ABSTRACT

The silencing of women’s voices and the objectification of women’s bodies have long been identified as ways in which society can facilitate men’s use of violence against them. The purpose of this article is to further this argument using salient examples and analyses from two different media forms exploring ways they might reinforce rape culture and thus violence against women in New Zealand. Drawing from two separate studies, this article looks at newspaper representations of rape and women on magazine covers; critically examining the depiction of women in these two distinct media forms across the same 40-year period (1975–2015). Both studies show silencing and objectification within the media forms in both obvious and abstract ways. Taken together, the findings provide insights into the pervasive nature of silencing and objectification of women in New Zealand media.

摘要

长期以来，压制女性的声音和将女性的身体物化是社会可以促进男性对她们使用暴力的方式。本文的目的是利用突出的例子和来自两种不同媒体形式的分析来进一步论证这一论点，探索它们可能会加强强奸文化从而加强新西兰对妇女的暴力行为的方式。本文取材于两项独立的研究，着眼于报纸对杂志封面上强奸和女性的报道；批判性地研究了在同一 40 年期间（1975-2015 年）在这两种不同的媒体形式中对女性的描绘。两项研究都以明显和抽象的方式显示了媒体形式中的沉默和客观化。综合起来，