Critical Discourse Analysis on < Sexual Assault Anonymous Message Board > of Taiwanese Womany

The purpose of this Research Paper is to explore the impacts, potentials, and limitations of alternative feminist discourses developed by < Sexual Assault Anonymous Message Board > of Taiwanese Womany while resisting sexual violence, which attempts to contribute to the study power dynamics on the field of alternative feminist discourses production/reproduction in gender justice movement. To understand the relations of power dynamics, discourse production and reproduction, and gender issues, Post-structural Feminism and Foucauldian theory are the theoretical frameworks. In methodology, simultaneously, Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is chosen to be the main analysis approach. In addition, to understand how Womany uses stories to generate alternative feminist discourses, Narrative analysis will be another approach to complementary CDA. The findings reveal that there are four main alternative feminist discourses on this page, namely, (1) Victims and perpetrators are socially constructed; (2) Our right to speak shouldn’t be limited by our image. Let us rename ourselves; (3) Speak out to heal, build solidarity, gain recognition, and reconnect with the World; (4) The importance of sex education: build trust in sexuality. Based on the above, the potential of these alternative discourses is providing different narration in contesting dominant discourses, for instance, Chinese collectivism and paternalism, rape myth, victim-blaming, protection policy, etc. Then they allow marginalized voices to be spoken up and make people experiencing sexual violence reinterpret and redefine their experiences and identities. In addition, they make the public view sexual violence from the perspective of social construction and reflect on the way we practice gender justice. Yet, this research argues that Womany ‘s alternative feminist discourses have some limitations. While fighting against hegemony, it still reproduces specific hegemony, namely liberal and individual discourse, and reinforces certain oppression, including creating another hegemony in sexual knowledge and being unable to reach Taiwan's more marginalized groups, such as indigenous people and immigrants. These limitations should be reflected carefully in terms of practicing the 'Diversity and Inclusion' in the setting of Neoliberalism.