If the violence complained about with the sign in question, is aimed at preventing violence against women in domestic settings, then it is a good and positive sign.

Obviously the sign worked, since Is Mise took notice.

Cutting off the penis of her violent sex offending husband, worked for Lorena Bobbitt too. The whole thing makes you wonder.

Dan

Come to think of it...and I've spent many years trying to forget it. I was impacted negatively while trying to defend a neighbours wife from her husbands violence.
I was left looking at twenty one year jail sentence for my act of kindness.

Eventually he broke her back with a baseball bat and put her in a wheel chair.
Finally he served five years for the crime.
During that time, he suffered a few beatings of his own. That was good.

So violence is self perpetuating.

Dan

What would be a better way to reduce domestic violence? The sign might have no effect unless a person is in regular violent situations sees it. Even then it might or might not have any effect.

What would work better? I'd say the worst case is that there's no effect, so there's no harm if a town council puts up a sign like that. Regardless if there's a positive effect or not.

As for violence in entertainment. Don't forget video games and PC games. Some of those are very competitive with online players fighting eachother. I doubt those have no effect. And I also doubt that anyone wants to get rid of that entertainment industry.

Not_Now.Soon,

The sign should have been specific, "Domestic Violence Is Not OK".

As for violent video games they have played a part in some serious cases of violence but as they are tolerated, even encouraged, then we can fairly assume that some types of violence are OK.

There is no way to prevent domestic violence because of the very fact that it occurs privately, in a domestic situation. That shouldn't be too hard to understand. Certainly, offenders can be punished AFTER THE FACT, but it's too late after victims have been maimed or killed. Some people are naturally violent; some are violent after using alcohol or other drugs. Our first line of defence is OURSELVES - mostly through being more careful in selecting partners and friends. The law is of very little use; politicians and 'experts' saying it is are liars.

The sign VIOLENCE IS NOT OK - is simply an attempt
by a local council to send a message. They could have
said - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS NOT OK , or BULLYING IS
NOT OK, or any other message. However they apparently
chose violence. Perhaps in their town it is a real and
serious problem, who knows?

But arguing about the sign seems rather vacuous, yet
here we are. I guess we all have too much time on
our hands - what with the virus lock down.

Broadly speaking however, every society has some means of
social control, a set of means of ensuring that people
generally behave in expected and approved ways.

Some of this social control over the individual can be
exercised by others - either formally through such
agencies as the police and government officials, or
informally through the reactions of other people in the
course of everyday life.

Most social control, however does not have to be exercised
through direct influence of other people. We exercise
it ourselves, internally. It's part of our culture, a
part of our personality.

How we act and behave is shaped
by the society in which we live, by our family,
friends,, workmates, and so on. Therefore the messages
that we send out, especially to our younger people about
what is acceptable behaviour plays a vital role in the
kind of people and society we shall end up with.

People don't necessarily get their opinions directly
from media sources. Information and viewpoints are sifted
through other people, particularly as already mentioned -
through family, friends, peer-groups, and workmates.
For example we are more likely to be influenced to see
a movie by a friend who recommrnds it to us than by
a newspaper add.

Therefore friends, family, peer-groups, workmates, and
others - calling out bad behaviour can have an effect.
And for that matter so can signs in small towns.