newspapers and radio, brought us together with television, and now serves us worldwide

via the ever popular Internet. It is the mass media, and even from the earliest days of

existence, it has contributed greatly in ways that both enlighten and enrich society, and

ways that deteriorate and perplex it. It is not a surprise to learn, then, the mass media is

the most powerful source of information we have, and nothing else in today's world

influences public perception quite as heavily.

Unfortunately, however, most of what is broadcasted or transmitted in the news

today is with reference to the chaotic condition of our planet, or something else that

society as a whole sees as detrimental or damaging. But the news on television is not the

only type of media taking the criticism of society. Other forms of mass media, specifically

movies and television programs containing pornography and violence have also been

heavily criticized. The underlining concept to be debated here is that society has been

negatively influenced, specifically, by these images of pornography and the result is

organizations because it seemingly singles out females for their bodies. It should be well

would men want to be exposed to it. To suppose that pornography makes men "go over

magazines displaying only ears, for example, or a nose, or a pair of feet? The reason is a

Cumberbatch 1975:80). The study was conducted over a three week period over which

only ones who enjoy fantasizing about sex. Women also enjoy pondering about sex; just

when groups of women were shown erotic scenes involving rape, their reactions to the

called "Sweet Savagery" (rape), just as pornography depicts females as sexual objects.

legally partake in them. And if we do ban pornography and violence, will it stop there? In

involved. Actual laboratory experiments (Hawkins, Zimring 1988:103) have shown that

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