Okay, this has got to be one of the most twisted things I have seen in a long, long time...
I have to second the concerns about this activity promoting violent tendencies towards women. This is a heck of a lot worse than porn, that's for sure.
People spend a lot of time worrying about stuff like porn and whether that degrades men's views of women, but all the research that has been done seems to indicate that porn itself is fine - it's the type of porn that's the issue. More specifically, men who view violent porn are more likely to take out physical and verbal aggression towards women. One could argue that men who are more violent in the first place are more likely to be the ones watching violent porn, but I think the point of the research is that there's a correlation there, regardless of which direction causality goes.
This is worse than watching violent porn - this is taking active pleasure in inflicting pain on completely defenseless women. I frankly don't understand how it's any less harmful to society than domestic abuse! I guess the difference is that in this situation, the women are stupid/desperate enough to agree to be paid to do this sort of thing.
yeah, that was really disturbing when you first posted it.
It's still really disturbing a couple weeks later, though slightly less so since I guess it was sort of a hoax (no one knew it at the time of this story, though). Thought since I just recently found out I'd let you guys know too - check out the detailed explanation at snopes.com (http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/bambi.asp) for more info. But basically, the guy was actually trying to sell an adult video which in addition to crap like topless mud wrestling contained a staged version of this "Bambi" hunt. For the most part the paint in the staged version for this video came from balloons filled with paint thrown at the women, not paintballs, though there were at least a couple real shots at the unprotected women. No one was actually paying to come and "hunt" the women - all the men interviewed were actually associates of the main organizer. It's all pretty bad stuff, but at least the "hunts" only happened three times - once for the video, and twice for reporters. And at least now a criminal trial possibly awaits this guy.
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I have to second the concerns about this activity promoting violent tendencies towards women. This is a heck of a lot worse than porn, that's for sure.
People spend a lot of time worrying about stuff like porn and whether that degrades men's views of women, but all the research that has been done seems to indicate that porn itself is fine - it's the type of porn that's the issue. More specifically, men who view violent porn are more likely to take out physical and verbal aggression towards women. One could argue that men who are more violent in the first place are more likely to be the ones watching violent porn, but I think the point of the research is that there's a correlation there, regardless of which direction causality goes.
This is worse than watching violent porn - this is taking active pleasure in inflicting pain on completely defenseless women. I frankly don't understand how it's any less harmful to society than domestic abuse! I guess the difference is that in this situation, the women are stupid/desperate enough to agree to be paid to do this sort of thing.
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It's still really disturbing a couple weeks later, though slightly less so since I guess it was sort of a hoax (no one knew it at the time of this story, though). Thought since I just recently found out I'd let you guys know too - check out the detailed explanation at snopes.com (http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/bambi.asp) for more info. But basically, the guy was actually trying to sell an adult video which in addition to crap like topless mud wrestling contained a staged version of this "Bambi" hunt. For the most part the paint in the staged version for this video came from balloons filled with paint thrown at the women, not paintballs, though there were at least a couple real shots at the unprotected women. No one was actually paying to come and "hunt" the women - all the men interviewed were actually associates of the main organizer. It's all pretty bad stuff, but at least the "hunts" only happened three times - once for the video, and twice for reporters. And at least now a criminal trial possibly awaits this guy.