Open AccessThe Internet and the Debasement of Women in Ghana
Author(s) -
Kwabena O. Akurang-Parry
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
refuge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1920-7336
pISSN - 0229-5113
DOI - 10.25071/1920-7336.21986
Subject(s) - outrage , shock (circulatory) , the internet , political science , phenomenon , advertising , business , law , medicine , politics , physics , quantum mechanics , world wide web , computer science
In the spring of 1998, a radio station inGhana announced that sixteen Ghanaianwomen had appeared in the nude on theInternet. Widely discussed in the Ghanaianmedia, the public reaction to thisevent seemed to be largely one of shockand moral outrage. The article addressesboth the responses to and possible causesof this phenomenon, drawing attentionto the role of foreign influence and harsheconomic conditions in Ghana. The patriarchalnature of the national debate isquestioned, raising an alternative perspectiveo nthe reality currently faced byGhanaian women.