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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