THBT the feminist movement should oppose the rise of commercial products and services

aimed at helping women protect themselves from sexual assault and harassment. (e.g. nail
polish that changes color around date rape drugs, anti-rape underwear, "killer tampon", Pink
Cabs)
Characterizations:
A. Setting Up
B. Model
C. Context

GOV
Define:
1. Feminist Movement
a. The sole reason it was created is to advocate equal rights men and women.
b. Intersectionality, understanding of how the identities, cultures, color, religion,
etc impact the way they’re discriminated
2. What does opposing look like? Add two more what
a. Rejecting the rise of commercial products by:
- Boycotting
- Campaigning through rallies
- Condemning women who use products
3. Commercial products
a. The rise
i. Slowly becoming the main option to combat rape and harassment
b. Who produces it?
i. Big companies who are profit-oriented
a. Therefore, incentivizing the occurrences wherein women are being
harassed as a way to earn a profit by causing an unreasonable state
of panic through media, and other commercial means
Context:
1. FM and rape culture
a. What’s rape culture?
i. Normalizing the rape and assault through popular media
a. Women are held accountable by changing the way you dress instead
of men being held accountable by not changing the way they think.
b. How does it affect women? Your trauma is devalued and seen as something
that “you’ll get over”, basically not being taken as seriously as it should be
and not holding the men AS accountable as should be.
i. Victims being held accountable because of their actions of “seducing”
men around them. What happens then?
2. Current FM strategies to combat sexual harassment

Question:
1. What are your goals as gov?
a. Sustainable and concrete change
i. Not having to be dependent on these products or the fear being
stopped by changing the norm of RC and how men think. Why is the
goal of the FM? We make the harm more visceral and protect women
by making their struggles legitimate.
Argument 1: Overdependence leaves women defenseless.
IDEA---> PROCESS---> OUTCOME---> META <3
Overdependence 1. Corporations create an 1. Corporations 1. The creation of
atmosphere of panic have the a system w/ no
where women don’t feel monetary alternatives
safe leaving their house incentive to backtracks the
without their product create more progress of the
2. Media depicting women panic harming FM.
as weak for being women how so? - Ultimately, their
dependent on these - Women are ability to
products. exposed to more leverage for
3. The creation of products harm (ie. more rights and
doesn’t necessarily solve Harassment). safe spaces is
the struggles of This is worse lessened
harassment for women, it because? - This argument is
provides more incentive 1. Women who lack also important in
for victim-blaming. Given the money the long term
this, dependency stems needed to buy the FM wants to
from this these products be able to
4. These products are seen 2. We don’t create adhere to its
as the ONLY way for room for healthy goals but at the
women to defend discourse same time
themselves. regarding RC redefining what
3. We allow it means to be a
skewed media woman.
depictions
regarding
objectification
since there’s a
narrative
supporting it
4. Ultimately,
women are
exposed to
disproportionate
harms.

Argument 2: PRINCIPLE: Consistency w/ the FM goals

IDEA---> PROCESS---> OUTCOME---> META <3

a. Principle 1. It leads to women being 1. Women who lack 1. It strays from

consistenc divided due to some the money feel the movement’s
y (ie. having the money to buy defenceless and goal because
Equality, those certain products to are a lower the purpose of
intersectio defend themselves while social class than the movement is
nality) others do not. those who do to prove that
2. We have to give up have the money, women aren’t
b. Choice certain choices. ST is saying to supposed to feel
feminism non-negotiable harm. But themselves “If I this fear in the
(What do in the very WC, it’s still had the money first place, they
choices inaccessible for women to buy these aren’t supposed
look like? who need it the most. products I would to rely on these
FM wants 3. While we concede to the feel safer” products for
to respect fact that to some extent, it 2. This would lead their safety, if
choices. unites the movement as a to women only anything it’s just
Respond whole. It still strays far feeling safe like saying to a
to the from the original goal of when they are an assaulter
 Worst the movement which is to with other “you can try to
case from empower women as women and not harass me but I
OPP individuals, not empower feeling safe have protection”
saying it’s women only when they’re when they are when in fact the
the ONLY a crowd. alone goal of the
alternative. 4. The products aren’t movement is to
Why are uniting the movements or get men to
you willing even helping women understand that
to give that because, the goal of the harassment is
up?) movement is to advocate not something
equal rights to both men to be
c. Effectivity and women, these normalized
(Is it products are still putting
effective women at a disadvantage
in helping to men depicting that
the FM women can only
progress? experience the same
Is it safety men do when they
effective these products are
in uniting present
the
movemen
ts?)

