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I am a 20 year old female, studyin a joint degree in Social care and Criminal Justice. Being Bad was not my first choice in modules, however i have come to find the modulevery intresting, and brilliantly taught. Within the lectures there is loads of time to share opinions, to discuss thoughts, and to debate arguements. The modules covers a wide range of students fom different degree's which i thought was good.
I think there could of been more group work, and the lectures should have been only an hour long, and there was also no seminar. I didnt like how the lecture was on so late 6-8, i feel like this late in the day intrest was easily last.
I thought the work load in this module was very managable, and i liked the way it was cut down into 3 assessments.
Thursday, 8 May 2008
Masturbation
Masturbation
When i looked at the lecture hand out and seen that there was to be a lecture on masturbation i thought "oh my god".
However the lecture was very intresting and i was suprised by the answers on the sheets were made by women.
I think men openly talk/brag and joke around about masterbation whereas women find it a very embarrasing topic, and like to keep wether or not they masturbate to themselves.
Masterbation is a normal safe and common thng to participate in.
Jocelyn Elder has said about masturbation that it,
"Is something that is part of human sexuality aand its part of somthing that prehaps should be taught"
http://www.afraidtoask.com/masturbate/History.htm
However the lecture was very intresting and i was suprised by the answers on the sheets were made by women.
I think men openly talk/brag and joke around about masterbation whereas women find it a very embarrasing topic, and like to keep wether or not they masturbate to themselves.
Masterbation is a normal safe and common thng to participate in.
Jocelyn Elder has said about masturbation that it,
"Is something that is part of human sexuality aand its part of somthing that prehaps should be taught"
http://www.afraidtoask.com/masturbate/History.htm
Comment 4
Comment 4
Tattoos and piercings are personal preferanc however having a tattoo i feel is just disfiguring the body, and nowadays it is unique not to have at least one tattoo. Regardless of how pretty it may look at the time, in years to come you are goin to be left with an unflattering blob of ink where the skin has streched, how nice will it look to be sat in a rocking chair covered in tatoos. Piercing are going to the extreme nowaday, an when people become bored with them or they grow out of there phase they to will have a disfigured body ful of holes, how sexy is that.
Tattoos and piercings are personal preferanc however having a tattoo i feel is just disfiguring the body, and nowadays it is unique not to have at least one tattoo. Regardless of how pretty it may look at the time, in years to come you are goin to be left with an unflattering blob of ink where the skin has streched, how nice will it look to be sat in a rocking chair covered in tatoos. Piercing are going to the extreme nowaday, an when people become bored with them or they grow out of there phase they to will have a disfigured body ful of holes, how sexy is that.
Religion
Religion
Although i have been christianed a christian, i class myself now 20 to not have a belief, as i do not attend church, and i am unsure as to whether or not i believe in faith or not, or wether there is a good or not with all the bad behaviour which is happening in the world. Anyway back to my point, labeling your self a 'christian' or a 'catholic' is very easy, however showing commitment to what you label your self is what determines you as to what your true to. Being christian or catholic is believing in your religon, going to church and making decisions around your faith. Even though im christianed a christan i do not see myself a christian as i do not practise the faith or attend church.I agree, religion is ment to give people a piece of mind, making them feel safe and loved however religion seems to also bring war and hatrid.
www.bodyandmind.co.za/.../World_Religion2.gif
comment 2
Comment 2
I agree totally. We are told to be truth and honest however froma young age we are pumped with lies that there is a santa. So even going to the extreme of letting there children leave mince pies outsde, and trying to foo there child with 'fake' santa suit.It maybe is taking away the fun of christmas, however when the santa bubble is final burst the child is indeed going to feel ver diheartend. Christmas nowadays i feel is not built around santa, and is just a gimmick for more presents, and more material things.i agree that it is a pressure from society, because as much a i would not want to lie to my child about christmas, society around us leads the way with every other child knowing/believing/being told the miff.
