Reclaim the Night 27th November 2010

Inside a Sexual Assault Referral Centre

"Sarcs were set up to make it easier for victims of rape to come forward for treatment and advice – and to boost the conviction rate of rapists. But is their future funding under threat?" - Amelia Gentleman

Why women who report rape fall foul of a harsh criminal justice system

"The idea that we are faced with the mutually exclusive objectives of protecting victims of rape and the innocent is false" - Afua Hirsch

Adult TV channels become first to lose licences

"Ofcom said the channels repeatedly breached rules which protect children from inappropriate material and viewers from harmful and offensive content."

Ofcom - Audience complaints

3 weeks to go!

Thursday 25th November:

- No tutorial this week

To do for next week:

- Continue writing

- Continue contacting primary sources

- Focus on historical context chapter this week

- Email Lynne Featherstone MP who has just been appointed Violence against Women Champion

Chapters:

- Introduction

- Chapter 1

Herstory: Feminism in historical context

- Chapter 2

Life in a “Post-Feminist” World: The increasingly disturbing phenomena of public misogyny

- Chapter 3

This is what a feminist looks like

- Conclusion (including looking to the future)

How porn blunts moral boundaries

"The popular attitude to pornography is that it’s fine as long as the kids don’t see it. But this misses the point ― the direct link between adult exposure to porn and sexual abuse of children." - Sigrid Rausing

What Sun readers swallow with their cornflakes

"Page 3 is far more harmful than any tawdry top-shelf skin mag because, without saying a word, it informs the millions of Sun readers who are not straight, adult men that the world is arranged for the social and sexual convenience of those who are." - Laurie Penny

4 weeks to go!

Thursday 18th November:

- Tutorial with Chantelle and hand-in of draft for formative assessment

To do for in the next two weeks:

- Continue writing

- Chase up primary sources

- Collate survey results and come up with an intelligent analysis

The Havens 'Where Is Your Line?'

The Inbetweeners - funny or obscene?

"What counts as funny is horribly hard to be objective about. As is trying to decide what's so obscene that it's beyond the pale".

Attitudes to women

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5 weeks to go!

Thursday 11th November:

- Tutorial with Chantelle

To do for next week:

- Contact primary sources (!)

- Decide on chapter titles

- Write a draft for the formative assessment next week

- Include TV references (as a reflection and influence on society, treating sexism as everyday behaviour)

- Cross section of opinions of young men in market research

- Look at self-esteem, particularly of young girls and whether this is reflected in the curriculum

The Only Way Is Essex - Episode 1 Part 1

The Only Way Is Essex

Viewing figures for the Sunday night show - w/e 31st October = 0.81 million*

(*BARB - Broadcasters' Audience Research Board)

Reclaim The Night

Sexual exploitation and child trafficking

A summary report mapping the scale of internal trafficking in the UK based on a survey of Barnardo’s anti-sexual exploitation and missing services

6 weeks to go!

Thursday 4th November:

- Tutorial with Chantelle

To do for next week:

- Contact primary sources

- Look at The Only Way Is Essex - stereotypical gender roles

- Begin writing

My Dangerous Loverboy: Stop Sex Trafficking - The Official Music Video

Chapters

Intro

- Reasons for writing

Chapter 1

- Feminism in historical context "Inspiration from the past"/ What has been achieved

Chapter 2

- Post-Feminist world/ Misogyny in C21st

- Interview with feminist writer

- Opinions from young men and women

Chapter 3

- Action being taken by feminist networks and new groups - HollabackLDN/ LASH

- Interview with a group organiser

Conclusion