“My Life is More Important Than Family Honor:” Offline Protests, Counter-Cyberactivism, and Article 308

“My Life is More Important Than Family Honor:” Offline Protests, Counter-Cyberactivism, and Article 308

“My Life is More Important Than Family Honor:” Offline Protests, Counter-Cyberactivism, and Article 308
Sarah A. Tobin Article In summer 2012, protests erupted in Jordan in light of several high-profile enactments of Article 308 of the Penal Code, or “Rape Law,” that allows rape charges to be dropped if the perpetrator agrees to marry the victim, which were organized offline and aimed to create a groundswell of public support for changing gender inequities in society rather than political and legal structures. Users of…