Monday 16 March 2015

Ched Evans. 

1) Summarise this example for the rest of the class in one paragraph
Chad Evans is a high profile striker and was convicted of being a rapist when he had raped a woman in a hotel room. The women in question had said that she did not give him consent to do so and was passed out during the time that he had raped him. He was then found guilty and was sentenced to prison for a while. The woman Hatchet started a petition to get the footballer out of his game and to be dismissed and gained 160,000 signatures. 

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

It was due to Ched Evans to return to football and signing back to Sheffield United football club. 

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

This i believe is a witch hunt as the football fans who love him and would like him to play want him because of what he brings to the team and how he is able to contribute towards the football club. He is one of their valuable players and would want him in games playing for them. As a role model he only sets an example out on the pitch, people watch him on the pitch and know him for being good on the pitch. 


 Caroline Criado Parez: female presence on bank notes. 

1) Summarise this example for the rest of the class in one paragraph
This article is about a hash tag that was used on Twitter which had been created by a feminist named Caitlin Moran. This was created as a fellow feminist wanted the picture of a woman on the £5 note as they were going replace the current woman with a man. This would mean that there would be no woman on the British pound notes. From the twitter silent this meant that all feminists on twitter all became silent because of it and did not tweet for a whole 24 hours on Twitter, they wanted to prove a point and stood their ground. 

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

What sparked this protest was due to a woman wanted to have Jane Austin on the latest five pound note as she heard that the current woman was going to be taken off and replaced with another man, instead of a woman. 

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

She had the right to do what she did and got away with it and was successful. However the harm that was caused was that she had received loads of threats due to her actions which had caused her a bit of harm mentally due to what was said to her.  

Emma Whatson: Heforshe gender equality campaign. 

1) Summarise this example for the rest of the class in one paragraph
This was all about how Emma Whatson explained what feminisms do and what it actually is and what's it about. She says that feminism inst only a fight but is a humans right and that all women should have equal rights as men as we are all humans as she explains in the article and been said herself. We see that not many men are signing up to the 'heforshe' campaign and was proved unsuccessful shown through the figures received and shown in the article. 

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

Nothing had triggered this campaign but Emma Watson had seen for herself and knows that woman in the world are being treated unfairly and thinks she can make a difference for all woman. She wants to accomplish a lot for woman as she herself is described as independent and a strong individual. 

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 partly a witchhunt as with this they are trying to change the world as the harm is being done to the females in the world. What they want to do is change the people for them to realise that all woman and men should be treated as equals and should not be seen any different. Woman are mistreated by men and are seen as normal in society as it has been the common thing in this world for a long time. 

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