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Online Abuse of Feminists as An Emerging form of Violence Against Women and Girls
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Abuse directed at visible and audible women demonstrates that cyberspace, once heralded as a new, democratic, public sphere, suffers similar gender inequalities as the offline world. This paper reports findings from a national UK study about experiences of online abuse among women who debate feminist politics. It argues that online abuse is most usefully conceived as a form of abuse or violence against women and girls, rather than as a form of communication. It examines the experiences of those receiving online abuse, thereby making a valuable contribution to existing research which tends to focus on analysis of the communications themselves.
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“The normalisation of incel misogyny should therefore not be considered in a vacuum but as a reflection of the upsurge in societal misogyny and harmful speech directed towards women (Chadha et al., 2020; Lewis et al., 2017), which goes beyond online men's communities.”
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- Authors
- Lewis, R., Rowe, M., & Wiper, C.
- Affiliations
- Northumbria University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Lewis, Ruth
- Venue
- British Journal of Criminology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2016-09-30
- Pages
- azw073
- ISSN
- 0007-0955 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-3529
- OpenAlex
- W2524768073
- Cited by
- 195
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 46 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 23.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- The British Journal of Criminology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Leverhulme Trust
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Keywords
- online abuse, violence against women and girls, feminist activism, feminist politics, cyberspace, gender inequality, online harassment, feminist debates
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