I recently wrote a news feature for my Writing for New Media Environments class about the reactions of people on the sexual assault accusations that have been coming out in Hollywood and on the Hill, in politics. It was really interesting talking to these men and women about their reactions to what was going on. I interviewed a Political Science major at OSU, a media professor at MSJ, a communications major at MSJ, and a liberal arts major at MSJ; two of these interviewees were women and two were men. I only put three of the interviews into my feature, just because of length, but these insights really have influenced my view of what is going on, I feel like I understand more about what is going on and understand others’ views.
Through my research, I have also discovered that media, is not only covering what is going on, but they are also advocating for more women to come forward and get men and women both to understand what is going on. Talk show hosts are making efforts to campaign against the issue, like Samantha Bee, who recently released “A Penis PSA” to inform men what not to do with their penis. The ladies of SNL recently did a skit called “Welcome to Hell” which is really the anthem we need against sexual harassment. (links to both below)
Women know that sexual harassment is nothing new or surprising, but the issue coming out in bulk is what we’ve been waiting for. The SNL video is just welcoming men to the hell women have been living in…FOREVER. It is so brave of these women and men to come out against these powerful men who have been harassing so many for years. Hopefully this is the change we need. I hope that in the near future, we see more women in politics and Hollywood, so that we can have gender equality and can end the idea that women are just objects that men can control.
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