I agree totally. We are told to be truth and honest however froma young age we are pumped with lies that there is a santa. So even going to the extreme of letting there children leave mince pies outsde, and trying to foo there child with 'fake' santa suit.It maybe is taking away the fun of christmas, however when the santa bubble is final burst the child is indeed going to feel ver diheartend. Christmas nowadays i feel is not built around santa, and is just a gimmick for more presents, and more material things.i agree that it is a pressure from society, because as much a i would not want to lie to my child about christmas, society around us leads the way with every other child knowing/believing/being told the miff.
Comment 1
Comment 1
I am a smoker and believd that people have all the information they need to realise smoking is bad behaviour and is not good for there health. However all the information in the world will not make an indiidual smoke until there ready to
I am a smoker and believd that people have all the information they need to realise smoking is bad behaviour and is not good for there health. However all the information in the world will not make an indiidual smoke until there ready to
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
Drugs/Alcohol
Drug/Alcohol
Drugs are often talked about as the worst form of abuse with binges on cocaine, crack cocaine and worst of all heroin. However alcohol is legal to buy and ruins lifes just like drugs do. A close friend of my family is an alcoholic and its scary and upsetting to watch some one drive there self into the ground with this bad behaviour. I think it is disgrace full that local shops know he is an alcoholic and still sell him booze drunk or not. Drugs are illegal because of the repurcussions and the risk in lifes, however alcohol not consummed in the right manner is ust as damaging. I think for known alcoholics they should not be servered any alcohol, and the goverment should make it harder, just as it is with drug abuse.
Websites looked at for this topic have been : http://www.talktofrank.com/, http://www.hopeuk.org/ and http://www.dryoutnow.com/
Tuesday, 6 May 2008
Body Modification
The lecture on body modification was very shocking. i think disfiguring a body in such ways doesnt look stylish or cool.
The website which was shown in the lecture is where i have gained my images above. I find them very unusual and shocking.
I have always looked at body sculpturings, peircings, and tattoos to be very unatural and displeasing on the eye. However i did find the lecture very intresting. i had never looked at the otherside of body sculpturing such as dying your hair, or going to the gym or wearing contact lens, or hiar and make up products.
I learnt something new from the being bad lecture i attended on body sculpturing, which was that tattoos used to be seen as an act of rebellion, there for being classed as bad behaviour, eg lady lucky tattoos were banned from gambling.
The website look at was the website where pictures were shown from in class: http://bmezine.com/
The website which was shown in the lecture is where i have gained my images above. I find them very unusual and shocking.
I have always looked at body sculpturings, peircings, and tattoos to be very unatural and displeasing on the eye. However i did find the lecture very intresting. i had never looked at the otherside of body sculpturing such as dying your hair, or going to the gym or wearing contact lens, or hiar and make up products.
I learnt something new from the being bad lecture i attended on body sculpturing, which was that tattoos used to be seen as an act of rebellion, there for being classed as bad behaviour, eg lady lucky tattoos were banned from gambling.
The website look at was the website where pictures were shown from in class: http://bmezine.com/
Monday, 5 May 2008
Smoking
During the lecture on smoking, I fell into the category of those who smoke. I tried my first cigarette aged 8 years old, for years I smoked cigarettes on and off, however under stressful circumstances around age 14 the amount I smoked increased and I was soon addicted to cigarettes.
Smoking used to be portrayed as something glamorous and sexy, however smoking nowadays has a very bad stigma attached to it through the fact that more people want to get healthier, and the government wanting to have a healthier nation.
“It's a classic movie scenario — two sexy stars rip each other's clothes off, get busy and then later light up a couple of cigarettes in bed. Such a charged cinematic scene could earn a film an R-rating — because of the smoking.
Films in which actors light up may soon receive the same branding as nipple flashes and cursing: Lawmakers are looking to extinguish, or at least regulate, smoking on the big screen.
