Reporter 'groped' whilst covering Carnival on live television
During the annual carnival of Cologne Germany the city was back into the spot light after on live television one of the female reporters was a victim of sexual assault. The police have been searching for a suspect and have been on high alert after hundreds of women began to come forward and file complaints on having being groped by men on New Years Eve as described as
'being of North African or Arabic origin'
However despite this the man that did grope the reporter seemed to be of European origin. In my opinion I think that female harassment is in some cases a taboo subject, in which people do not tend to talk about, especially in a society that is clearly male dominating (dominant ideology) so I think it is extremely important that the matter was spoken about. Furthermore, I do not however understand CNN's reference to the ethnicity of the assaulter's, the decision a person makes hardly correlates with their culture but leans more towards their mental state. This therefore shows a link between the representation of ethnicity within the media as even though the true assaulter was a European man there still had to be a mention of other races, as if that would really cloud the issue at hand.
Well Done! I felt that this piece was well written and you opinion was clear, and right. It is a taboo subject but society should be more aware, I liked that you chose this to talk about!!
ReplyDeletethis is a good topic to talk about as it is very current in society today. representations of race and sex is a common topic of conversation, and you have highlighted the importance of raising issues like this. good piece!
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