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Originally Posted by Sculpt
Interesting. I've never harassed a guy with a girl, boyfriend/girlfriend or otherwise. I don't have any desire to. That's not one of my faults.
Being envious or jealous of a feminine guy enjoying the company of a woman I'd like to have company with? I don't doubt I've experienced that. Again, I wouldn't threaten or harass a dude because of it. If they're not dating, then I really wouldn't care.
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But are you saying that if they WERE dating, you WOULD care? (I get that you wouldn't harm anyone for it, just wondering what you meant)
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Originally Posted by Sculpt
As I said in my post, in a horror film, if people dying, being in peril and being scared is part of the story, and moves the story, I'm OK with that. I said I don't like films where that's all there is (like gore porn).
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I think I get what you mean - I think I've said several times in several threads that I'm not a fan of the extreme "torture porn" genre. I can watch it, but it disturbs me in a way that I don't enjoy... luckily, there are a million other movies to watch... and I don't mind gore at all, it's just that particular category of movies that I don't enjoy much.
BUT... the gender of the victims in those movies really don't make a difference to me. I don't think that it's degrading or harmful to woman that there are female characters in those movies. Woman are not a minority that needs special protection - and even if they were, that wouldn't automatically make it a problem when a female character gets killed or tortured.
I think this comparison might make it easier to understand what I'm trying to explain:
If there's two things I absolutely can't stand in this world, it's racism and homophobia. I absolutely do not tolerate it.
But I am not going to scream "discrimination!" simply because a coloured or gay character is hurt in a horror movie. I would be more worried if there were no characters like that at all.
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would have a problem if it was clearly the directors intention that I should find the characters pain/death amusing or somehow morally justified BECAUSE that character was gay or non-white - or if the character was somehow being ridiculed during the scene for being what he or she happens to be, through the use of stereotypes, for example. I've seen this happen in a few movies, and THAT offended me.
I hope this made some sense...