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Sexism and Misogyny
Introduction
This chapter examines contemporary constructions of masculinity and femininity and how they relate to sexual assault of women.
While much progress has been made over the past decades thanks to feminist scholarsâ and activistsâ efforts to counter traditional gender stereotypes, several recent events in the UK, North America and Australia suggest that Western society is experiencing a backlash against feminism. While it has been argued that our post-modern society has moved on to become post- feminist, these recent events, among others, challenge the commonly held belief that we no longer
âneedâ feminism. The first event involves what is called âFreshersâ
Weekâ in universities across the UK and North America. Freshersâ
Week is an orientation period for new students at tertiary institutions, characterized by a range of university and student-run activities aimed at making new students, who may be experiencing their first view of adult life in a new city, feel more at home.
Traditionally, there is much partying, drinking and the usual shenanigans alongside the more formally organized events on campus. However, on September 20, 2013, Laura Bates reported in The Guardian a rather disturbing trend in this yearâs festivities. The article, entitled âFreshersâ week sexism, and the damage it doesâ, reports a range of âladdishâ behaviour that clearly not only is sexist, but which speaks to an underlying rape culture. She writes, This week, a special council at St. Maryâs University in Canada is reviewing orientation activities carried out at the university, after 85
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a video was posted online showing 80 student leaders celebrating the first week of the university term. They were chanting (in front of new first-year students): âY is for âYour sisterâ, O is for âOh so tightâ, U is for âunderageâ, N is for âNo consentâ, G is for âGrab that assâ.â The story came just weeks after a poster advertising a fresherâs week event at Cardiff Metropolitan University prominently featured a picture of a T-shirt bearing the words: âI was raping a woman last night and she cried.â
(Bates 2013)
Bates claims that the whole sexist tone of Freshersâ Week began more
âsubtlyâ some weeks earlier with an emailed article to prospective students at UCAS describing university housemates as âmum figuresâ
and âdad figuresâ taking on traditional gender roles. As students began to arrive on campus, many more incidents were reported. The Guardian asked students on Twitter to âshare their experiences of
#FreshersWeekSexismâ and according to Bates, âthe responses came thick and fastâ, via the @EverydaySexism project: Halls rep to a fresher: âIâm going to treat you like a dol-phin, segregate you from the group until you give into meâ.
@EverydaySexism
@EverydaySexism A classmate laughed when I said I wanted to play football for the Uni team, assuming that women canât play football.
@EverydaySexism Someone on my facebook had just used the phrase âItâs not rape if itâs freshersâ #FreshersWeekSexism luckily not at my uni.
(Bates 2013)
Phrases such as âfresher fishingâ describe the rash of blatant harassment aimed at young women during this week, including one female student âbeing pinned against a railing against her willâ, while others reported âbeing grabbed, touched and harassedâ.
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