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4. Or is the real question why television avoided the subject

Reply to ismnotwasm (Original post)

Sun Jun 28, 2015, 09:55 AM

Jun 2015

for all of those years?

There is an uptick in extreme violence on television--not just fistfights and gunplay, but torture, beheadings as well as graphic rape scenes.

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The truth about TV’s rape obsession: How we struggle with the broken myths of masculinity [View all] ismnotwasm Jun 2015 OP

I'd speculate that rage is on the increase... malthaussen Jun 2015 #1

I couldn't have "speculated" better myself.. ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #2

Very interesting article gollygee Jun 2015 #3

Or is the real question why television avoided the subject geek tragedy Jun 2015 #4