Sexual harassment online : shaming and silencing women in the digital age / Tania G. Levey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levey, Tania G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex discrimination against women.

Bullying.

Social media.

Internet and women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations, graphs

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2018.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Gender and Sexual Norms in the Digital Age

2 SLUT: Shaming Sexual Activity

3 WHORE: Judging “Bad” Girls

4 DYKE: Enforcing Heterofeminine Standards

5 BITCH: Controlling Gender Performances

6 CUNT: Silencing Women in Public

7 Transformation and Dissent on Social Media

APPENDIX A: Methodology

APPENDIX B: Coding Scheme and Twitter Counts

References

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-703-0

OCLC:

1312726831