Project two script
Kaylee Hutchings
English 1102
Dr. MC
September 28, 2021
Project two podcast
Hello everyone, my name is Kaylee Hutchings, and this is my podcast over the Oppression of Women on social media. I used very helpful information from six scholarly sources written and peer reviewed. So, to start, I wanted to give the definition of oppression which is defined as a prolonged cruel unjust treatment or control. In other words, oppression is the inequitable use of authority, law, or physical force to prevent others from being free or equal. (Napikoski). The verb oppress can mean to keep someone down in a social sense. To be oppressed is the exercise of tyranny by a ruling group. Since the beginning, according to the "Institute for intergroup understanding”, going back to the early 1800s women have struggled with Oppression in America and in other countries. This institute has put this program together to help people come together and to help people understand the importance to stick up for themselves. "Racism, ethnic discrimination, and prejudice have been the primary targets for the work of the Institute and continue to be extremely important areas of focus." According to (Intergroup books) In today’s society what really is looked at is social media. People base their views, looks, politics, money making skills etc. on the social media status of other people. While there are pros of social media there are also a lot of cons. Women struggle with oppression on social media very harshly. Women are frowned upon and bullied on social media. Bulling online is called cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is defined as the act of commenting on someone aiming to harass via internet. Based on AccoAsosiasi Penyelenggara Jasa internet Indonesia data I found, the number of cyberbullying in 2019 is 49%. Women have analyzed that they get cyberbullied on social media for facial and physical appearance along with their race and even religion. Cyberbullying is a growing problem associated with acts of giving comments intending to body shame and attack women through digital communication such as social media. Negative stereotypes are given through comments as an attempt to express ideal thoughts on women. Most oppression towards women is found on sources such as twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Twitter and Facebook were created to stay connected and commutate between others, but these social medias have just become "toxic" platforms states race, gender and the technological turn. Social media has made us believe in a surveillance community built off fear of being a woman mainly because we have all been told too. In conclusion, studies have shown that the only remedies per say to help with oppression against women is through education, organizations movements or force of some sort, either being acts, movements or interventions stated Paulo Freier who is an organizer and an educator. He also wrote a book called, “Pedagogy of the Oppressed”. These sources and books I have found have shown the importance of how extreme and still living oppression is on women and found on social media. I hope you found my podcast useful for the future and thank you for listening to my Oppression of women on social media podcast!
Work cited
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McVey, Laura, Lauren Gurrieri, and Meagan Tyler. "The structural oppression of women by markets: the continuum of sexual violence and the online pornography market." Journal of Marketing Management 37.1-2 (2021): 40-67.
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Ott, Kate. “Social Media and Feminist Values: Aligned or Maligned?” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, Mar. 2018, pp. 93–111. EBSCOhost, doi:10.5250/fronjwomestud.39.1.0093.