Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Media and Antisocial Behaivors

There are may shows that have no problem with portraying how they treat women, good or bad. This is a problem for boys growing up and even men. If you look back 50 years ago and compare how men treat women now to how they did then it's a completely different. Although, there are those who do treat women with respect and are still gentlemen, it's not uncommon to see a guy just drop a door on a girl and not hold it open for her. Years ago a guy would never speak to a woman using curse words or degrading words. However, times have changes and now some men do not think twice about how they speak and who is around.
The same goes for women too, I can just be walking in the grocery store and hear vulgar language being spoke by girls. This would have been completely unacceptable just 20 to 30 years ago. The media has a lot to do with both of these habits that have evolved over the years. Naturally, the human brain learns from what they see and how much they view it. Therefore, if we are constantly watching and hearing vulgar language on TV and how men are speaking to women it's only natural that a human picks up on it. Whether or not they decided it's okay to imitate the actions seen is a different story, but I think it is safe to say that there are many TV shows and movies that display very inappropriate behavior by both men and women but because we see it so much it doesn't seem inappropriate anymore but just the norm.
Take for instance a show that has become very popular over the past few years, Jersey Shore. If any of you have watched it the way all of them act is in no way a good influence on anyone, but it's still watched by millions of viewers. I admit I do watch it occasionally because like most people who watch it it is entertaining. But for the most part I think everyone can agree that their behavior is not what you would call lady like or gentlemen like.
The guys on the show literally compete over girls and how many they can hook up with, what kind of influence is this on teenage boys growing up? And the girls on that show aren't any better with the way they talk and dress. However, none of this is look at as weird or out of the norm in today's society because it's simply how guys and girls now act. Instead "weird" is a girl or guy who saves herself for marriage, or doesn't hook up with someone on their first date.
The media has changed so much over the years to what was not acceptable to be viewed on TV now is. It is safe to say a lot of what is seen on TV produces antisocial behaviors on many people.

1 comment:

  1. I really enjoyed this blog because I see things like this on an everyday basis. I think shows like you mentioned really do effect teens and influence them negatively. Sadly however, like you said, it is the norm in today's society.

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