Feminism online

Emma Watson: HeForShe gender equality campaign

1) Summarise this example for the rest of the class in one paragraph

Emma Watson started the campaign to explain what feminism really is as she stated, "that fighting for women’s rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating," she explains that feminism isn't only a fight the women should be fighting for but is a humans right and should also include males support. After looking at the world map providing statistics of men the have supported the cause, I found that in the Russian Federation only 622 men had signed voted for the HeForShe campaign and in countries such as Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan only 14 - 15 men in had signed to show support, in Turkmenistan only 4 men had signed to petition. Watson continued to explain that as a woman with the privilege of being brought up in around people that have supported her although she is a female she felt it was her duty to address the issue and start the change not only for women in the western society that aren't being equally paid but for the less privileged women in Africa that cant be educated due to this barrier.


2) What was the initial incident or situation that sparked this example?

No event had triggered this campaign to start Emma Watson started this campaign because she realized no one else would and the people that wanted to didn't possess the power that she had as a figure in pop culture.

3) In your opinion, is this an example of a valid campaign or something of a witchhunt against people who are not doing any serious harm?

This campaign is vaild as it raises the awareness of the of the  issue with men and personally after hear of the campaign and looking it up i realized too that this issue isn't just for women and can't be done with just women because it requires men to change thier attitude and raising this issue towards men is the first step to becoming successful.



Caroline Criado Perez: female presence on banknotes

1) Summarise this example for the rest of the class in one paragraph

Caroline Criado Perez is a feminist that had recently appeared on News at ten as she campaigned against the Bank of England for replacing Elizabeth Fry on the five pound note to Winston Churchill. If this notion of Winston Churchill passes then every note would have the face of a male on the note. Apart from the Queen who is not on the note by choice. She won the protest and was told Jane Austen would then be on the ten pound note, due to her success she received many threats n Twitter.

2) What was the initial incident or situation that sparked this example?

What initiated her protest was The image of Elizabeth Fry being replaced by Winston Churchill on the 5 pound note.

3) In your opinion, is this an example of a valid campaign or something of a witchhunt against people who are not doing any serious harm?

Her (Caroline Criado Perez) place in the protest wasn't a protest. She had a valid reason as to why she initiated the protest and is why she succeeded. however the people that send her threats on twitter is seen as a witch hunt as it made no difference to the actual campaign and didn't result in Chichills face replacing Elizabeth Fry.


A silent feminist Twitter protest gets mixed support

1) Summarise this example for the rest of the class in one paragraph

The article is about the hashtag #TwitterSilence created by a feminist Caitlin Moran. She created the protest for her fellow feminist Caroline Criado-Perez, who want the image of Jane Austen on the latest Bristish Banknote. The use of not speak on the matter as a for of protest is said to be ironic because of women's inability to speak out on Twitter without incurring some form of abuse. Moran received criticism from both male and females including feminists as their perspective on pushing feminism was about talking and spreading the news of the campaign instead of not saying anything

2) What was the initial incident or situation that sparked this example?

The initial incident that had sparked this potest was the twitter abuse that was directed at Caroline Criado-Perez becuase she wanted the image of Jane Austen on the lastest banknote

3) In your opinion, is this an example of a valid campaign or something of a witchhunt against people who are not doing any serious harm?

Because of the form of protest she is doing I feel that this campaign is simply just a witchhunt also because of the quote,"I just wanted to do a thing."

Ched Evans: Who is 'Jean Hatchet' leading petitions against his return to football?

1) Summarise this example for the rest of the class in one paragraph

The article concerns the return of High Profile Striker Ched Evans to Sheffield United as a convicted rapist and about the campaigner under the pseudonym Jean Hatchet. Hatchet started the petition so that the footballer couldn't return to the sport as he is a pop culture icon. She was behind the petition that received over 160,000 signatures in support of his dismissal. She went on to talk about the blind threats she received after starting the campaign including threats to rape and to places in an acid bath


2) What was the initial incident or situation that sparked this example?

The return of Ched Evans to football and signing to Sheffield United.


3) In your opinion, is this an example of a valid campaign or something of a witchhunt against people who are not doing any serious harm?

This is a witch hunt because he is still be considered to play and the fans watch him play for his football skills not whether he is a rapist or not and people that look up to him is because of his ability to play the sport as well as he does and isn't hiss fault if he is seen as a role model because that isn't his job his job is to play the sport he enjoys and get paid for it. if any punishment is placed on him it's a slightly lower pay.