Various media in Argentina reported that the Ministry of Women, Gender Policy and Sexual Diversity Buenos Aires Province filed a complaint with the Public Defender of the Nation about broadcasting an episode of the anime Dragonball great In the canal Cartoon Network Latin America, argues that symbolic violence was discovered.
The complaint states: “The episode, which was screened in Argentina, was intended to reproduce the practice of sexual violence by an elder against a minor in a context of societal acceptance in which the violation of a girl became naturalizedΒ». This fulfills the requirements to expose children to symbolic violence. Β«Since this is a channel set up as a reference for child-friendly content with a broad regional reach, there is no exhaustive supervision by the responsible adults who trust the program criteria of the content for this age groupΒ»Writes the statement.
Concern was expressed in writing at the Minister’s request Estela Diaz; the State Secretary for Politics against Violence, Flavia delmas; and the provincial director for communication planning and management, Lucia Garcia Itzigsohn. On the other hand, the reference segment in one where Master Roshi asks one of his students (Yamcha), with which you “Services“From your magical pet (Puar) that can be physically converted. There he asks him to become “a lovely young lady“And assures me to say that”your weak point are the perverted thoughts that you want to overcome“.
But things did not stay in a simple manifesto. the Analysis, Research and Monitoring Directorate of Public defender analyzed the episode in question and determined, based on its criteria, that it actually contains a scene of abuse and submission by an older adult man to an adolescent, which is “Naturalize abuse“By presenting it as” normal dialogue “between the characters. This ombudsman ruled that the episode violated the rights of girls, boys and young people and was contrary to the rules on the elimination of gender-based violence. The report states that “the scene shows the young woman’s refusal to be ignored by the teacher, who continues to force the encounter, while the other characters, visibly moved and tormented by the situation, silently watch the adult man’s violent and abusive acts“.
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So both since Cartoon Network away Warnermedia They were open to the signals from the audience and expressed great concerns about the broadcast of the episode by admitting the error in the program flow that had occurred during the usual processes of the signal as part of the content evaluations. At the same time, they reported on the resulting measures, including the decision to take the entire strip out of the air. In return, they stated that if it is decided to re-broadcast in the future, they will edit not just the chapter in question, but the entire series.
Source: The capital
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