Girls and Young Women Resisting Rape Culture through YouTube Videos

Bibliographic Data

ID12975334
AuthorsChloe Krystyna Garcia (corresponding author), Ayesha Vemuri
Year2017
Volume10
Issue2
Publication date2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGirlhood Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1938-8209 • E-ISSN: 1938-8322
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3167/ghs.2017.100204
OpenAlexW2737845676
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited32

Sexual violence continues to be normalized in modern society through heterosexist jokes and problematic portrayals of female sexuality. A number of young female activists use YouTube as a technology of nonviolence to share their thoughts about rape culture and how it can be transformed. We performed a thematic analysis of 10 videos produced by young women and girls to investigate what they identify as rape culture and how they use videos to communicate their messages. We argue that they offer meaningful insight into the institutions that contribute to the normalization of sexual violence, including schools and universities, the media, and legal and political systems. We believe that stakeholders interested in dismantling rape culture can use these videos to educate themselves and others about the concerns voiced by women and girls, who are, arguably, the population most affected by sexual violence

Criminology · Human sexuality · Normalization (sociology · Population · Qualitative research · Sexual violence · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

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