Women across the world are being silenced, taken advantage of, and viewed as “less than” men. This needs to change. While some countries have been able to make a lot of progress in closing the gender gaps and demanding equality, there are still places like Iran and Afghanistan where women are still being severely oppressed. This civic artifact lays down a very powerful statement. The placement of the search bar over this woman’s mouth as a visual representative of the silencing of women, along with the filled in answers popping up below really creates a striking case. Women need to, “be put in their place”, “know their place”, “be controlled”, and “be disciplined”; these statements are absolutely not okay, yet strongly believed by many men in countries where this is the cultural norm. This would fall under the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal number 5: Gender Equality. We can view this through the lens of visual rhetoric, taking in the dark colors and the object placement of the search bar over this woman’s mouth, these are all intentional strategies of getting this point across. We can also view this through the lens of commonplaces, because they use the ideas and values that used to be cultural norms. This image uses these phrases in the search bar line because they want to highlight how society keeps placing women as things to be controlled rather than equals to men, this is a commonplace because many people still believe women should be submissive to men. This visual uses these ideas in the search bar to show how commonly these ideas are believed, thats how search bars work, they fill in the rest of the sentence based on frequently searched phrases, so this piece pulls on the common knowledge that viewers know how that works too. Overall, I think this visual is very powerful and shows an important message: women need to be viewed as equals, regardless of what society’s narrative has been.
September 11, 2023
Women Need to be Seen as Equal.
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Judith Rojas
September 12, 2023 — 1:58 am
This is true I think that as a society we should focus on women’s rights issues. I liked your analysis of the ad; you explained the visual rhetoric and commonplaces very well. When I looked at the ad the first time, I didn’t really take into account the commonplace and when I looked at it again I definitely saw it with that view and it brought a deeper meaning.
Jessica Rhule
September 12, 2023 — 1:18 pm
I definitely agree that women around the world are struggling to gain equality, enough that I actually chose to analyze the same poster. I thought you explained the meaning behind the poster really well. Pointing out that these ideas are still considered commonplaces in parts of the world highlights the fact that these viewpoints need to change. Your analysis made me think of things I didn’t initially see in the poster.
Katie Snyder
September 14, 2023 — 8:12 pm
You had an amazing opening with the Elenor Roosevelt quote, it was a great hook to get the audience interested. I really enjoyed your bigger picture view on the artifact and how it affects the whole world. I loved your arrangement of the speech from the opening to the closing. It was really impactful how you closed with the search bar results. Amazing delivery and inflection with your tone!
Vel
September 14, 2023 — 8:16 pm
CLASS PRESENTATION: I really liked the beginning of your speech, the quote was very powerful and assisted in getting your point across. I also liked how confidently you spoke and the pace in which you spoke with was very well done. The content of the speech was also extremely strong, I really liked your analysis,