‘Thor: The Dark World’ Makes A Joke Out Of Domestic Violence

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'“You hear all these stories about guys and it’s just good to get a nice on-screen slap like ‘you didn’t call me back.,’ ” Portman said.

On set, the Thor slap ended up being something of a joke, Hemsworth said.

”It just got really funny and ridiculous you know. It’s like in high school when you’re not meant to laugh,” he said.

But the issue would likely not go over well with domestic violence groups working to de-stigmatize violence against men. This year, a few films have been produced highlighting domestic violence against men and the unspoken stigma that comes with it.

“Gradually, more and more drama is being produced dealing with male victims of domestic violence by women which has been swept under the carpet for many years,” wrote the blog Save Our Society about the new movie, Flawless, that deals with female domestic violence. “This has perpetuated the feminist-inspired myth that all women are gentle creatures who wouldn’t hurt a fly and that all men are violent brutes.”

As these critics point out, if Thor: The Dark World would depict the male actor slapping a woman, it would likely be seen very differently, and certainly not as a joke.'