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Alyssa Colby

"Hit the Bitch": The Worst Anti-Violence Campaign Ever - Hit a Bitch - Jezebel - 8 views

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Domestic Violence Campaign Europe Battering Abuse

shared by Alyssa Colby on 31 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Alyssa Colby on 31 Mar 10
     
    I came across this while searching for ant-domestic violence campaigns and couldn't resist posting it... This is an article on a Danish anti domestic violence PSA, which apparently asks you to virtually beat a woman and then calls you an idiot and presents facts about domestic violence at the end. I personally do not think that this is an effective way to prevent domestic violence, as it would seem to desensitize people to it, but not all commentators agreed, and some that I read felt that this was a good strategy because it was edgy and attention grabbing, and would make people notice this issue. Other peoples thoughts?
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  • Kelly Westphal on 01 Apr 10
     
    I completely agree that this is inappropriate. While it is shocking and attention getting, it is promoting the wrong thing. This makes domestic violence into a game and allows someone to virtually beat a woman. Despite the facts at the end I think that what this PSA gets across is that violence against women is a fun game and not a serious issue.
  • Marijose Vila on 03 Apr 10
     
    I also agree that this campaign is inappropriate for several reasons. To begin with, it would mean that hitting a women until a certain point makes you a " pimp " and a " gangsta" and that alone is unacceptable. There should not be a serious damage for you to be an idiot for hitting a woman ! I would not consider this activism because it is using violence to attempt to prove a point. Besides in the interactive game the women insutls the " player" and that would mean that it is OK to a certain degree to abuse a women physically when she verbally attacks a man. What were they thinking when they lounged this campaign ? This campaign misses to address any social factors that we have studied in class and just focuses in violence in an interactive way.
  • Meaghan Murphy on 12 Apr 10
     
    I think this game is just as sick as the other game that we saw in the CNN article. I would love to know who came up with the game's design to see why they chose to use "pussy" and "gansta" to describe the type of man you could be, and why they thought this would stop violence rather than increase it. I think the creators are making these actions seem normal by putting the female character in a situation that could happen so frequently and by making the male respond to it with violence. Like we've been talking about in class, it seems like the game is only going to increase the amount of violence against women rather than stopping it.
  • Liesel Sheppard on 14 Apr 10
     
    What this anti-violence campaign is doing is making light of violence against women. Although the reason why it was created was to make people aware of violence against women, in fact I believe it is doing the opposite of what they intended. The campaign was created to shock people and to catch their attention in order to bring a focus on violence against women. I'm curious to hear about what others think and whether they believe this example of activism works in certain contexts. My question is, did this campaign work in Denmark? Was it effective???
Merretta Dickinson

Native Women's Association of Canada - Welcome - 0 views

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Canada Aboriginal Women rape murder missing women

shared by Merretta Dickinson on 21 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Merretta Dickinson on 21 Apr 10
     
    New information from NWAC about the women missing in Canada.
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