Sexual harassment online : shaming and silencing women in the digital age

Responsibility: Tania G. Levey.
Publication: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2018.
Copyright notice: ©2018
Physical description: vii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Creators/Contributors

Author/Creator: Levey, Tania G., author.

Contents/Summary

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and index.

Contents

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.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

Publisher's 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.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)