Point of Impact
Would you ever agree to consensual violence? Let me rephrase this; Would you agree to slap a stranger? I would. Apparently, forty people in “The Slap”, a video on YouTube by Max Landis, agreed to be slapped by a stranger. Absolutely no one was pressured, and everyone was hit as hard as they wanted to be hit. Although, it may seem pointless, it is funny. People enjoy the relentless energy of slapping one another. Within the challenge an antagonist captures the values of trust within social interaction amongst a group of willing strangers.
The antagonist in this role is the camera. Basically, you put two people in front of a camera giving them one direction; to slap each other. Nobody else is interrupting. The strangers have
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You have to trust that the person will not hit you harder than asked, make you cry or vigorously hurt you. You have to have trust in yourself to do the same. Most of the participants have never been hit before, slapped, or been in a fight. Not knowing the outcome of someone slapping you is mind boggling. Within the actions of the participants you notice a relationship between the strangers. They embraced the risk and gained personal growth in trusting someone so easily. The consensual violence within the video, takes out the aggression, and gives a more intimate feeling. This is similar to the trust building exercise known as the ‘trust fall’. A trust fall is when a person intentionally allows themselves to fall while relying on another person to catch them. There are many options of the trust fall. You may fall off of a stage while having a group of people catch you or you may choose to just trust one person to catch you. The endless amount of ‘what ifs’ run through your head as you give your trust in someone. Along the way of gaining someone’s trust, a relationship is built between each …show more content…
Walking on to fresh grounds of the unfamiliar; college. I knew for a fact I wasn’t ready. Although, what else is there to do? Why not comply to something and pay an unreasonable amount of money for. An education, is what is on the line. What I find amusing, is that the people in the video are letting strangers slap them for free! They get to experience something unusual for free. Now that I think about it, although we fork out thousands of dollars for school, we do get to encounter unexpected things. Imagine all the stories and memories that we will never forget as we approach graduation. Wonderful, we get some cool stories to tell our kids and may I not forget, a piece of paper that certifies us as a human being with an education. Then afterwards its another new world. The next step of the unknown. Who will ever know what will happen? Unless, you are blessed with some sort of psychic powers, or receive a hallucinogenic that makes you figure out the world; nobody will no what will happen. Its about taking the risk, taking the journey of what could be out there. Next time, think about what could be. Will you know what will happen? No. Neither will
directors film this to show how serious the relationship is starting to develop. They use an up close
What does the term ‘police brutality’ mean to you? ‘Police’ are the men and women dressed in uniform that are supposed to protect us from any danger at any time. They’re who you call when someone is breaking into your house in the middle of night, or even when someone strange is following you home. The word ‘brutality’ is physical violence towards someone. How do those two words sound next to each other?
The first thing I liked about this clip was the girls’ confidence. This greatly had a huge impact on the overall video and on me because these girls were confident with what they were saying. Anybody can say claims and counterclaims regarding what they are speaking for but, if they don’t have a loud, clear and strong
Patrick and Hall in “In Defense of Self and Others” write, "If effective law enforcement is to be maintained, the race must not be to the swift. The fleeing criminal, regardless of his offense, must be considered the author of his own misfortune.” Policemen only use force in response to the situation they are in. Day to day Police men and women have to make difficult choices. The decisions they make often lead to controversy. Two sides are then created. On one side, there are people that believe police are bullies that do as they wish; the other side believes officers act as they see fit and do the best they can to keep the public out of harm's way. “The Etiquette of Police Brutality” by Rion Amalcar Scott represents the first view and
Domestic conflict is the largest single cause of violence in America, yet police have traditionally been reluctant to make arrests for such assaults. In the past decade, however, that reluctance has been overcome, with a 70% increase in arrests for minor assaults, heavily concentrated among low-income and minority groups. Spearheading this nationwide crackdown are the 15 states and the District of Columbia which have adopted unprecedented statutes mandating arrest in cases of misdemeanor domestic battery.
this video has impacted me and what I will take away from this video. Also, what will be
What is police brutality? Police brutality is an act of misconduct done by a member law enforcement through the use of an extreme amount of force to physically, mentally, or emotionally attack a member of society. Many law enforcement officers, those sworn to protect and serve, have abused their rights and authority to ferociously assault and manipulate citizens, even if they were innocent. Citizens who have been attacked have been left with physical and emotional scars that can never go away; in some cases, it has even caused death. In a report by David Packman, prepared for the Cato Institute in 2011, states that 247 deaths were linked to police misconduct cases.(Packman 2011)
•1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men in the United States have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner.
