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TW - One small edit could have taken this video from harmful to thought-provoking. The video ends, seemingly for comic relief, with one of the boys asking the off-camera man “Can I kiss her on the cheek or on the lips?” One line of additional dialogue could have completely changed the message to one of liberation. “Slap Her” could have simply added: “Why don’t you ask Martina?” That one line could have taken the boys’, and the audience’s, commitment to ending violence one step further by acknowledging Martina’s bodily autonomy and humanity. Without this addition, “Slap Her” is a missed opportunity at best and a harmful perpetuation of status quo at worst.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:53:48 +0000

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