It is quite common on the internet to see both negative representations of feminists and negative attitudes from bigots. This can be seen simply through typing "Feminism" in Googles search box where, after "Feminism definition", "Feminism is cancer" is the second highest recommended search.
Negative representations of feminism:
Almost every large social group suffers from negative representation and a vocal minority of idiots. This plays a big part in the creation of stereotypes. Feminism is no stranger to stereotypes with a stereotypical feminist being crazy and angry man-haters. This, of cource, is not true. These stereotypes are, however, regularly presented on internet articles and YouTube videos. An example of this is a video by the very large business known as Buzzfeed who are now worth billions of dollars. This video is entitled "36 Questions Women Have For Men".
https://youtu.be/u_J0Ng5cUGg
In this video, valid topics are addressed such as equal pay. However, this video became highly controversial due to its statements against men. One of the people in the video says that men "talk about boobs for hours" and that they "automatically assume that you [men] won't like a movie because it Stars a female lead". Due to this, the video gained 191 thousand dislikes and added to the stereotype of "all feminists hate men".
A video called "Hugh Mungus" has been circulating rapidly recently. The video takes place during the American police protests. A man is seen being interviewed by the woman recording. She is angry at him as he is defending the police. After he is interviewed, she asks for his name and he jokingly says "Hugh Mungus" causing the woman beind the camera to start shouting that he is sexually harassing her.
https://youtu.be/FeNJFz-WCZs
This negatively portrays feminists to be stereotypically crazy men-haters.
Negative attitudes towards feminists:
Along with negative representations of femists, there is also a lot of hate on the internet towards feminism from internet trolls. The term "femi-nazi" is regularly used by these trolls. I went on the forum site "Reddit" and found multiple anti-feminist "Sub-Reddits". On this, I discovered a lot of horrible posts saying things like "women shouldn't have the right to vote" and "feminism has a special place in hell". On the other hand, the subreddit called "feminism" was filled with civilised discussions about gender equality.
Sunday, 25 September 2016
Internet Feminism
It is quite common on the internet to see both negative representations of feminists and negative attitudes from bigots. This can be seen simply through typing "Feminism" in Googles search box where, after "Feminism definition", "Feminism is cancer" is the second highest recommended search.
Negative representations of feminism:
Almost every large social group suffers from negative representation and a vocal minority of idiots. This plays a big part in the creation of stereotypes. Feminism is no stranger to stereotypes with a stereotypical feminist being crazy and angry man-haters. This, of cource, is not true. These stereotypes are, however, regularly presented on internet articles and YouTube videos. An example of this is a video by the very large business known as Buzzfeed who are now worth billions of dollars. This video is entitled "36 Questions Women Have For Men".
https://youtu.be/u_J0Ng5cUGg
In this video, valid topics are addressed such as equal pay. However, this video became highly controversial due to its statements against men. One of the people in the video says that men "talk about boobs for hours" and that they "automatically assume that you [men] won't like a movie because it Stars a female lead". Due to this, the video gained 191 thousand dislikes and added to the stereotype of "all feminists hate men".
A video called "Hugh Mungus" has been circulating rapidly recently. The video takes place during the American police protests. A man is seen being interviewed by the woman recording. She is angry at him as he is defending the police. After he is interviewed, she asks for his name and he jokingly says "Hugh Mungus" causing the woman beind the camera to start shouting that he is sexually harassing her.
https://youtu.be/FeNJFz-WCZs
This negatively portrays feminists to be stereotypically crazy men-haters.
Negative attitudes towards feminists:
Along with negative representations of femists, there is also a lot of hate on the internet towards feminism from internet trolls. The term "femi-nazi" is regularly used by these trolls. I went on the forum site "Reddit" and found multiple anti-feminist "Sub-Reddits". On this, I discovered a lot of horrible posts saying things like "women shouldn't have the right to vote" and "feminism has a special place in hell". On the other hand, the subreddit called "feminism" was filled with civilised discussions about gender equality.
Negative representations of feminism:
Almost every large social group suffers from negative representation and a vocal minority of idiots. This plays a big part in the creation of stereotypes. Feminism is no stranger to stereotypes with a stereotypical feminist being crazy and angry man-haters. This, of cource, is not true. These stereotypes are, however, regularly presented on internet articles and YouTube videos. An example of this is a video by the very large business known as Buzzfeed who are now worth billions of dollars. This video is entitled "36 Questions Women Have For Men".
https://youtu.be/u_J0Ng5cUGg
In this video, valid topics are addressed such as equal pay. However, this video became highly controversial due to its statements against men. One of the people in the video says that men "talk about boobs for hours" and that they "automatically assume that you [men] won't like a movie because it Stars a female lead". Due to this, the video gained 191 thousand dislikes and added to the stereotype of "all feminists hate men".
A video called "Hugh Mungus" has been circulating rapidly recently. The video takes place during the American police protests. A man is seen being interviewed by the woman recording. She is angry at him as he is defending the police. After he is interviewed, she asks for his name and he jokingly says "Hugh Mungus" causing the woman beind the camera to start shouting that he is sexually harassing her.
https://youtu.be/FeNJFz-WCZs
This negatively portrays feminists to be stereotypically crazy men-haters.
Negative attitudes towards feminists:
Along with negative representations of femists, there is also a lot of hate on the internet towards feminism from internet trolls. The term "femi-nazi" is regularly used by these trolls. I went on the forum site "Reddit" and found multiple anti-feminist "Sub-Reddits". On this, I discovered a lot of horrible posts saying things like "women shouldn't have the right to vote" and "feminism has a special place in hell". On the other hand, the subreddit called "feminism" was filled with civilised discussions about gender equality.