Anti-smoking activists want films with smoking in them to be given an R-rating. Most lawmakers have said they'd be satisfied if movie ratings included advisory information about smoking in films like they do for foul language, sexual content and violence. Meanwhile, movie lobbyist Jack Valenti is defending Hollywood's right to have characters light up without interference.
The issue has heated up in the wake of the recent flap over indecency in the media, and because several studies have shown that teens are influenced to start smoking by watching screen idols do the same.
"What we're simply asking for is that smoking be treated by Hollywood as seriously as it treats offensive language," said Stanton Glantz (search), a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, who co-authored one of the studies.
According to Glantz's research, nearly 80 percent of movies rated PG-13 feature some form of tobacco use, while some 50 percent of G- and PG- rated films depict smoking.
But legislating big screen smoke scenes would be "very difficult to actualize," said Michael D. Friedman, an entertainment attorney in New York. "There will be a lot of push-back from the film and artistic community."
Valenti has staunchly fought smoking regulations, citing first amendment rights and artistic license.
"I don't believe that whatever the director does ought to incite the intervention of the government in any form," Valenti told the Senate Commerce Committee at a hearing last month.
Smoking is a major device that filmmakers use to help define characters, said Robert Thompson, professor of media and pop culture at Syracuse University, who pointed out that even Santa Claus lights up in films such as "Bad Santa."
"Good art is filled with people behaving badly," he said. "Smoking is still legal but unarguably so bad for you. That's one of the things that gives it such a charge — when you have a character smoking in a film it tells you a lot about them. They're flaunting the norms of what's considered safe and conservative behavior."
But Glantz wants to appeal to Hollywood's bottom line rather than argue over artistic choices.
If smoking were added to the list of criteria that would make a film R-rated, Glantz hopes filmmakers would be discouraged from depicting unnecessary smoking, such as the nicotine-addicted worm aliens in "Men in Black." Because R-ratings limit the number of teens who can attend a film, these flicks earn less money and are therefore not as desirable in Hollywood.
"When you get into rating the film, which can have significant economic impact on the film, you'll find a lot of resistance," said Friedman. "Producers, actors and directors are going to want to depict characters the way they choose."
Another suggestion before the movie studios is to include a warning that there is smoking in a film, an idea that is "not all that controversial," said Friedman.
However, Tinseltown is apt to try to avoid any regulation for fear that it will only open the floodgates to more demands.
"Where does this type of restriction and regulation end?" asked Friedman. "One interest group will say they don't want to see smoking on the screen, another will say they don't want to see something else ... I don't believe you can start selecting on a piecemeal basis."
Still, some officials have vowed not to let the smoking issue turn to ash.
"I guarantee you if something isn't done by the industry, there's certainly going to be efforts" by lawmakers, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said at the hearing with Valenti.
Though the battle over smoking promises to be fierce, Thompson pointed out that the issue is ironic given the history of cinema.
"For many years Hollywood wasn't allowed to show sex through voluntary standards. The prevalence of smoking in classic movies was a replacement, like scenes with Humphrey Bogart (search) and his leading ladies where they light each other's cigarettes, it's very sexually charged," he said.
"Now it turns out the stand-in activity is as dangerous, or more dangerous, than the activity it was standing in for."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.”
Smoking used to be portrayed as something glamorous and sexy, however smoking nowadays has a very bad stigma attached to it through the fact that more people want to get healthier, and the government wanting to have a healthier nation.
“It's a classic movie scenario — two sexy stars rip each other's clothes off, get busy and then later light up a couple of cigarettes in bed. Such a charged cinematic scene could earn a film an R-rating — because of the smoking.
Films in which actors light up may soon receive the same branding as nipple flashes and cursing: Lawmakers are looking to extinguish, or at least regulate, smoking on the big screen.
Anti-smoking activists want films with smoking in them to be given an R-rating. Most lawmakers have said they'd be satisfied if movie ratings included advisory information about smoking in films like they do for foul language, sexual content and violence. Meanwhile, movie lobbyist Jack Valenti is defending Hollywood's right to have characters light up without interference.