d. Legitimac
y (Offer a
comparati
ve w/in
SQ ie.
Criminal
Justice
Systems)

Argument 3: PRAGMATIC: Movement dynamics ( More on how the outcomes from the
3rd argument are achieved. How OPPOSING IT get these benefits? What does
boycotting do? What will these campaigns do? What will happen to corporations?
What happens when we reduce demand?)

IDEA---> PROCESS---> OUTCOME---> META <3

a. Swaying 1. If the corporation were to a. More moderates 1. At the end of the
the crumble down because of stronger day, opposing
moderates lack of profit due to movement for the rise of these
(How do boycotting, campaigns more supporters products are
people etc. the movement would for social change justifiable
look at be seen as united as a and politicians because, not
FM? whole and one that listen more, this only does it
Where do achieves its intended is exclusive only stray far away
we best goal, this sways the when we oppose from the goals
convince moderates because of those products of the feminist
the the depiction that the because it movement, but it
moderates movement is effective depicts an image also depicts
to join the and can make the world a wherein the women as
movement better place for women whole defenceless
 ? Women 2. For protecting the most movement, when individualsb
to join the vulnerable actors, the united, could 2. Opposing is
movement best course of action achieve the consistent with
) would be to create an intended goal feminist goals
educational discussion on and in our side, because the
b. Protecting non harassment, with the women aren’t goal of the
the most audience ranging from seen as weak feminist
vulnerable pre teens who are individuals who movement is to
(Where do learning on how to make rely on products advocate equal
we best the world better or grown for safety rights for both
create an men who do not know b. We shift the men and
educationa their place. Social efforts of women, this
l legislation is achieved in corporations puts us in a
discussion underdeveloped towards narrative
? How do countries by the progressiveness wherein women
we get government allocating of the do not need
social funds to educational movement, these products
legislation systems to add this topic because other and men, if not
in for discussion than the fact that most are
developed 3. Women would be seen there would be already aware
vs. as weak, needing these more moderates that harrasment
underdevel products just to protect who are enticed is wrong
oped themselves, and of to join the
countries? course since the movement, like I
How do corporations need profit, said, the
people they would incentivize movement would
combat this portrayal and have be seen as
discriminat the media depict women united and not
ion? as damsels in distress in reliant on
Competitio need of saving. products for
n w/in the 4. The commodification of peace of mind of
movement feminists impacts the not getting
?) movement in a bad way harassed
because it pressures
c. Defining women to become active
feminism consumers of these
(What will products and
feminism simultaneously leads
look like in them to buy into
popular standards of femininity
media? and traditional gender
W/in roles
corporatio 5. Meninists are condemned
ns? Why is for victimizing themselves
commodify when in fact, women are
ing seen as damsels in
feminism distress in need of
bad? What protection which can only
narrative be granted by relying on
do we those certain products
create? 6. Our side creates the
Tieback to narrative that women
the first aren’t relying their safety
argument) on these products and
seen as incapable of
defending themselves
without these products.
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References: https://femmagazine.com/feminism-101-what-is-the-commodification-of-
femininity/

https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/10/4/20852639/me-too-movement-sexual-harassment-
law-2019

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/16/feminism-glossary-lexicon-language/
99120600/