Seriously

[jmtorres]

I am not sure if it is merely symptomatic of film in America or society in general or if my professor's selections of movies to analyze for gender are skewed a particular way but jesus christ I would like to be able to write an essay about film without talking about rape.

Like, not even rape culture. Just specific incidences of rape or sexual assault.

What the fuck.

Comments

[copracat]

I used to be mad for the local film festival. Haven't been for the past few years because all the abuse of women got me down. Fancy. Maybe the new festival director will institute a change of theme?

[klia]

What films did he choose? I'm imagining all kinds of horrible stuff!

Honestly, I think it would be fantastic if you could write a paper incorporating your opinion of misogyny/sexism/male entitlement over women's bodies in American film, as well as your professor's skewed taste (and, how great would it be if you could point him to cereta's recent rant about rape and the resulting gazillion comments/discussions?). Because the last thing anyone needs is to have our existing rape culture validated in any way.