can be deadly, and that many survivors only have two choices:
kill or be killed."
What hurts is the message that killing your batterer has no downside. "The
audience walks away thinking Slim is a free woman, which is totally
unrealistic. She would almost definitely be convicted of first-degree murder,"
Wang says. She also worries that some people will use the movie as a reason to
get tough on survivors who defend themselves. "I think this movie will play
upon the fears that allowing women to claim self-defense is like giving them a
license to kill, which simply is not the case," she says.
In the film, the audience begins to understand the terror of domestic violence
as Mitch stalks Slim, who flees from city to city with her young daughter. Slim
first tries to protect herself by learning martial arts, but soon she begins to
act in ways that go beyond mere self-defense. A few days before a child custody
hearing, Slim silently and skillfully breaks into her husband's swanky loft. In
preparation for a violent encounter, she hides his knives and guns,
short-circuits the lighting and changes into steel-toed boots. When Mitch
returns home, Slim challenges him to a fight and then uses a mere month of
martial arts training to beat her unsuspecting abuser into a bloody pulp.
After watching Mitch beat and stalk Slim throughout the film, Slim's bloody
retaliation offers the audience a visceral sense of satisfaction: the bad guy
finally gets his due. But the scene also equates empowerment with violence.
"It's important to empower women through physical movement if it helps them to
be safe," says Dr. Diana Rios, a professor of Communication Sciences at the
University of Connecticut. "But what Slim is doing is buying into violence as a
solution."
Vera Anderson, whose book "A Woman Like You" chronicles the stories of
imprisoned survivors (and which Lopez reportedly read for research on her role
as Slim), agrees. "The idea of taking control of your life, that's a great
message to send out," she says. "But the way this film ends, with Slim lying in
wait [to kill her husband] does a disservice to all the women who are sitting
in prison for killing their husbands, those who were in danger and who were, in
that moment, desperate."
An estimated 18,000 women are killed by their batterers nationwide every year.
Henrietta Briones was convicted of second-degree murder for shooting her
boyfriend to death in Southern California in January 1986 -- even though she
could make a better case for self-defense than Slim.
Briones' boyfriend, Larry Daniels, beat her up at least four times a week. She
left Daniels after a year and a half, but could not get rid of him. When he
found out that she had a new boyfriend, he attacked her again in a jealous
rage, breaking a glass bottle over her head. A few days later, Daniels forced
his way into Briones' apartment, pulled out a pistol, threatening to come back
later and kill her. As he left, she picked up a rifle that Daniels had left
behind and followed him into the courtyard. When he began walking toward her
with the pistol in his hand, she shot him in the chest.
Briones, who had no previous criminal history, was booked for murder and later
sentenced to life in prison. Today, more than 16 years later, she is still at
the Correctional Institution for Women in Southern California, hoping for
parole. There is no Hollywood ending to Briones' story.
"[The film is] a great opportunity to start talking about these issues, but I
hope that people will acknowledge that thousands of women are sitting in prison
for doing what Slim did in the movie," says Wang. "And some of these women will
probably be in prison for the rest of their lives."
Bernice Yeung is a San Francisco-based journalist.
вот взять, к примеру, фильм "Долорес Клейборн" с великолепной Кэти Бейтс. по нежно любимому мною Кингу. вот там всё реалистично до предела.
и я знаю наверняка, что за своего ребёнка я порву в клочья. в кровавые ошмётки. но только тогда, когда эта опасность будет реально существовать.
а за себя -- нет. не буду. это я уже тоже знаю.
ну что я могу сказать. идиотский фильм.
нереалистичный ни на полторы минуты.
я не поверю ни за какие коврижки, что женщина -- после месяца даже самых упорных тренировок (учитывая, что до этого она была простой домохозяйкой) сможет забить мужчину, которому чуть выше помышек. пусть она идеально спланировала всё на местности -- всё равно.
у него руки длиннее, он сильнее -- и намного.
я знаю, что это нереально. не говоря уже о том. что её отпустили без суда и следствия. хотя в реале женщины, убившие мужей при самообороне -- даже если перед этим они не раз и не два обращались в полицию по поводу избиений -- сидят. за предумышленное убийство.
под катом -- статья на Альтернете 'Enough' Is Not Enough, где этот вопрос рассматривается гораздо детальнее.
но я не о том.
'Enough' Is Not Enough
Bernice Yeung, AlterNet
May 23, 2002
In a bloody, glass-shattering fight scene that marks the climax of Enough --
the latest Hollywood "woman-in-jeopardy" flick that opened in theaters on
Friday -- Jennifer Lopez kills her husband.
