Violence has been a major issue since the dawn of time. You can see acts of violence anywhere and everywhere. If you turn on your television you will find violence on most channels from animal violence to cartoon violence and violence towards people. We live in a world where violence is a source of entertainment. We watch men and even women competing and fighting to win some sort of title and money. We also watch our favorite animated characters undergo acts of violence that would kill a normal human. But where does our love for violence end? Watching television violence is one thing but the violence that exists in our actual lives is much worse. Black men are beaten by police officers when they are unarmed and pose no threat. Women are sexually assaulted by men as well as beaten by their own boyfriends and/or husbands.

I read an article titled Dead girls, killer ratings: “Game of Thrones,” “True Detective” and TV’s epidemic of violence against women, where the author, Anna March, discusses the violence towards women as portrayed in popular TV shows. March talks about her time as a child where she was not allowed to watch the reruns of The Brady Bunch with her friends because her mother forbade it because of the cliches of women portrayed in the show (March). March also discusses how many detective shows are about women violence and how women are always the victim with most episodes about women being raped then killed or beaten to death by their partner (March). Violence towards women is a serious subject for feminist. Making people aware of the violence towards women as a problem that is overlooked is what feminist are trying to do. In March’s article she understands that people find these shows entertaining but she refuses to join those people because she believes it is not helping make the violence towards women as serious as it is (March).

In conclusion violence is all around us. You can see it on TV as well as on the streets. Violence is an issue that women all across the world are affected by. Feminist are battling the violence towards women on a daily basis hoping the one day they can put an end to it. In March’s article about the violence towards women in TV she addresses these issues. Life is not easy for anyone but it is much tougher for some than it is for others.

Sources:

March, Anna. Dead girls, killer ratings: “Game of Thrones,” “True Detective” and TV’s epidemic of

violence against women. The Rumpus. April 14, 2015. Web.

http://www.salon.com/2015/04/14/dead_women_killer_ratings_game_of_thrones_true_detective_and_tvs_epidemic_of_violence_against_women_partner/