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Hate Speech Against Women Online: Concepts and Countermeasures

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posted on 2023-05-22, 08:03 authored by Louise Richardson-SelfLouise Richardson-Self
Why are women so frequently targeted with hate speech online and what can we do about it? Psychological explanations for the problem of woman-hating overlook important features of our social world that encourage latent feelings of hostility toward women, even despite our consciously-held ideals of equality. Louise Richardson-Self investigates the woman-hostile norms of the English-speaking internet, the ‘rules’ of engagement in these social spaces, and the narratives we tell ourselves about who gets to inhabit such spaces. It examines the dominant imaginings (images, impressions, stereotypes, and ideas) of women that are shared in acts of hate speech, highlighting their ‘emotional stickiness’. But offering strategies through which we may reimagine our norms of online engagement, the stories that justify those norms, and the logic that makes sense of it all, this book shows how we can create alternative visions of what it means to take up online space as a woman and to ensure that women are seen as entitled to be there. By exploring aspects of ‘social imaginaries’ theory and applying it to the problem of hate speech against women online, this book illuminates why woman-hating has become such a prominent feature of this environment and how we can make these spaces safer for women.

Funding

Australian Research Council

History

Series

Social Imaginaries

Pagination

218

ISBN

9781538147795

Department/School

School of Humanities

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Place of publication

London, United Kingdom

Rights statement

Copyright 2021 by The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Internet, digital and social media; Gender and sexualities; Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies