Analysis Of Rape Culture And The Feminist Politics Of Social Media

Though this article I have chosen doesn't directly connect social media and women in politics, I believe it is just as important. It gives an understanding of how the way women see themselves because of social media. A large part of my research essay is getting a better understanding of how women see themselves as less than men making them less confident for higher positions that men in the past have been more likely to have such as jobs in politics.

For this component of my research essay, I have chosen “Rape Culture and the Feminist Politics of Social Media” by Carrie A. Rentschler. I have chosen this article because it is a very interesting and includes important aspects of my research question. The article explains Rape Culture and the positive and negative effects it has on feminism in social media. This would be a great article to include in my paper, as it would give an understanding how much social media affects our lives. Especially for a woman and how we are viewed, social media has a large influence on how we view ourselves and how others view us. Though the other articles would have key parts in my paper, what is talked about in this article is what

This source is about girls and their social media use, how it is positively used on platforms to talk about rape culture, harassment stories and how important support and feminist unity is for young women. “"sympathetic online cultural studies” of girls’ social media use, I interpret Hollaback! and other social media responses to rape culture.” (pg.12) This source is a key part of the article for me because it shows what women have to deal with on a public scale of social media. The fact that there are apps for support shows how many women have to deal with not only rape culture and sexual harassment but what the online world will say about it and take away from