rape flicks
a long time ago i remember reading an article about movies in india. the claim was that they all had an obligatory rape scene. so it's really not surprising that india has a rape problem. one could reasonably leap to the conclusion that film and reality are related in this respect. though it's not clear which way the cause and effect go. do movies have rape scenes because rape is an expected part of daily life in india? or did the movies influence the culture? or is it a positive feedback thing where each feeds on the other? kind like global warming. i don't have the data to do anything other than conjecture. but it seems like if india wants to walk with the civilized countries of the world, having a nice long sit down with the movie industry seems like a pretty good (and obvious) start.