Sexual assault Inertness Lifting Restraint Controlled Bodies, as implied, is a category in which female characters are frequently portrayed as not in control of their own bodies, either through explicit relinquishment on their part or through various actions performed on their bodies by another (often male) character. I give examples of instances of this from, Lullaby, 7734, Dear Body and Enter Achilles. I am not suggesting that Vardimon has set out to intentionally promote violence against women in scenes such as the one in Lullaby. However due to the fact that there does not seem to be any apparent critique or comment on this aggressive objectification within the piece itself, it makes it difficult to see this scene in any way other than through thinking on the stereotype of female objectification. I regard this scene as an extreme example of the way in which physical behaviours of controlled bodies can be performed. Another example of male to female assault is evident in 7334 in which two men have sex with a drunk woman who is then murdered through strangulation by one of the men as the other looks on. 7734 Jasmin Vardimon – Scene DVD timings Murder by strangulation 1:37:20-1:39:00 In this scene we see, the criteria from controlled bodies of; restraint, controlling, manipulation, explicit intent to harm and arguably sexual assault. The murder in this scene could be seen as a critique for this kind of violence due to the fact that, for
Sexual assault Inertness Lifting Restraint Controlled Bodies, as implied, is a category in which female characters are frequently portrayed as not in control of their own bodies, either through explicit relinquishment on their part or through various actions performed on their bodies by another (often male) character. I give examples of instances of this from, Lullaby, 7734, Dear Body and Enter Achilles. I am not suggesting that Vardimon has set out to intentionally promote violence against women in scenes such as the one in Lullaby. However due to the fact that there does not seem to be any apparent critique or comment on this aggressive objectification within the piece itself, it makes it difficult to see this scene in any way other than through thinking on the stereotype of female objectification. I regard this scene as an extreme example of the way in which physical behaviours of controlled bodies can be performed. Another example of male to female assault is evident in 7334 in which two men have sex with a drunk woman who is then murdered through strangulation by one of the men as the other looks on. 7734 – Jasmin Vardimon Scene DVD timings Murder by strangulation 1:37:20-1:39:00 In this scene we see, the criteria from controlled bodies of; restraint, controlling, manipulation, explicit intent to harm and arguably sexual assault. The murder in this scene could be seen as a critique for this kind of violence due to the fact that, for