本論文探討大眾文化如何推動性別正義，以Netflix政治劇《人選之人—造浪者》（Wave Makers）及其對台灣#MeToo運動的影響為分析對象。該劇於2023年4月上線，以寫實手法描繪一個虛構政黨內的職場性騷擾情節，突顯制度性沉默、受害者有責論以及女性團結等議題。播出後不久，來自政治、媒體、學術、藝術及其他領域的許多倖存者紛紛公開分享自身經歷，其中多數人表示該劇是給予她們勇氣與語言的重要催化劑。本研究運用女性主義媒體理論、茱蒂絲・巴特勒的性別展演理論，以及數位女性主義與情感公眾等概念，分析2023年4月至2024年12月期間的媒體報導、倖存者證詞與社運回應。研究顯示，《人選之人—造浪者》為倖存者提供了情感模板與展演腳本，幫助她們將私人性的騷擾經驗轉化為公開的證詞與集體行動。本論文主張，大眾文不僅反映社會現況，更能積極形塑性別政治。在台灣這個擁有相對進步性別平等法律，卻仍存在根深蒂固沉默文化的社會中，該劇降低了公開發聲的門檻，協助加速台灣遲來的#MeToo運動。

This thesis explores how popular culture can support gender justice by analysing the Netflix political drama Wave Makers (人選之人—造浪者) and its influence on Taiwan’s #MeToo movement. Released in April 2023, the series portrays workplace sexual harassment inside a fictional political party with striking realism. It brings attention to institutional silence, victim-blaming, and female solidarity. Shortly after its release, many survivors from politics, media, academia, arts, and other sectors began sharing their experiences publicly. Many cited the drama as the catalyst that gave them courage and language to speak out.Drawing on feminist media theory, Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity, and the concepts of digital feminism and affective publics, this thesis analyses media coverage, survivor testimonies and activist responses between April 2023 and December 2024. It shows how Wave Makers provided survivors with emotional templates and performative scripts that helped transform private experiences of harassment into public testimony and collective action.The study argues that popular culture can discursively give shape to gender politics rather than simply reflect it. In Taiwan, a society with relatively progressive gender laws but persistent cultural norms of silence, the drama lowered the barrier for speaking out. This helped accelerate Taiwan’s delayed #MeToo movement.

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