Richmond HIgh School Rape

http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_13669616?nclick_check=1


Rather than blaming the community of Richmond, or the boys who are responsible for the crime, the article addresses the blame of the heinous act on the American culture and its lack of respect for women. The author evidently is appalled by the bystanders who did not attempt to seek help during the event of the crime, and simply were laughing and taking pictures for two hours. She censures them as being “inhuman” and “twisted”, and attributes the cause for their callousness as the result of the tainted influence of the media. She argues that the disrespect for women is ingrained in the society, and the younger generation is especially heavily influenced by it. The article directly condemns movies and video games for incorporating violence, and corrupted portrayals of women as whores and men as warriors. The massive exposures to porn for boys influence their images of women as degraded sexual objects. The article serves validity to a certain extent, but her exaggerated and heavily biased arguments to denounce the younger generation as a whole as being naïve individuals who emulate everything they see in the media may provoke discontent among young readers. Personally, I think she effectively identified many good points, for which many people were unaware of.