Last year, much ado was made over a promo ad for MTV’s breakout show Jersey Shore, which showed castmember Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi getting punched in the face. So why is MTV so cavalier about violence against men?
Many activist groups responded negatively to the Snooki ad, and while the punch ultimately didn’t make it onto the show (however, they showed cast members talking about it and reacting to it), MTV included an anti-violence public service announcement at the end of the episode. While I commend MTV for taking a stand, it’s unfortunate how they have let similar acts of violence go without similar PSAs. On Jersey Shore, there was another episode where J.Woww smacked The Situation. On last week’s episode, a drunken Angelina hit Pauly D on the face. Why did those incidents go without comment? Maybe because the aggressors were other cast members. But this isn’t the only time MTV has let violence against men go without concern.
On Teen Mom, the followup to 16 and Pregnant, which follows several of the show’s moms as they struggle with teen parenthood, one of the moms (Amber) has been shown acting violently toward her on-again-off-again fiance and the father of her child, Gary. Last season, Amber shoved Gary while they were having an argument.
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