Sexual harassment online : shaming and silencing women in the digital age /
Levey, Tania G.,
Sexual harassment online : shaming and silencing women in the digital age / by Tania G. Levey. - Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Incorporated, (c)2018. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Acknowledgments -- Gender and sexual norms in the digital age -- Slut : shaming sexual activity -- Whore : judging "bad" girls -- Dyke : enforcing heterofeminine standards -- Bitch : controlling gender performances -- Cunt : silencing women in public -- Transformation and dissent on social media -- Appendix A: Methodology -- Appendix B: Coding scheme and Twitter counts -- References -- Index.
Women who use social media are often subjected to blatant sexual harassment, facing everything from name calling to threats of violence. Aside from being disturbing, what does this abuse tell us about gender and sexual norms? And can we use the Internet to resist, even transform, destructive misogynistic norms? Exploring the language of shaming and silencing women in the cybersphere, Tania Levey addresses these questions and also considers how online attempts to regulate women's behavior intersect with issues of race, ethnicity, and class.
9781626377035
Sex discrimination against women.
Bullying.
Social media.
Internet and women.
Electronic Books.
HQ1237 / .S498 2018
Sexual harassment online : shaming and silencing women in the digital age / by Tania G. Levey. - Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Incorporated, (c)2018. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Acknowledgments -- Gender and sexual norms in the digital age -- Slut : shaming sexual activity -- Whore : judging "bad" girls -- Dyke : enforcing heterofeminine standards -- Bitch : controlling gender performances -- Cunt : silencing women in public -- Transformation and dissent on social media -- Appendix A: Methodology -- Appendix B: Coding scheme and Twitter counts -- References -- Index.
Women who use social media are often subjected to blatant sexual harassment, facing everything from name calling to threats of violence. Aside from being disturbing, what does this abuse tell us about gender and sexual norms? And can we use the Internet to resist, even transform, destructive misogynistic norms? Exploring the language of shaming and silencing women in the cybersphere, Tania Levey addresses these questions and also considers how online attempts to regulate women's behavior intersect with issues of race, ethnicity, and class.
9781626377035
Sex discrimination against women.
Bullying.
Social media.
Internet and women.
Electronic Books.
HQ1237 / .S498 2018