Monday, 19 September 2016
Feminism
Task 1
The 1960's seen the beginning of "Second-Wave Feminism". This movement lasted until the early 1980s. This was a reaction against women becoming domestic again when the Second World War ended after preserving society while man were battling. These second wave feminists viewed the media as sexist and due to this, they created their own pop culture. Their aim was to create a positive image for women that countered the dominating sexist attitudes seen through the media. They also wanted to raise awareness of women's oppression, sexism and patriarchy . Other impacts of second-wave feminism include abortion/contraception legalisation and furthering equal rights politically, in education, domestically and economically. This also saw the beginning of equal pay
Task 2
Laura Mulvey's essay "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" is based on 'The Male Gaze theory. This theory suggests that the male gaze denies the human identity of women, relegating the to the status of objects who are only admired for their physical appearance. It also suggests that the result of media being presented through the male gaze causes women to also take the male gaze and in turn, view women the same way a man would, thus objectifying other women.
Voyeurism-psychosexual disorder in which a person derives sexual pleasure and gratification from looking at the naked bodies and sexual acts of others
Scopophillia-Sexual pleasure from seeing others naked of engaged in sexual activity
Narcissism-Extreme selfishness, craving admiration
The 1960's seen the beginning of "Second-Wave Feminism". This movement lasted until the early 1980s. This was a reaction against women becoming domestic again when the Second World War ended after preserving society while man were battling. These second wave feminists viewed the media as sexist and due to this, they created their own pop culture. Their aim was to create a positive image for women that countered the dominating sexist attitudes seen through the media. They also wanted to raise awareness of women's oppression, sexism and patriarchy . Other impacts of second-wave feminism include abortion/contraception legalisation and furthering equal rights politically, in education, domestically and economically. This also saw the beginning of equal pay
Task 2
Laura Mulvey's essay "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" is based on 'The Male Gaze theory. This theory suggests that the male gaze denies the human identity of women, relegating the to the status of objects who are only admired for their physical appearance. It also suggests that the result of media being presented through the male gaze causes women to also take the male gaze and in turn, view women the same way a man would, thus objectifying other women.
Voyeurism-psychosexual disorder in which a person derives sexual pleasure and gratification from looking at the naked bodies and sexual acts of others
Scopophillia-Sexual pleasure from seeing others naked of engaged in sexual activity
Narcissism-Extreme selfishness, craving admiration
Sunday, 11 September 2016
Representation of women
Positive representation
Jessica Jones (From Marvel's Jessica Jones)
Jessica Jones completely subverts gender norms and lacks stereotypical feminine traits. She is a self employed private investigator who also has superpowers. The show has a very dark tone (much like Daredevil, another marvel Netflix series). Due to this darkness, along with the gritty setting of 'Hell's Kitchen", Jessica Jones is not glamorous at all. She is depicted as being a lot more human and realistic than many of the characters in the marvel cinematic universe. The reason why I believe that Jessica Jones is a positive representation of women is because; she is not sexualised, she's a protagonist rather than a damsel in distress and her character is emotionally strong enough to persuit her previous, evil oppressor. She was a victim of sexual abuse from a man who has the ability to control minds and the show follows her as she finds other victims from the same offender to gather more information on him. The show is the second part of the marvel cinematic universe to have a female primary character (after 'Agent Carter') and is as critically acclaimed as Daredevil, proving that the gender of a protagonist plays no part in a good Tv show.
Negative Representation
Marge Simpson (The Simpsons)
Although it can be argued that in multiple episodes of this 596 episode cartoon that marge shows aspects of her character which positively represents women, that doesn't hide the fact that her character is largely a negative representation. She is a stay at home house-wife who is regularly seen looking after her baby, cleaning the house and cooking. She lives with her lazy, stupid and immature husband who always causes mayhem, yet no matter what he does, she still forgives him which shows her total submissiveness and lack of self-consideration. It is inferred that Marge is very intelligent but did not follow her dreams due to marrying Homer and living in a patriarchal, family dynamic. Her character is also very emotional and has been seen crying more than most other characters in the show. Even in the intro of The Simpsons, Marge can be seen shopping (which is another female stereotype).
Jessica Jones (From Marvel's Jessica Jones)
Jessica Jones completely subverts gender norms and lacks stereotypical feminine traits. She is a self employed private investigator who also has superpowers. The show has a very dark tone (much like Daredevil, another marvel Netflix series). Due to this darkness, along with the gritty setting of 'Hell's Kitchen", Jessica Jones is not glamorous at all. She is depicted as being a lot more human and realistic than many of the characters in the marvel cinematic universe. The reason why I believe that Jessica Jones is a positive representation of women is because; she is not sexualised, she's a protagonist rather than a damsel in distress and her character is emotionally strong enough to persuit her previous, evil oppressor. She was a victim of sexual abuse from a man who has the ability to control minds and the show follows her as she finds other victims from the same offender to gather more information on him. The show is the second part of the marvel cinematic universe to have a female primary character (after 'Agent Carter') and is as critically acclaimed as Daredevil, proving that the gender of a protagonist plays no part in a good Tv show.
Negative Representation
Marge Simpson (The Simpsons)
Although it can be argued that in multiple episodes of this 596 episode cartoon that marge shows aspects of her character which positively represents women, that doesn't hide the fact that her character is largely a negative representation. She is a stay at home house-wife who is regularly seen looking after her baby, cleaning the house and cooking. She lives with her lazy, stupid and immature husband who always causes mayhem, yet no matter what he does, she still forgives him which shows her total submissiveness and lack of self-consideration. It is inferred that Marge is very intelligent but did not follow her dreams due to marrying Homer and living in a patriarchal, family dynamic. Her character is also very emotional and has been seen crying more than most other characters in the show. Even in the intro of The Simpsons, Marge can be seen shopping (which is another female stereotype).
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