[Adelina]

I vividly remember seeing the scene in Tank. My whole family was watching the movie together in the living room. I remember having two distinct perceptions: first, that I felt horribly embarrassed at watching something which to me was the equivalent of pornography while my parents were sitting right there; and second, feeling terrible for the girl for being treated that way (to me, having no knowledge whatsoever of older kids being subjected to physical discipline, it looked like obvious abuse), and thinking that if my parents ever did that to me, I would probably contemplate suicide. The fantasy of it was tintilating, but the "reality" of the scene was repulsive to me.