Twitter Silence was a protest made up on Twitter where women have to stay silent on Twitter for a day to show their inability to speak up on Twitter without obtaining any sort of abuse. There were mixed opinions about this method of protest as many women said it was not effective and women should be louder on Twitter rather than silent to overcome misogyny.- This idea came about from a quote in Jane Austen's book; Northanger Abbey. Due to the abuse on Twitter aimed at the campaign set up by Caroline Criado Perez which was to put up Jane's picture on a banknote. Her fellow feminists 'rallied up' and Caitlin Moran came up with the idea of 'shutting up' on Twitter.
- In my opinion this is a valid campaign as feminists just want to protest against the people who give them abuse. They are not targeting an individual in particular so there is no witch-hunt.
Caroline Criado Perez: female presence on banknotes
- She protested against the Bank of England for replacing Elizabeth Fry on the five pound note to Winston Churchill as otherwise every bank note would have a male on it. Apart from the Queen who is not on the note by choice. She won the protest and was told Jane Austen would then be on the ten pound note. Caroline got many threats on Twitter.
- The thing that sparked her protest was because they were going to change the female on the fiver to a male, leaving no other females by choice on the banknotes.
- In my opinion people sent out death threats just because they wanted to get involved, this was a wich-hunt against her. However the campaign itself was valid.
Emma Watson- HeForShe gender equality campaign
- Emma Watson wants to raise awareness of gender equality as she has seen many things in her life which make her question why men can't be treated the same as women, economically, politically and socially.
- Her own beliefs sparked her to get involved with this campaign.
- In my opinion her campaign is valid as she just wants people to be aware of what consequences gender inequality can have.
Ched Evans- convicted rapist
- Ched Evans who was a footballer was convicted of rape and there is a campaign stating he shouldn't be allowed to play football again run by Jean Hatchett.
- This was sparked when Ched Evans was going to be signed back into football.
- The campaign is valid because people should be aware that crimes such as rape do not get forgotten so easily and should definitely be punished for it.
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