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Date Posted: 14:03:42 05/05/03 Mon
Author: warren
Subject: Re: TV Free

>Assurance of others that aren't codependent on T.V. is
>pretty much the same reason I made this board. I know
>a few people off the net that don't watch much, but I
>thought I'd try this too and see what happens.
>
>I think it's boring, but actually what really worries
>me is I think people forget that T.V. is a rather
>skewed version of the world. It's an easy way to get
>information, but it's just an industry the goal is to
>make money, it's not meant to be realistic.
>
>I think women are missing the substance of a big
>problem, in how the media overwhelms them with
>mentally and physically unhealthy images of who
>they're expected to be. It causes men to start having
>the same expectations I think, though since we aren't
>the subject matter we can still sort of ignore it a
>little. I think T.V. has a tendency to simplify and
>stereotype everything, and there's a stereotyped idea
>of what men are supposed to be as well that's not
>good. But naturally, most of the media doesn't help us
>out on these issues. I'm on the last few pages of a
>book by Susan Bordo that talks about this sort of
>thing a lot, the whole book was really impressive.
>
>
>I agree with you about kids and violence too. Cartoons
>are pretty violent, and I'm not sure they bother me as
>much, I don't think they try to pretend they're
>representing real life. They use animals instead of
>people half the time. But that might be outdated, I
>haven't seen many cartoons recently.
>
>Do you think video games are a bad influence? In
>general they don't really bother me much. I think
>movies are maybe marginally better too, I think a
>little more thought goes into some of them.
>
>
>Thanks for posting, it was interesting to hear from
>you.
>
>
>>Thank you for creating a discussion group for those
>>that aren't codependent on TV. I found a link to your
>>discussion board on turnoffyourtv.com (which I
>>occasionally turn to for assurance that there is at
>>least one other person out there that recognizes how
>>degrading and violent tv can be). I've been tv-free
>>for approx 17 years.
>>
>>Personally, I find tv extremely boring and can't
>>imagine having so much expendable time in my life that
>>I would want to donate it to something so mindless &
>>offensive. I think women have taken a giant step
>>backwards in society through the medias ever present
>>portrayal of them as objects. Hollywood appears to be
>>raising a whole generation of girls on the idea that
>>for a woman to be successful and admired in life she
>>should disrobe as much as possible. Isn't that what
>>all of the popular actresses and musicians (Brittany
>>Spears, etc) do on tv and in the movies?
>>we want more violence on t.v.
>>Also, should we find it surprising that children shoot
>>each other without thinking twice about it? They see
>>it all the time on tv. Cool guys with tatoos,
>>muscles, and a cigarette in mouth shoot people on tv.
>>What they don't see is reality of life behind bars
>>afterwards or the mourning that a family goes through
>>as a result of such actions. If tv ever tried to
>>portray this, I'm sure they would give it about 10
>>seconds at most.

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