Horrifying and eye-opening paper of the day: "Wait, There’s Torture in Zootopia? Examining the Prevalence of Torture in Popular Movies"

- in which the authors find that 60% of the 20 top-grossing films each year over a 10 year span (2008-2017; N=200) depict torture, including 45% of PG and 65% of PG-13 rated films; and that instrumental torture (torture used to obtain a specific outcome other than punishment) was depicted as effective 73% of the time.

https://www.erinmkearns.com/uploads/2/4/5/5/24559611/14._delehanty___kearns_2020_pop.pdf