OUGD505 Brief 2 - Mind mapping & Crit

For brief 2 I created a mind map of possibilities of things for my research and practical I used a broad and diverse amount of ideas to feed into itself. Some subjects I highlighted such as;

Feminism
Propaganda
Stigmatisation of Mental health
Climate change
Morality

Although I ad a wide aspect I was struggling to narrow down exactly which subject i wanted to explore and what I was passionate to learn more. So in today's session in groups we created a mind map specific to a change, our group change was 'Ethical Change' This was a really wide and explorative subject to expand on some of the things that resonated with me were;

Abuse
Death Row
Sexual Consent
Breast Feeding
Animal Abuse

A lot of these subjects I feel I could expand on and be enthusiastic about the cause. Particuarly I feel Sexual consent is something that needs to be addressed after seeing many news articles and even people that support pro rape makes me very angry and upset that people must deal with such disgraceful acts because of lack of education. I also find Death Row particularly interesting too I believe that we should not have control over someone else's life and if we do then we are effectively as bad as whatever they have done, should we be aloud to play god.

So For the Crit I asked questions about Sexual consent because I feel this is a really serious and taboo matter and it shouldnt be people should be aware.

My Questions:

1 What should I be researching?
2 Do you think people need educating? if so how?
3 Is rape taboo? why? why not?

Some of the answers I received.

1 what consent is and wether it means saying yes, kissing etc?
different cultures on what is acceptable
child marriages

2 Educate on NO and scenarios of NO
Both genders need to be educated lad culture needs to be targeted to also teach consequences.
Teens need to be made aware in high school what too far is

3 rape is only taboo for people who are hurt, is isn't talked about in a wider sense but no one wants to hurt or offend anyone.
not a touchy subject but victims often feel they will be blamed and not believed so they don't speak out.
The process of reporting is also distressing.
not so much taboo but a serious topic that is hard but vital to discuss.

After reading my answers I feel they are both very honest and informative, I agree with many and feel that consent is not really discussed in schools and could hopefully prevent someone to rape because rape comes with consequences both for the victim and attacker.