I received the following e-mail today, which seems to be related to this thread.
"In order to educate the freshman population about sexual assault/rape, and to satisfy a grant, I would like to present to your class (es) information about the media's portrayal of women. The program is a good one developed by the Arkansas Commission on Child Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence and is titled " Media, Women and Violence. The intent is to educate and teach the students to be critical thinkers." Concerns about the media's portrayal of women have been raised on this list, and I assume that the basis for these concerns is that treating women like sex objects, rather than humans, can lead to (read, "cause") violence towards women. Today, we have been exposed to some "critical thinking" about the connection between sexual lyrics in music and early sexual activity. Do you think this is the type of critical thinking that would be encouraged in the program that is offered? As an extreme example, we know that sex offenders collect pornography so, clearly, pornography must encourage sexual offenses. Right??? BTW, NBC didn't go back to Elvis on tonight's news, but they did harken back to the good-old-days, when Mick was singing, "Let's Spend the Night Together." Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology & Counseling University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR 72035 --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
