Sarah Ratchford 's Article, She Makes A Very Bold Statement

According to Justine Cassell and Meg Cramer’s article ‘High Tech or High Risk: Moral Panics about Girls Online’, moral panics about how girls use the web as a means of communication is a case that has existed for many years. Their reasoning attracts parallels between moral panics about girls’ use of social platforms in today’s world, and the moral panics that occurred in the past regarding the girls’ use of the telephone. Cassell and Cramer use these relations to explain that girls who use the internet are not completely as at risk as believed to be and that the alarming discourse concerning girls online has further to do with the parent’s insecurities about the influence of young girls and their loss of control over them than it has to do with exposure to online predators (Cassell & Cramer, 2008, p. 54). As a result of this notion of moral panic causing parents to restrict girls access to the internet for their safety, the authors argue that instead of guarding them away from harm, they are obscuring them away from chances and benefits presented with the access of the web

Gender discrimination and violence against women were not part of the Human Rights Agenda until the 1990s when feminists began to push for this change (p84/book). One of the slogans of their campaign was that “Women’s Rights

“Footage showed woman, 31, smiling after she wrestled shirt from boy.” “Woman who grabbed player's shirt from boy, 8, named as Vickie Timbrell” “Ms Timbrell claimed it was a 'misunderstanding' and she knows the boy”[1] Those were the small notes after the title of the article. As people bashed Vickie Timbell wave after wave, it was amazing to see how a single person could direct so much hatred, and anger on one person, how just a single author’s use of sarcasm, juxtaposition, could make people want to simply hate on a single women. The use of language to change one's place in society, a fascinating concept how powerful words could be, how authors of media can make you click on a perspective they want to sell. How an author could give a character

I found this article on Discus under Opposing Viewpoints In Context. One of the things that really stuck out to me in this passage was a certain quote “To be sexually free, women must be able to discover and legitimate their own sexualities through representing and seeing them represented in a vast variety of ways. We don't want the U.S. government, or Andrea Dworkin, telling us which representations are "good" and which ones "degrade" us. To be equal, women must take control of their bodies, aided by information about contraception, abortion, and AIDS that

Solnit’s choice of topic and the context surrounding it stem from her knowledge of the extent of the issue and the overarching repercussions that could result. She acknowledges that there are other topics that she would prefer to devote her time to, “but this affects everything else” (530). Through her topic choice and her selection of details, Solnit seeks to reveal the depth of the inequality throughout society. In order to do this, one of the first strategies that Solnit employs is to use examples from all around the globe. She writes this essay under the assumption that the audience is largely uninformed about the sheer extent of violence against women, and is working to remedy that situation. By pointing out the ways in which other countries routinely and systematically discriminate against women, Solnit places under scrutiny the idea that women’s rights are no longer an issue in the United States. Additionally, by presenting her audience with an abundance of headlines and examples of this discrimination, she further validates her argument and purpose of shedding light onto the issue. One other way in which the context of Solnit’s essay advances her purpose is through her creation of ties between the women’s rights movement and the

Ben Atherton-Zenman writes about the harassment many women receive online. This can range from rude comments, to emails containing rape threats. For this to stop, men will need to step up and assist the women in stopping these hurtful comments. We can no longer sit back and watch people get harassed online. It is time for everyone to step up, and end this.

Women have made great strides in search of equality. However, women still have a long way to go to achieve a “subject” and “subject” relation to man. The women of the fourth wave of feminism are continuing what generations of mothers and grandmothers have done battle over decades before them. Women in powerful positions such as roles in politics and leaders in business have only grown slightly since the second wave of feminism first started their protests. In turn, women continue to strive to close the wage gap and demand fair pay between men and women. They fight to improve rights regarding parental and maternity leave. Decades may have flown by, but women are still objectified. Henceforth, the newest trend in objectification is known as body shaming with the leisure to hide behind a computer screen to bully a woman based on her looks. The “Time’s Up” and “#Me Too” movements are the new voices of hope for women everywhere seeking to abolish violence against women. While “#Me Too” aims to terminate sexual violence towards all women, the focus of “Time’s Up” is to annihilate harassment and promote equality and safety in the

The influence of language in framing an issue is demonstrated in the 2009 article, which does not mention the word paedophile, nor describes Newman as a predator. Instead, the report is framed to emphasis the unregulated nature of the internet. Newman created, “a cyberspace alter-ego” with, “no more substance than a dream,” moreover his “internet construct” was part of a “complex web of false identities” (Fewster, 2009). Thus, the focus is shifted to the uncontrollable, unknowable nature of the internet, rather than the ‘evilness’ of the perpetrator. The 2010 report also frames the internet as a problem by making the aspects of Newman’s online presence more salient or applicable in the mind of the reader. “The 50-year-old paedophile was logged onto another chat room when police arrived to arrest him in his house in Victoria”, had “up to 200 fictitious internet identities he had created to […] have sex with young girls”, and “after murdering, upon [his] return home [he] appeared to have continued on with [his] internet communications with young girls as if nothing has happened” (Dornin, 2010). The attribution of responsibility shifts expands to include both Newton’s unrepentance, and the unregulated nature of the internet.