Enough is the story of Slim (Lopez), a young domestic violence survivor, who
finally strikes back at her violent and abusive husband Mitch. As one of only a
handful of Hollywood films to tackle domestic violence head-on, Enough -- which
has all the trappings of a major blockbuster -- could have helped increase
awareness of a long-neglected social problem. But instead it mostly serves to
fuel popular misconceptions, presenting overly simplistic ideas about domestic
violence. The most damning aspect of the movie is its dangerous message that
violence is the only choice open to battered women. Worse yet, it is completely
inaccurate about the consequences of making that choice.
After she delivers the lethal punch that launches Mitch into a glass dining
table, Slim calls the police, looking remorseful and shocked as she waits for
authorities to arrive. But rather than deal with the consequences of her
actions, the film cuts quickly to the final scene where Slim, looking lovely
and calm, is reunited with her young daughter at a bustling airport, presumably
to live happily ever after, Hollywood-style.
Enough's tagline is "Self defense is not murder." But in the name of
self-defense, the movie shows Slim deliberately planning the murder of her
husband. The result is a misleading and potentially damaging message of what
really happens to battered women who kill their abusers. The heroine of Enough
is able to evade all criminal and emotional consequences for her actions,
unlike the estimated 1,000 women who are serving long prison sentences for
killing their batterers.
"The movie both helps and hurts our message [which is] that survivors often act
in self-defense," says Olivia Wang, an attorney with the California Coalition
of Battered Women in Prison. "It [helps because it] promotes the message that
domestic violence can be deadly, and that many survivors only have two choices:
kill or be killed."
What hurts is the message that killing your batterer has no downside. "The
audience walks away thinking Slim is a free woman, which is totally
unrealistic. She would almost definitely be convicted of first-degree murder,"
Wang says. She also worries that some people will use the movie as a reason to
get tough on survivors who defend themselves. "I think this movie will play
upon the fears that allowing women to claim self-defense is like giving them a
license to kill, which simply is not the case," she says.
In the film, the audience begins to understand the terror of domestic violence
as Mitch stalks Slim, who flees from city to city with her young daughter. Slim
first tries to protect herself by learning martial arts, but soon she begins to
act in ways that go beyond mere self-defense. A few days before a child custody
hearing, Slim silently and skillfully breaks into her husband's swanky loft. In
preparation for a violent encounter, she hides his knives and guns,
short-circuits the lighting and changes into steel-toed boots. When Mitch
returns home, Slim challenges him to a fight and then uses a mere month of
martial arts training to beat her unsuspecting abuser into a bloody pulp.
After watching Mitch beat and stalk Slim throughout the film, Slim's bloody
retaliation offers the audience a visceral sense of satisfaction: the bad guy
finally gets his due. But the scene also equates empowerment with violence.
"It's important to empower women through physical movement if it helps them to
be safe," says Dr. Diana Rios, a professor of Communication Sciences at the
University of Connecticut. "But what Slim is doing is buying into violence as a
solution."
Vera Anderson, whose book "A Woman Like You" chronicles the stories of
imprisoned survivors (and which Lopez reportedly read for research on her role
as Slim), agrees. "The idea of taking control of your life, that's a great
message to send out," she says. "But the way this film ends, with Slim lying in
wait [to kill her husband] does a disservice to all the women who are sitting
in prison for killing their husbands, those who were in danger and who were, in
that moment, desperate."
An estimated 18,000 women are killed by their batterers nationwide every year.
Henrietta Briones was convicted of second-degree murder for shooting her
boyfriend to death in Southern California in January 1986 -- even though she
could make a better case for self-defense than Slim.
Briones' boyfriend, Larry Daniels, beat her up at least four times a week. She
left Daniels after a year and a half, but could not get rid of him. When he
found out that she had a new boyfriend, he attacked her again in a jealous
rage, breaking a glass bottle over her head. A few days later, Daniels forced
his way into Briones' apartment, pulled out a pistol, threatening to come back
later and kill her. As he left, she picked up a rifle that Daniels had left
behind and followed him into the courtyard. When he began walking toward her
with the pistol in his hand, she shot him in the chest.
Briones, who had no previous criminal history, was booked for murder and later
sentenced to life in prison. Today, more than 16 years later, she is still at
the Correctional Institution for Women in Southern California, hoping for
parole. There is no Hollywood ending to Briones' story.
"[The film is] a great opportunity to start talking about these issues, but I
hope that people will acknowledge that thousands of women are sitting in prison
for doing what Slim did in the movie," says Wang. "And some of these women will
probably be in prison for the rest of their lives."
Bernice Yeung is a San Francisco-based journalist.
вот взять, к примеру, фильм "Долорес Клейборн" с великолепной Кэти Бейтс. по нежно любимому мною Кингу. вот там всё реалистично до предела.
и я знаю наверняка, что за своего ребёнка я порву в клочья. в кровавые ошмётки. но только тогда, когда эта опасность будет реально существовать.
а за себя -- нет. не буду. это я уже тоже знаю.
