A few harsh words from Capt. Picard

Movies and television are partly to blame for the global culture of violence against women, actor Patrick Stewart said Friday.

"The entertainment industry has been extremely irresponsible in perpetuating and stereotyping the violent attitudes of men to women," Stewart, who played Capt. Jean-Luc Picard in the TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation," told reporters in London at the launch of an Amnesty International campaign against attacks on women.

Stewart, who revealed that as a child he had witnessed his father beating up his mother, picked out Quentin Tarantino's revenge tale "Kill Bill" for particular criticism.

"I condemn utterly films like 'Kill Bill.' We are told it is about empowering women. All it does is empower a woman to kill other women," he said.

From Reuters