There are many different types of domestic violence. Physical abuse is the most obvious form, but this is not to say that outsiders always recognize it. Generally, physical violence causes bodily harm, using a variety of methods. Slapping, pushing, throwing, hitting, punching, and strangling are only a few methods. An object or weapon may or may not be used. There is not always physical evidence of physical abuse such as bruising, bleeding, scratches, bumps, etc., therefore, absence of physical marks does not necessarily mean physical abuse had not occurred. Physical abuse sometimes escalates to murder (Morris and Biehl 7, Haley 14-17).
Beginning with the fatalistic discourse utilized by my family, peers, and educators, I internalized such thoughts, and implicitly understood that, quite naturally, I would make the predestined transition to college from high school. Finding
“Sometimes they threaten you with something- something you can’t stand up to, can’t even think about. And then you say ‘Don’t do it to me, do it to somebody else, do it to so-and-so.’ And perhaps you might pretend, afterwards, that it was only a trick and that you just said it to make them stop and didn’t really mean it. But that isn’t true. At the time when it happens you do mean it. You think there’s no other way of saving yourself and you’re quite ready to save yourself that way. You want it to happen to the other person. You don’t give
The earliest literature reference to domestic violence against men can be found in the studies of Suzanne Steinmetz (1977,1978) entitled, “The Battered Husband Syndrome.” She hypothesizes that the incidents of husband-on-wife beatings rivals the incidents of wife perpetrated batterings, and that it was husband abuse not wife abuse that was underreported form of domestic violence. Steinmetz used two United States populations, a broadband nonrepresentative group and a random sample in New Castle, Delaware in the form of police reports and family surveys. The small study found only small differences in the percent of men and women who resorted to violence in the context of pushing, shoving, or hitting with hands or an object. This suggested early on that domestic violence is not a one way street. Husband beating is a serious issue and needs attention due to the fact that it is grossly underreported. Steinmetz received numerous criticism from her colleagues on this concept. In later studies, Murray Straus, Richard Gelles, and Suzanne Steinmetz (1980), authors of the book, Behind Closed Doors: Violence in The American Family, supports Steinmetz’s earlier studies in finding that women acted violently during marital affairs compared to a similar number of men who act violently in the United States. The study used 2,413 family surveys, finding in majority of them that the level of violence was a mutual or bilateral activity, with only 27% of cases finding that husbands were the
Our existence can be illustrated by envisioning a painter who is fabricating a painting. As the painter begins to use the soft brush, its thistles with each movement construct systems and subsystems that are elaborately woven together to display biased perception of ourselves. Consequently, a misguided stroke may alter an exceptional piece of art turning it into a catastrophe. Regrettably, this metaphor unveils the misfortune that can occur in the lives of numerous individuals. Comparatively, like the painter who can be consumed by adversity, a victim of domestic violence with one misstep can eradicate his/her own life.
The antagonist is the character or force that represents the opposition to the protagonist and is the source for conflict. Mr. Woodifield plays the roll of the antagonist in “The Fly”. He is a former employee of the boss who comes by the office to visit once a week. The two men usually talk, catch up, and enjoy each other’s company. Mr. Woodifield is not in great health because of a stroke. The boss is five years older than him and is illustrated as being in much better shape. “Poor old chap, he's on his last pins, thought the boss”
Domestic violence is an act of abusive behavior inflicted by someone in your household. The film No one would tell (1996) is about an abusive relationship that takes place outside of the home but was most likely influenced by domestic abuse. Stacy Collins, who is sixteen met and started dating a popular jockey named Bobby Tennison who went to her school. At first, everything seems perfect, but it ends up taking a turn for the worse. Bobby grew more and more abusive throughout the film and ended up murdering Stacy. The movie is based on a true story and teaches how hard it is to detect abuse, and how hard it can be to leave an abusive relationship.