A friend posted this link on my FB feed. I found it disturbing to say the least. It's basically a report of a study done where a random group of men where given a series of quotes, some from a men's mag, and some from convicted rapists. Not only were they mostly unable to distinguish which quote came from which source, they also tended to identify more with the quotes given by convicted rapists (although they were under the impression the quotes were really from a men's mag).
What are your thoughts?
http://www2.surrey.ac.uk/mediacentre...e_language.htm
BTW - my favorite quote from the article:
"Dr Peter Hegarty, of the University of Surrey’s Psychology Department, added: “There is a fundamental concern that the content of such magazines normalises the treatment of women as sexual objects. We are not killjoys or prudes who think that there should be no sexual information and media for young people. But are teenage boys and young men best prepared for fulfilling love and sex when they normalise views about women that are disturbingly close to those mirrored in the language of sexual offenders?”"



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