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Domestic violence has been displayed in the media for years. Some of the most popular movies, music videos, and TV shows are engrossed with domestic violence.<\/p>\n Has media\u2019s constant depictions of this crime made this social ill the norm? When asked to give an example of domestic violence in the entertainment industry, most Jackson State University students surveyed, rattled off example after example without hesitation. Here are some of the most memorable movies with domestic violence scenes.<\/p>\n 1. \u201cSleeping With the Enemy\u201d<\/strong>: In this movie, Laura and Martin have been married for four years. They seem to be the perfect, happiest and most successful couple. The reality of their household, however, is very different. Martin is an abusive and brutally obsessed husband. Laura is living her life in constant fear and waits for a chance to escape. She finally stages her own death, and flees to a new town and new identity. But when Martin finds out that his wife is not dead he will stop at nothing to find and kill her.<\/p>\n 2. \u201cWhat\u2019s Love Got to do With It\u201d<\/strong>:\u00a0 This ever so popular movie depicts the very public life of Ike and Tina Turner. Tina is a supportive and talented wife that soon becomes a punching bag. The increasingly violent and unstable husband, Ike, has no care in the world for neither his wife\u2019s happiness nor safety. He is verbally, emotionally, and physically abusive. \u201c\u201dEat the cake Annie Mae\u201d a chilling line from the movie can be heard on any given day.<\/p>\n 3. \u201cTemptation\u201d:<\/strong> Tyler Perry\u2019s hit movie is a lesson for many viewers. Judith, an ambitious and beautiful wife is tempted and soon drawn to an abusive and manipulating billionaire. Her husband and childhood sweetheart Brice must save her from her abusive lover and also herself. After Harley beats Judith so badly, she soon finds out she has contracted HIV and lost her one true love. She then becomes a marriage counselor to save young na\u00efve girls like she once was.<\/p>\n 4. \u201cThe Color Purple\u201d<\/strong>: One of the most famous and repeated lines in the movie, \u201cYou told Harpo to beat me..All my life I had to fight my daddy, fight my uncle, a woman ain\u2019t safe in her own home. I loves Harpo, God knows I do, but I KILLEM\u2019 DEAD before I let him beat me.\u201d This movie encompassed domestic violence, incest, rape and much more, however, when many repeat the famous line above, it is with humor.<\/p>\n As the month of October and the recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness comes to a close, sit back and monitor what you watch and listen to. It is up to the individual to make sure you do not turn a blind eye to the plight of the 1.3 million women who are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shelbi Ware Staff Writer Domestic violence has been displayed in the media for years. Some of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nShelbi Ware
\n<\/strong>Staff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n