Media Alert


March 2011

The Disposable Woman

Reading Media Critically: In the wake of the ongoing Charlie Sheen debacle, Anna Holmes looks at how entertainment television ignores Sheen’s history of violence against women. Domestic violence victims are positioned in a way that promotes public ridicule. This ridicule may lead to the dangerous view that certain women invite violence.

The full text of the article can be viewed at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/opinion/04holmes.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&sq=DisposableWomen&st=cse&scp=1