What is the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign?
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women's Global Leadership in 1991. Participants chose the dates, November 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women and December 10, International Human Rights Day, in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasize that such violence is a violation of human rights.
A coalition of social justice groups within Second Life will be marking the 16 days campaign here in SL by organising a series of discussions, presentations & exhibits highlighting violence against women internationally.
På Four Bridges Main Event Area kunde man bl a höra poesi av Gwen Carillon
och sång och musik av Jean Munro.
Bland den månghövdade publiken var
any1 Gynoid lätt att upptäcka som vanligt.
En introduktion till utställningen Language of Pornography hölls av UndoneChaos Enoch (med den roliga texten Shop Less Love More på sin T-shirt).
Language Of Pornography Exhibit
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Four%20Bridges%20Project/82/92/586
This exhibit contains sexually explicit hate language. If you are easily offended please do not enter the exhibit. Additionally, if you are a victim of sexual trauma of ANY sort, my wish is not to cause more harm.
Some individuals entering may become upset, sick, or angry. You may even end up angry at me, and I am OK with that.
The point is to take language commonly used in pornography or hate words and place these words in a different context. This is done for one specific reason, to illustrate how words and phrases can be damaging. Moreover, it is to illustrate how this language misrepresents women through a form of socially acceptable structural violence.
Most of those individuals who enter this exhibit would NOT ever use a slur against a repressed sub group of of any sort, but how many individuals condone the use of hard-core porn. We label it "freedom of expression," then run in fear we might be infringing on someones rights by demanding respect. It is somehow acceptable to do this in hard core pornography because it is viewed as "victimless;" however, if we take a minute to think about it, the victim is every female on the planet. When we allow hard core pornography into our grocery stores, gas stations, or our home, we are doing just that. We are allowing violence towards women and incubating disrespect.
This exhibit is not a statement against nudity, sexuality, or what happens behind closed doors. This exhibit is also NOT about censorship. It is a statement against open and profound hatred towards women in language and action. It is about both men and women taking responsibility for language which hurts, stifles, and disintegrates the female image.
Upon entering the exhibit, please walk all the way to the end, reading the words as you go. Then, turn around and walk back. When you are brave enough to turn back and walk through is when you find a bit of peace.
Se hela programmet för alla 16 dagarna här:
http://socialjustice451.blogspot.com/2009/11/schdule-for-16-dayscome-and-do-some.html
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