The Effects Of The Oppression Of Women

No matter what activity I’m involved in, I am always an advocate for gender equality and racial diversity, finding ways to raise awareness for those issues through my endeavors. As an Asian American actress, I strive to promote racial diversity in media. Combining my media interests and academic pursuits, I studied women’s rights in the Middle East examining how women in Turkey are escaping oppression through social networking platforms. Conducting research on gender-based violence and social media activism was incredibly rewarding, because even though it can be a depressing topic, looking at the resilience of these women, their grit, resourcefulness, and iron determination was extremely inspiring. I am inspired by those women everyday as I continue to advocate for women’s rights and racial diversity in my everyday

As we creep into a more modern civilization, women’s role in society is rightfully evolving. No longer are women known as solely housekeepers, but are recognized as the intellectual and powerful beings they truly are. In Susan Glaspell’s short story “Trifles”, it is inherently clear that women are to be seen and not heard, which is not uncommon for the timeframe in which it was written. The women in the story “Trifles” are subject to male inferiority, psychological damage, and are considered as second class citizens.

The media is made up of people that will never care for women's complaining all they will say is ignore it or change computers and email addresses. In many cases people will question what Misogyny is and how it relates to them especially men because the go into deniability. In the article “Game of Fear” by Zachary Jason was about the Zoe post and the impact it had on a woman named Zoe Quinn who is now harrassed on the daily because of her ex boyfriend Gjoni's revenge post because of their and his insecurity towards their relationship and through out this article Gjoni believed that he did nothing wrong and that he was the victim not her as he was cheated on. And to this current day he still has this deniability about not doing the wrong thing by putting up her info online and allowing her to get attack but not without saying first that he did not do this to hurt her. And I would say to someone that this treatment is not right and that forcing ignorance is

Nowadays with all the new media and technologies, it seems like that we are living in the future. A future without racial and gender struggles. A common belief about the new media is that we will become truly equal with the help of new media, but some people still do racist and sexist things in new media. As Lisa Nakamura states in her essay that “Racism and sexism have continue to flourish on the internet, and indeed to some extents have even come to define it , despite our supposedly ‘post racial’ historical moment” (81), I believe that new media is not the solution of the issues of race ,gender and sexuality, but reinforcement of the ideologies behind those problems.

The traditional media is a mixed blessing for feminists; on one hand, they educate the American public about issues like wife-beating and the gender gap, and on the other, both synthesize feminism into a homogenous mold and reinforce “post-feminist” repudiation of feminist wins. Traditional mass communications impose a gender dualism that made no room for gray - “bad” feminism versus “good” masculine norm - ignore marginal (feminist) voices, distort feminism, and delimit the spread of feminist principles (Beck 140). Media backlash typically follows women’s efforts to make significant strides towards independence and equality - perpetuating binaries of bra-burning “dykes” and subservient (and thus attractive) women, likening philosophical disagreements amongst feminists with “catfights” and mud-wrestling women (Beck 144). This portrayal causes women’s hesitancy to own their own movement, which is then perceived as petty and confrontational. The media ignores the fact that feminism is multi-faceted and thus subject to internal disagreement, and instead sells the entertainment value of fighting women while maintaining the status quo of cool-headed and right male codes (Beck 142). They pass cultural codes - generally white and heterosexual male - for ‘raw’ reality. Reality is never a universal concept; the basic concept of “woman” is riddled with cultural codes conveyed and interpreted in media texts. There

Most men, along with those who disagree with contemporary feminists, are often attacked with harsh words, primarily through the use of social media and the Internet. Many blogs, Twitter accounts, and online newspapers that support feminism sometimes make men out to be the “enemy”

They usually say they are “monkeys” or “should go back to Africa”. When it comes to those who are Jewish, the comments could be considered worse. The comments range from blaming Jewish people for everything that is wrong with the world to saying how cheap they are. Even worse than that, almost all of these people claim that Hitler did nothing wrong and that they would like to continue his work and “eradicate the Jews”. Lastly, the final target of hateful comments is none other than women. Most of the users on this site are male and when a female reveals herself it can get a bit out of hand. Sexist comments are said such as “get back in the kitchen” or even “women are useless tools”. The worst of it is that they will not listen to what a female has to say unless she posts a nude photo of her breasts with a timestamp. If she does not do this, she will most likely be spammed with the phrase “tits or gtfo” multiple times. So what I’m trying to show here is how we as people are still pretty barbaric. I have seen this firsthand and have had friends who have seen someone victimized like this. We still treat certain people like trash just because we are not like them, but the good thing is this is starting to

