INSPIRATION - MAPS AND NETWORKS II

For maps and networks our key themes are feminism and female liberation. I decided to talk to Danielle about potential research, articles or films we had seen in the past that we could use for inspiration for our piece. Danielle sent me a link to an article about ending shaming to women. In the article it talks about sexual freedom and how men are allowed it but woman are shamed for sexual freedom. It also talks about promiscuous traits in men and the discrimination women are objected to from being shamed for their sexuality.

I have also seen and been aware of that in the media men are praised for taking their clothes off, encouraged and called sexy. Plus new trends in body image of men embracing their "dad bods" meaning men who aren't super buff and into the gym, these men have more relaxed sometimes "chubby" looking bodies and they get praised too. However for women in the media they are shamed for taking their clothes off, deemed as "slutty" or vein because they are embracing their bodies. Also plus sized models are often fat shamed for their size and not seen as beautiful all because they carry a bit more weight on themselves. This just goes to show the mentality of the media towards women as most media is shot from the male gaze, therefore has a pre-disposition to be what men want to see and what pleasures men.

There has also been many accounts on the news and other media of sexual harassment and rape towards females, and the first thing the talk about is what they are wearing. This is of course a completely backwards way of thinking, assuming that the woman's outfit promotes her to being sexually harassed or raped, that wearing revealing outfits gives someone the right to assault them. However, if you turned the situation around no one would comment on what the man was wearing because his outfit shouldn't dictate weather or not he is sexually harassed, it is just seen as a horrific situation. This just demonstrates and confirms the imbalance in these sorts of situations dependent on their gender.

Sorry for such a heavy post.
I hope you enjoy, thank you.



http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/johanna-higgs/stop-shaming-women_b_16709906.html