The Machista Journalism Observatory is set up to analyse the mass media content
- Created by the research group Bidez from the University of the Basque Country and members of the editorial Pikara Magazine.
The objective of the Machista Journalism Observatory will be to analyse, classify and unite the machist content of the media. The male journalist is a bad journalism. It is a matter of quality, as it can be a spelling mistake. There is not good male journalism.”
To better explain the machista news, those responsible make a classification. They have been divided into nine sections, each of which refers to the association of the value of women with the masculine images, their objectification and superficial emphasis, the romantic and/or minimization of male violence, the redundant use of the word woman, discrimination due to linguistic distortion, discrimination by nomenclature in the public sphere, imputation of the successes of women to the favors by gender, the guilt of the victim and the non-use of professional terms.
They have analyzed the contents in Basque and Spanish, but they intend to include those in English. All contents analyzed have appeared in newspapers and digital publications, but do not rule out the inclusion of radio and television news later on. Available here.
“Journalism is a profession that allows us to analyze reality,” explains María Angeles Fernández, a member of Pikara Magazine. “Your mission is to question powers and structures. And feminism has taught us that patriarchy and machismo are structures that permeate all areas of life, including journalism."
The project is open to citizens' contributions and on the website there is an email address so readers can send the news they consider machistas.
That was said to me by the former student, who took a long time to file a complaint that was in court months and who, on the recommendation of the psychologist, had withdrawn the complaint of rape. And I kept quiet, unable to guess what to tell the young man that he still had... [+]
Despite all calls and campaigns, laws, standards, plans and budgets, protective mechanisms and punitive machines, hard cases and evil behaviors continue to fill information, both drip and chaparron, protest actions, demonstrations and statements (and other expressions in a low... [+]
The case of Gisèle Pélicot shows a problem that goes beyond rape: the complicity of men in the face of male violence. What is worrying is not only aggression, but the silence of the men who, knowing what happened, decided not to denounce the situation. This pact of silence,... [+]
The case of Mazan is mentioned in the French media: a woman drowned with sleeping pills by her husband to put her between the legs of other men to be raped. That for ten years and three numbers: 92 violations (at least), 72 men and 51 trial violators. Gisèle Pélicot, 72, did... [+]
Ehun bat pertsona bildu ziren larunbatean Luhusoko plazan Itaia emazte antolakundeak eta Luhusoko besta komiteak jakinarazi duten bortxaketa salatzeko.
