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Online Abuse of Feminists as An Emerging form of Violence Against Women and Girls

Author(s) -

Ruth Lewis,

Michael Rowe,

Clare Wiper

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

the british journal of criminology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404

H-Index - 94

eISSN - 1464-3529

pISSN - 0007-0955

DOI - 10.1093/bjc/azw073

Subject(s) - cyberspace , politics , public sphere , democracy , criminology , domestic violence , inequality , political science , psychology , sociology , gender studies , social psychology , the internet , poison control , suicide prevention , medicine , law , computer science , medical emergency , world wide web , mathematical analysis , mathematics

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 amongst 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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