The issue has heated up in the wake of the recent flap over indecency in the media, and because several studies have shown that teens are influenced to start smoking by watching screen idols do the same.
"What we're simply asking for is that smoking be treated by Hollywood as seriously as it treats offensive language," said Stanton Glantz (search), a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, who co-authored one of the studies.
According to Glantz's research, nearly 80 percent of movies rated PG-13 feature some form of tobacco use, while some 50 percent of G- and PG- rated films depict smoking.
But legislating big screen smoke scenes would be "very difficult to actualize," said Michael D. Friedman, an entertainment attorney in New York. "There will be a lot of push-back from the film and artistic community."
Valenti has staunchly fought smoking regulations, citing first amendment rights and artistic license.
"I don't believe that whatever the director does ought to incite the intervention of the government in any form," Valenti told the Senate Commerce Committee at a hearing last month.
Smoking is a major device that filmmakers use to help define characters, said Robert Thompson, professor of media and pop culture at Syracuse University, who pointed out that even Santa Claus lights up in films such as "Bad Santa."
"Good art is filled with people behaving badly," he said. "Smoking is still legal but unarguably so bad for you. That's one of the things that gives it such a charge — when you have a character smoking in a film it tells you a lot about them. They're flaunting the norms of what's considered safe and conservative behavior."
But Glantz wants to appeal to Hollywood's bottom line rather than argue over artistic choices.
If smoking were added to the list of criteria that would make a film R-rated, Glantz hopes filmmakers would be discouraged from depicting unnecessary smoking, such as the nicotine-addicted worm aliens in "Men in Black." Because R-ratings limit the number of teens who can attend a film, these flicks earn less money and are therefore not as desirable in Hollywood.
"When you get into rating the film, which can have significant economic impact on the film, you'll find a lot of resistance," said Friedman. "Producers, actors and directors are going to want to depict characters the way they choose."
Another suggestion before the movie studios is to include a warning that there is smoking in a film, an idea that is "not all that controversial," said Friedman.
However, Tinseltown is apt to try to avoid any regulation for fear that it will only open the floodgates to more demands.
"Where does this type of restriction and regulation end?" asked Friedman. "One interest group will say they don't want to see smoking on the screen, another will say they don't want to see something else ... I don't believe you can start selecting on a piecemeal basis."
Still, some officials have vowed not to let the smoking issue turn to ash.
"I guarantee you if something isn't done by the industry, there's certainly going to be efforts" by lawmakers, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said at the hearing with Valenti.
Though the battle over smoking promises to be fierce, Thompson pointed out that the issue is ironic given the history of cinema.
"For many years Hollywood wasn't allowed to show sex through voluntary standards. The prevalence of smoking in classic movies was a replacement, like scenes with Humphrey Bogart (search) and his leading ladies where they light each other's cigarettes, it's very sexually charged," he said.
"Now it turns out the stand-in activity is as dangerous, or more dangerous, than the activity it was standing in for."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.”
The information above I’ve highlighted in red was found at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,121485,00.html showing how an argument has opened up to whether characters should be able to smoke on the big screen. I found more on the potential ban on the big screen at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/business/media/11smoking.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
I think as a smoker, it is something which I enjoy doing and something which helps me relax, however it is something which I want to quit. Whether I will always be a smoker is something I do not know. However I did start smoking as I thought it was a ‘cool’ thing to do. I think smoking on the big screen should be banned as smoking does not define a person/character and children therefore who are watching these films cannot be influenced by their heroes/idols(pictures of smokin on screen are showen at the start of this blog). With smoking being banned in all public places, the only place left to smoke is in your home. I think in generations to come smoking will be something of a faded memory.
When looking at all the risks to smoking I found this website http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/smokehealth.htm
When looking at all the risks to smoking I found this website http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/smokehealth.htm
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