Those who but stand and watch...
The Case Of Kitty Genovese - The Bystander Effect
uploaded by ProtectionNation at youtube.com
The Kitty Genovese incident is not just a story about what happened to someone else. This is the story of what might happen to you or your loved ones, if you dont take real and substantial measures to protect yourself and your family against potential tragedy. Self defense products are a great way to achieve just that. Carry dependable non lethal weapons with you at all times, even if you know martial arts. That way, you will effectively decrease the chances of cases like Kitty Genovese being repeated ever again.
The Murder of Kitty Genovese
uploaded by snsmith1985 at youtube.com
We made this video for a class assignment in our Women in Film class. It is a study of the responses to feminist film criticism and theory. The murder is both an example of the opression of women and a metaphor for their struggle to be heard. Kitty is denied agency and wronged by a man. She cries out (feminist cries) and is heard first by the women of the sleeping households. They alert the men who all have different negative reactions: apathy, suspicion and indiference, and a belief that it is "not our problem." The women are denied looking privaleges. That is reserved for the men. Scopophilia and "The Male Gaze" are seen throughout the film. The man's interest in the clip from Psycho is a metaphor for our sick interests in the opression of women.
Bystander Effect - people watch girl being abducted
uploaded by keenermarc at youtube.com
When there's only one person around in a situation, they're much more likely to lend assistance to people in need, whether it's to help pick up something they're dropped or something more important like warn them they're about to step into traffic, etc.
When there's a group of people, though, no one acts. They all expect someone else will do it, so no one volunteers or pauses.
This is honestly a chilling video to watch. I don't have kids but it catches my breath when the two men catch on that something's going on and without any verbal communication between them, only similar body language (ie their mutual movement in that direction) it's amazing to me that, while they're both intently watching the man they are approaching, there is a single second when they Both launch into action, again without communicating anything verbally, but something triggers the same response from both men. How fascinating! It reminds me of wild lions in Africa who are following their prey but something simultaneously all animals involved and they leap to action.
I'm teaching a Social Psychology class right now and am really getting intrigued by the idea of how we send and receive communication without speaking. What is it about that situation that influenced those men though others around them didn't bother? And what was it in that single second where they both jump into a run? Was it that the man let the girl's arm go and started to run off himself? It's amazing to me.
See what you think? I showed this to a fellow teacher who has two daughters. It's scary to think that people would pass. The girl int his video was doing everything right - yelling over and over "You're not my dad! Someone help me!" It didn't do her any good, did it?
The Bystander Effect
uploaded by maximususer at youtube.com
A college version of the Psychological phenomenon that stops people from helping someone in need.
The smoke filled room study
uploaded by markmcdermott at youtube.com
This clip is based on the classic research into the 'bystander effect' and 'diffusion-of-responsibility from the 1970s by Bibb Latane and John Darley showing how the presence of other people can have an inhibiting influence on our behaviour and even make us put our own life at risk
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