n be very dangerous for women and girls. They are no longer being seen as an actual person with subjectivity but instead they are shown as just body parts waiting for men to use or watch them. In these videos, the women’s stories are no longer being told because they are only seen in certain roles such as exotic dancers, teachers, nurses, housewives, or prostitutes. (Dreamworlds II) As a result of these videos shown in Dreamworlds II, fantasy and reality can often become blurred to the viewers. These videos deliver many different types of messages where reality turns into fantasy. They often say that women need men badly and will fall apart emotionally without them. Also, they portray that all women often think about is having sex with any man who is around at the time. (Dreamworlds II) Dreamworlds II also displayed how videos can also send out some messages that can be very dangerous such as even though women may say no to sexual advances they really mean yes. The images that are shown in these videos have had an affect on the real world. According to Dreamworlds II, sixty percent of men that were polled said that women provoke their own rape. A statistic that is even more alarming is that forty percent of women agreed that rape is provoked. Another frightening statistic that shows how today’s society has been influenced by the sexual dreamland is that thirty percent of men believe that it would do some women good to get raped. (Dreamworlds II) These images have led the way for fantasy to be blurred with reality. As a result of this, as shown in the statistics, many people have a distorted outlook on rape and the victim. In The Vagina Monologues: My Vagina Was My Village, Eve Ensler recounts the story of a Bosnian woman refugee who had been raped by soldiers as a systematic tactic of war. The woman recalled how the six soldiers repeatedly took turns raping her for seven long days. They not only raped her but a...
