SLUT SHAMING/DOUBLE STANDARDS

Research: After swapping papers with other fellow classmates from our previous lecture, I received the topic “Slut Shaming” and “Double Standards.” Slut shaming is a form of social stigma applied to woman and girls who according to society go against normal expectations when it comes to sexual behaviors. It is a double standard in society when a female is harassed and ridiculed for performing an action that would otherwise be praised or seen as acceptable by society if done by a male. Examples may include being criticized for dress code, number of sexual partners, or performing certain sexual actions. In today’s society, if man is known to have sexual relations with several different woman, he is known as a “pimp” or a “player”. If a female were to have sexual relations with various men, then society will deem that as socially unacceptable and that female would be labeled as a hoar, slut, and criticized negatively for her actions. Slut shaming has recently become a trending topic in the media after famed celebrity model Amber Rose launched The Amber Rose Slut Walk on October 3^, 2015 in Los Angeles, aiming to combat women’s equality issues, such as, sexual injustice, victim blaming, derogatory labeling and gender inequality.  Women should be liberated just the same as men are on all levels without disapproval from the general public. This blog post conveys that women should definitely have the same freedom as men to do as they please without scrutiny. Slut shaming is a social injustice to woman and girls and change needs to occur in America.

Design: When it comes to the design of this poster based on the topic of slut shaming and double standards, the main theme that I would want to get across is that woman are being oppressed through society for sexual injustice and inequality. If the female population were to see this photo, I would want them to join together in unity to support each other and rise to fight social criticism that they may face. This should be a poster build off of empowerment. My goal is to envision this poster the same way that Amber Rose would envision a poster promoting woman’s equality for her Slut Walk. This poster shouldn’t be a reflection of the sexual injustices that society has put on woman. Instead, this should be a time to have the voices of slut shamed victims heard, and also to spread awareness for change to end slut shaming and double standards towards woman once and for all. Similar to the LGBT movement, I was thinking maybe having an upbeat and happy themed poster with the colors of the rainbow incorporated throughout the poster. Maybe have a background of the city of Buffalo or Los Angeles where the Amber Rose Slut Walk took place.

Adjectives: Ten adjectives that I would use to describe this poster are the following:

• Happy
• Strong
• Unity
• Empowering
• Energetic
• Upbeat
• Proud
• Enthusiastic
• Carefree
• Brave

After going through several fonts available to me at my disposal, I came across an idea for the heading. Let’s hypothetically say I wanted to make a poster for the Amber Rose Slut Walk. I would make the tittle of that poster about a font size of 28 in font “MV Boli”. What I liked about that font was the half script like curves that the letters present. It shows that woman are classy and this event is about empowering woman and not putting them down. The font lets ladies know that we should be celebrating and have a good time getting our message across. The use of serifs in this poster really isn’t necessary. I think that having serifs on the letters would make this event seem more like a business affair opposed to a sort of parade fighting for woman’s sexual rights. As I stated before, the use of colors in this poster should be light, bright, and flashy, something that shows that there will be brighter days ahead for ladies that have fell victim to slut shaming double standards. If I were using key words in this poster such as SLUT, or Criticized, or any of my adjective words. I would probably highlight them in a different bold bright colors such as yellow or orange, and change their font to maybe 18 to have them stick out to the viewer to show the purpose of the parade. This could maybe be listed in plain Times New Roman font to maintain a seriousness of these words, but the bright colors would balance it out to where our point would get across.

Links:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slut-shaming

https://twitter.com/slutwalk_la?lang=en

http://www.amberroseslutwalk.com/

http://www.bustle.com/articles/110650-amber-rose-redefines-the-term-walk-of-shame-in-a-hilarious-important-new-video

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-adjectives.html