The United States was founded on principles of liberty, justice, and equality for all. In fact, the United States has gone to great lengths to uphold these principles for all. Except for Jews, Asians, African Americans and every other minority. Especially Women. The ‘Other Gender’ has been looked down upon since the conception of man. Previously, it was directed in the stereotype of male superiority, but now a far greater threat to women’s equal rights is emerging. The media has taken to idolizing woman’s perfect form. Sex sells. Not only has the media been a detrimental blow to women, but the emergence of Pickup Artists, men who spend their time seducing women, and their growing population has created a gap between the alpha and

New York Times writer, Susan Jacoby, offers a compelling argument against stricter enforcement of pornographic censorship. In support of first amendment rights, she provides a convicting thesis; the government does not encompass the authority to place any restrictions on free speech or the expression of ideas. While many feminists argue that porn poses a greater threat to women than free speech poses to any other group, she contends the marching of neo-Nazis creates similar or greater animosity in survivors of the Holocaust. Furthermore, the argument about child pornography is not valid because it is an issue of abuse of power, rather than of obscenity. Feminists desire to use the state's power to censor, instead of enacting their own responsibility

A critically controversial issue that has been promoted and advertised by the media is the abundance of violence against women in the United States. Per the statistics page of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence website, “Every 9 seconds in the US a woman is assaulted or beaten.” (NCADV.org). Although the entirety of the blame cannot be placed on medial sources, most play a large part in influencing thoughts of hostility towards females. The guiltiest party amid these medial sources is clearly the pornographic industry, where endorsement of aggression or rape is now a free 24-hour service for people of all ages to get their hands on. The anonymity of technology has created a “black market” of perverted and sickening content. The popularity of pornography has resulted in an increase of captured footage of both sexual assault and rape, normalizing a matter that should not be normalized. Allowing free access and content that encourages this type of behavior is both criminal and immoral. Pornography and Sexual Aggression, a book detailing the effects of sexual content on the anger towards women, mentions that “certain forms of pornography (specifically, aggressive) can affect aggressive attitudes toward women and can desensitize an individual’s perception of rape” (Malamuth and Donnerstein 54). The question remains, if pornography is free who is dictating who views “aggressive” content? Beyond a search engine bar and a list of categories, you’ll find that filters

While doing the presentation on the topic of trolls, sexism and women online, there are few learning outcomes that are clearly being drawn. For this piece I will be exploring the example that used in the presentation. I will begin with acts in the example and finished with discussing are there and moral conflict between two sides of the voice.

Feminism issues and arguments is a book that was written by Jennifer Mather Saul. The book discusses many issues that are important and related to women and feminists in the 21st century such as the politics of work and family, pornography, abortion, and sexual harassment. The author believes that many people do not know what sexual harassment is, and they do not know what kind of action can be counted as sexual harassment. Therefore, she asks two questions. The questions are, "does the recognition of sexual harassment treat women as frail and in need of special protection? How severe does a behavior have to be to qualify as sexual harassment? In sexual harassment chapter, the author uses many terms in order to discusses and analyzes sexual harassment. The terms are the dominance approach, the difference approach, the stereotype approach, and institutional policies.

The subject of sexual harassment has not been one that haven’t been noticed by people, though the thought of someone causing trouble online seems something of the norm among us. That does not mean we are concerned of the trouble in media, especially when anything can happen on one or various of sites. Sexual harassment in person is horrifying enough in person, but now they have the problem of it following them on places where they regular visit online in order to do work or just to take a break and relax from stress.

Therefore, the more we wait for a solution, the more women get subjected to online abuse Providing a solution for cyber gender harassment is in many ways difficult not just within the African context but all over the world. This is because democratic countries as well as human rights believe in freedom. “First Amendment protects the right to speak anonymously. In McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, the Supreme Court held that First Amendment protection extends to a writer’s decision to speak anonymously” (Jameson 2008, pg. 239). To ban people from using the internet will impede their freedom of expression which is a right that we all should have (Hackett, 2016). Therefore in most democratic countries the law operates in protection of the first amendment as well as the anonymity of an individual. Anonymity is also one of the things that enhance free speech. This is because the individual’s privacy is being protected from abuse against governments that hinder free speech. Human rights activists believe in the right to free speech however great freedom does come with a great price and in this case cyber harassment and abuse. Therefore tackling cyber gender harassment will have to maintain the rights of the victim as well as the perpetrator.