> I agree that this photograph is shocking and part of me wishes I had never > seen it. I hope that the picture's publication did not cause increased > harm to the woman concerned. However, although I wish I could erase the > memory of the photo, I am drawn to the faces of the men surrounding her. > None look like horrible people - although their actions are horrible. > They are happy, laughing....If her image was taken out of the picture, > their faces could be those at any social occasion. What on earth were > they thinking? Where was their concern? What justified anger would they > feel if somehow they were the one being treated that way? > > I also wonder what they think of women the rest of the time? I believe > that violence against women is an extension of the continuum of thought in > the perpetrator. I don't know what the answer is but maybe, as well as > bringing the perpetrators of violence to justice, we should stop > tolerating the abuses that occur in social interaction. > > I would also like to hear other reactions. > Lynn Greaves > Public Health Services > Regina Health District > 2110 Hamilton St > Regina, SK S4P 2E3 Canada > 306-766-7903 Fax 306-766-7798 > [log in to unmask] > > ---------- > From: <Christina Fuller>[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Health Promotion on the Internet > Sent: April 25, 2002 8:57 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Subject: FW: SEXUAL ASSAULT PHOTO WINS AWARD: SHOULD > WE LOOK? > > Hello all, > > A picture is worth a thousand words, don't you think? My initial > reaction to > this picture is, as I am sure the same as you, outrage, anger, > anger, anger, > disgust! Angry at those men, the person who took the picture, the > person who > placed it on this list serv...I wish the disclaimer to the photo had > been a > little more clear in what was contained in that picture! I don't > think that > this picture should have been entered in a photo competition, and I > don't think > it should have won. > > While I also don't think that is should be used in efforts to raise > consciousness, > I'm torn in this because nothing has stirred my emotions like this > in a long > time. Is that a good thing? I don't know. It has spurred > conversations and > emotions in my life about sexual violence against women that I've > never had. > I'm torn. I'd like to hear what other people think..? > > > Christina Fuller > MA Student, Community Psychology > Wilfrid Laurier University > Ontario, Canada > > > > > Send one line: unsubscribe click4hp to: [log in to unmask] to unsubscribe See: http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/click4hp.html to alter your subscription