DON'T LOOK AWAY

Journalists, musicians, artists, bloggers, comedians, DeeJays, MCs...

Do you use language in your writing, and your various public and entertainment platforms that entrench or promote gender stereotypes and prejudices against women?

Do you engage your fans and followers, in any manner, in which you refer to women and their sexuality in a demeaning and insulting context?

Do your conversations and casual chit-chat – public or more privately – make women and female stereotyping the butt end of your jokes?

While performing live, or on social media, or in your lyrics and journalism, do you venture into victim blaming in instances of GBV because the victim is disliked, is stigmatised as having a questionable lifestyle, or displays anti-social behaviour, or any similar prejudicial cliche including against the LGBTQI+ community?

Do you shy away from or avoid using your social media profile to stand up against GBV because it doesn’t “fit in” with your image; because you are “only about fun / fashion / music”?

Do your social media posts reinforce negative gender stereotypes such as “women belong to men”, “women are the weaker sex”, “women should know their place”?

Do you shy away from calling out other influencers who post content that perpetuates negative gender stereotypes?

Do you post images, jokes, memes or comments that denigrate or humiliate women?

Do you “share” images, jokes, memes or comments that denigrate or humiliate women?

Do you “like” or “share” content that glamourises, normalises or makes light of violence towards women?