Monday 8 February 2016

Identities: Feminism and new/digital media

1) Ched Evans: petition to prevent convicted rapist playing



This example is about a radical feminist that created a petition to stop a former footballer Chad Evans from returning to his club due to him being convicted for rape charges.
The incident that sparked this example is that clubs are still looking to sign him, this is damaging to feminism and that it affects how rape culture is being accepted which it certainly shouldn't be.
In my opinion this is a valid campaign and i believe that Chad Evans should not be able to play football again, its disrespectful to females and to society as a whole.

3) Caitlin Moran: Twitter silence
This movement is a twitter trend called #TwitterSilence , it was a movement that involved a day of quiet protests for women as they believe that theu are unable to speak out on twitter. This started from a contriversial feminist called Caitlin Moran.
Other women have responded on Twitter with more pro-active tags: #shoutback,#inspiringwomen, and #nosilence—while others dubbed the day #Trolliday, spent as a break from a social network filled with men who mock the women who—on every other day—just won't shut up.
I do not believe that this is a valid campaign as i believe that women do have the right to speak out on twitter, if they have a high following then they should understand that there always will be a case of trolls and abuse on-line, but they have to understand its coming from people they don't know and should be able to understand and not care.

4) Emma Watson: HeForShe gender equality campaign
Emma Watson created a campaign in order to fight for equal rights of women, she believes that when females fight for this right they are always being ignored and seriously hated on by men, this is something she believes has to stop and her campaign is aimed at this.
"Emma Watson faced experiences which made her feel unequal to men such as, ''at 14 she started being sexualised by certain elements of the press, at 15 her girlfriends started dropping out of their sports teams because they didn’t want to appear “muscly” and at 18 her male friends were unable to express their feelings.'' At this moment, she decided she was a Feminist."
I believe that this is a valid campaign as feminists are always ignored and hated on by women, i do believe in the equal rights of women and they should be able to do as they please without being pressured by the media and press. They are also equal to all of the same careers and pay that men have.

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