Women have been the subject to sexism in every branch of society today. Even with the women’s rights movements in the seventies and intersectional feminism grasping the airways of activism, there is still a problem that we should not deny — sexism in our culture. When we turn around, we see women’s half naked bodies on billboards that have been photoshop in order to sell a product to a fanbase. We see comedians making sexist or degrading jokes about women, and making an audience laugh, without thinking about the consequences. Even in schools the dress codes are ridiculous. I have seen boys come to school with muscle t-shirts and never once been sent to the office. Though, once a girl wears a tank top with her bra strap showing, it is the end of the world and she is sent home to cover up. Luckily, there have organizations that standby women in the fight to end sexism, assault and domestic abuse. One of these organization is the international humanitarian agency called CARE. In 2015, they released a short film, based around the struggles a woman will face with sexism in her lifetime. Nether the less, the short film displays a powerful, and captivating message to the viewers about the realities of being a female. Even though, the video is targeted to one specific gender audience, I do agree

In March 2015, political analyst Zerlina Maxwell argued on FOX News that men should be responsible for ending rape. As a result, she received a slew of rape and death threats through email and social media. She stated, “Clearly this is gendered and it has to do with the fact that I’m black…Because the rape threats […] had the N-word all over them,” (Mantilla). The harassment of Maxwell brought up the issues of misogyny and racism and its emergence on the Internet. The presence of discrimination online demonstrates that while interaction with others is facilitated on the World Wide Web, the internet is not devoid of the hostility of the real world. Instead, its increased participation brought about new problems such as trolling—when people post

One thing that these women all have in common is the negative perception that the media has had of them because sometimes they wear revealing clothes or take selfies. Media’s perceptions of women is both counteractive and counterproductive to the feminist movement of today.

These days our nation is witnessing a wave of Feminazism. On the name of Feminism, a battle of sexes has been waged. These Feminazis have created a mess in the society. An all new era is rising high. An era, when males have to live under the dark shadows of fear of being defamed or refuted by the society. A society where Females are always the victims and Males are always the culprit. A thick layer of rust has covered the brains of people so badly that our society is losing out on being practical and rational.

The social discrimination that individuals face today was built on a foundation that men had created long ago. We are indeed very oblivious to the patriarchy and prejudice we are surrounded by because we are accustomed to what our parents and guardians believed in while growing up. Their ideologies are embedded into our brains thus leading us to unknowingly spread false information and make assumptions based off of those thoughts. A few examples would be the worldwide belief that men shouldn’t cry or that men should be the individual in control. On top of that, with these beliefs, many men refuse to report incidents like rape because they are afraid of what others may think.

When a topic is important to the public and talked about frequently the media picks the topic up to take advantage of the potential for attention. With third wave feminism of the rise the media has been very outspoken about feminist issues; although the media attention may be a good thing a lot of outlets are portraying the 21-st century feminist as an attention seeking, fragile “snowflake” who cannot

There are a copious amount of people that would laugh if they were told that women were severely oppressed. Sadly, this was and is the case for a countless amount of societies around the world. But, why? It is hard to comprehend why women were below men for hundreds of years, but there are hundreds of reasons why females were and are oppressed in society, particularly historically and psychologically. In society there are many deep rooted issues making women secondary to men.

In the recent past, digital media has demonstrated that it is a powerful vehicle for bringing the issue of women’s right to the attention of the general public. Apart from delivering information on gender issues, digital media platforms are essential in organizing and implementing the actions that push policy makers to formulate the policies needed to address gender inequality (Dixon et al. 2014). Unfortunately, digital media also has the potential to spread adverse information that threatens the progress made in protecting the rights of women and gender equality. The negative effects of digital media on gender equality are discussed by Narayana and Ahamad (2016), where the highlights include that the negative portrayal of women in digital media platforms indicates the lack of gender sensitivity. The review of the negative effects of digital media on the realization of gender equality will cover the effects of the stereotypical portrayal of women, the stereotyping of male and female relationships, and the normalization of violence against women (Livingstone & Helsper 2007).