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Sparks: Recent Feminism of Interest

Posted by xJane on January 14th, 2009 at 7:52 am · 5 Comments

Jane Doe is standing up to the social stigma attached to having been raped and the attendant indignities she discovered were involved in attempting to report it. In Japan. Although it is both a different culture and legal system, I don’t think there’s any culture that deals with rape without social stigma or the indignities involved in reporting it. Her refusal to be silent and her desire to bring national and international attention to the situation in Japan may help us all look with criticism at our own cultures.

On being a quiet feminist. (Something I’ve never understood, but I have heard the arguments that Kevin espouses and been incensed by them myself.)

Bad advertising. Or, sex sells.

Tags: Activism · Current Events · Dialog · Education · Feminism · Gender · Justice · Law · Media and Design · Sexuality · Society · Women

5 responses so far ↓

  • 1 John // Jan 14, 2009 at 8:50 am

    Great links, xJane. Japan continues to be at least a generation behind the U.S. in women’s rights (this is even with a constitution–which we wrote for them–that specifically guarantees rights for women).

  • 2 xJane // Jan 14, 2009 at 11:29 am

    I was trying to ensure that this didn’t come from a place of “oh, we’re so much better than them”, since I know we’re not—it’s just easier to look at someone else’s culture and judge than to look at one’s own.

  • 3 John // Jan 14, 2009 at 11:31 am

    That’s where me and my Japanese heritage and experience come in. :)

  • 4 John // Jan 14, 2009 at 11:32 am

    Er, to validate you, that is.

  • 5 Quin // Jan 14, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    Brilliant post! And I loved that article at the Huffington Post. Fighting the psychological attacks from advertising is so important, because we just get bombarded.

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