Friday, 27 November 2015

Kirsty Wark: Blurred Lines



Kirsty Wark: Blurred Lines - The New Battle of the Sexes






Key points highlighted from this programme shown on BBC are:
  • Men feel as if they can speak about women in a negative and derogatory way
  • A major influence to how genders are treated is technology
  • Technology allows people to write and share comments - much more permanent online
  • Forms of prejudice often stem from humour and are explained as banter
  • Acceptability of offensive language towards women can depend on context and outside factors
  • Sexism has moved from private to public
  • Sexist humour can facilitate sexism

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