Sexual Violence in Screenplays Quiz

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By class Monday 4/4, please read the article "Sexual Violence in Spec Screenplays" by Kate Hagen. Then take this quiz. Here is the article:

https://blog.blcklst.com/sexual-violence-in-spec-screenplays-8f35268b689

Name (Last, First) *

Period *

The MPAA does not have a content label for "Rape." Instead, the MPAA uses what label? *

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Sexual Assault

Sexual and Violent Content

Sexual Abuse

Sexual Content

What percentage of screenplays containing sexual violence did Hagen (the author) find were written by men? *

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72.3%

70%

27.7%

Many of the screenplay readers noticed that often sexual violence is used... *

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To deal with difficult themes in a respectful manner.

To provide backstory for a man or to show his change of character.

To provide backstory for a woman or to motivate her actions.

Ignore more important issues.

Which of the following ARE trends the author gathered from the screenplay readers she surveyed? Select all that apply. *

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Many screenplays include disturbing or overly detailed descriptions of sexual violence

Screenplays often depict sexual violence only at the beginning or end of a story.

It becomes difficult to connect with male characters who treat sexual violence like it is nothing.

Screenplays often do not include the aftermath and emotional impact of sexual violence.

Required

Hagen also connects the sexual violence in screenplays to the behavior of men in the film industry at large. She says "Pick a woman in the industry, any woman, and I guarantee she has a story to tell of..." *

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Movie critics and directors who abuse the women in films.

Men in the industry who will say one thing about how they treat women but do another in private.

Men not to meet alone with, a workplace she quit with toxic male behavior, or even direct attacks and abuse.

Men whom they know are safe to work with.

Hagen says, when a man does not understand consent, sexual power dynamics, and other important factors regarding sex... *

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It leads to badly directed movies.

It leads to toxic relationships among male and female actors.

It leads to creative depictions of sexuality on film.

It leads to poor portrayals of those ideas in fiction.

SWEET/VICIOUS was a show on MTV. It was highly critically acclaimed. What does Jenn Kaytin Robinson (the creator of the show) say about people who want the show on their network? *

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All the people who want the show are women, but all the people who call the shots are men.

All the people who want the show are just people who want to make money off of women.

All the people who want the show want the women to be nicer than they are in the show.

All the people who want the show want it to be a voice for men and women.

Hagen points out a telling example of how our society feels about sexual violence. *

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Women and men can both commit sexual violence.

Nudity in "Do the Right Thing" was accepted, but a movie like "Jennifer's Body" is not.

"SWEET/VICIOUS" gets canceled, but graphic rape in "Game of Thrones" is fine.

"Last Tango in Paris" was a complete flop.

Hagen includes a long quote from Dr. Neil Malamuth at UCLA. Dr. Malamuth makes several interesting observations about men based on his research. Which of the following are among those observations? Check all that apply. *

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Most men have neither a positive nor a negative reaction to depictions of sexual violence.

Men are prone to misread sexual consent because they project what they would want onto the woman.

For a large minority of men, depictions of sexual violence actually arouse them.

Men are actually more likely than women to ask questions about sexual consent when they are with a partner.

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As she concludes the article, Hagen encourages writers to... *

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Avoid depictions of sexual violence in screenplays.

To consider the implications of the words they write, especially around sexual violence.

To only write about sexual violence if they have experience it.

Only write about sexual violence if they are a woman.

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