What do you think of sexual violence in movies?

Sexual violence elements are not uncommon in movies, but in many movies, such elements are implanted with ulterior motives and are offensive. I agree that the display of sexual violence is not necessary in movies.

For a long time in the past, the analysis of the psychological motivations of sexual assault has received unprecedented attention from the mainstream public. Although men can use their own strength and influence to attract women to have sexual relations with them voluntarily, they are not satisfied with this, and will still deliberately take advantage of women through various forceful means. This obviously has nothing to do with physical needs, but the satisfaction of a desire for control; men who violate women are not monsters you only see in thriller movies, but just people who want to have power and control over women.

In "Graduation Storm", a girl becomes the victim of an attempted rape. But the rest of the film doesn’t focus so much on her experiences and trauma, instead focusing on the tug-of-war between her father and Romania’s intricately corrupt political system. The audience will soon discover that the sexual assault plot in this movie is just a means of showing the torture of the main character in order to promote the development of the plot. The Salesman tells the story of an angry husband who tracks down a man who violated his wife. As the victim, the wife's personal experience and mental journey have been greatly weakened and ignored in the film.

The MeToo movement has brought a lot of attention to sexual harassment and gender inequality in the workplace. We hope that the film industry will also pay attention to this issue in the future. Many films have drawn people's attention to the motivations of rape and revealed the motivations and psychology of rapists. Sexual assault plots in movies should not just appear as cheap, plot-advancing elements. The aesthetics of violence displayed in the movie clearly reflect that the movie does not intend to deeply explore the act of rape on a personal level, but it focuses on this behavior. the story behind.

It is naturally a good thing that more and more people are consciously resisting sexual harassment, but I hope people can also pay more attention to the sexual violence elements in movies. Films should not only show the act of rape, but also explore the psychological trauma suffered by the victim.

In order to increase people's continued attention to the issue of sexual assault, the elements of sexual violence in movies can no longer be a stepping stone for the development of the plot, and the personal experiences and mental journeys of the victims can no longer be brushed aside. We can only hope that more and more films—whether commercial, independent, or arthouse—will devote more time and energy to focusing on the reality of sexual assault.